Dancing With The Stars Season 13 Cast To Be Revealed Aug. 29

FIRST PUBLISHED: August 7, 2011 12:31 PM EDT By Jolie LashBEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- The wait is almost over. The cast of Season 13 of Dancing with the Stars will be revealed on August 29. ABC confirmed on Sunday that the next cast of the hit reality competition program will be revealed during an episode of Bachelor Pad, the spin-off of The Bachelor and The Bachelorette franchises. DWTS co-hosts Tom Bergeron and Brooke Burke will make the cast announcement as they have done in seasons past. In addition to the cast reveal, ABC announced that the new season will premiere on Monday, September 19, in a two-hour show, from 8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT. The following night ABC will air Dancing with the Stars: Meet the Cast, which airs at 8 PM, followed at 9 PM by the first DWTS results show. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Box Office Goes 'Ape' For $54M Weekend; Ryan Reynolds Flops In $13.5M 'Change-Up'

SATURDAY PM/SUNDAY AM, 7TH UPDATE: Another strong day for Twentieth Century Fox's prequel Rise Of The Planet Of The Apeswhich scored a $19.4M Saturday (small -2% drop from Friday's $19.7M), indicating word of mouth was goodabout these CGI animals and Andy Serkis. With an estimated $14.9M Sunday that makesfor a 3-day weekend of $54M, lots more than the $35M which Hollywood expected. No doubt about it: origins story movies are working this summer if they're done as well as this and X-Men: First Class which was another prequel on a Fox franchise.Nice win for former News Corp No. 2-turned-showbiz producer Peter Chernin and his film lieutenant Dylan Clark on Chernin Entertainment's first film release.The pair said in a statement Sunday: "We're thrilled to launch Chernin Entertainment with a film that so positively resonated with audiences. We're proud of the artistic achievement as it is a testament to a smart script, great directionby Rupert Wyatt, stellar actor performances, the amazing visual effects createdby the WETA team, and the passion and dedication of the entire crew and ourpartners at Twentieth Century Fox." The other major studio new release, Universal'sThe Change-Up, surprisingly ticked up(+4%) from Friday for $5.2M Saturday but that's still a very disappointing$13.5M weekend. This truly isn't Ryan Reynolds' summer of stardom after the collapse of Green Lantern here and abroad. Starsare supposed to open movies to at least $20M. Overall moviegoing this weekend looks like $170M, which is up +30% from last year. Here's the Top 10: 1. Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes (Fox) NEW [3,648 Theaters] Friday $19.7M, Saturday $19.4M,Weekend $54M It's not just surprising but kinda shocking that Time magazine declaredthis "2011's Best Film So Far" and that even fanboy websites declared that "whatever expectations you're likely to have going in, there's a good chance this movie will surpass them". Directed by Rupert Wyatt and written by Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silver, Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes seemed too schlocky a project for Peter Chernin to waste his time producing. Or so Hollywood thought. Its CinemaScore was an 'A-' and exit polls showed males making up 54% of the audience which was 59% at or over age 25. Why all the fuss over the prequel to such a dated franchise? Because Fox PR claims this is thefirst live-action film in the history of movies to star, and be told from the point of view of, a sentient animal -- a character with human-like qualities, who can strategize, organize and ultimately lead a revolution, and with whom audiences are supposed to experience a real emotional bond. (But my commenters counter: What about Babe etc?) Fox execs point out that the studio wasn't going to do the guys in ape suits thing again. So the film was impossible to make until James Cameron's Avatar and Peter Jackson's WETA Digital progressedperformance capture technologyto the point ofthe most realistic CGI ever. Given that, theclaimed $93Mpricetag co-financed by Fox, Dune Entertainment, and Ingenious seems absurdly modest. Every single monkey, baboon, and ape in the movie is a product of this performance capture techonology. That earned raves fromPETA and for Wyatt a Proggy Awardgiven to animal-friendly companies, people and products.(PETA also showed up at the Ape' premiere in LA with signs reading, Real Apes Love CGI, and Thank you, Fox for not using real Apes.) The buzz this weekend is that Andy Serkis does an award-worthy job as themain chimp Caesar who leads the rebellion. But I don't know why the trailers I sawmistakenly focused on James Franco who isn't why moviegoers flocked to opening weekend. Fox was hoping for North American box office in the low-ball $30sM, so $54M isfantastic. "Phenomenal opening validating a sensational marketing effort led by Oren Aviv and Tony Sella," a Fox exec gushed to me. Then again, tracking has been good for males and fans of the original movies, althoughsofter for females.The fact is that the studio had a lot of ground to make up with this movie because fanboys hated the Tim Burton version from a decade ago. But this origins storyscored 82% positive reviews on RottenTomatoes. Marketing with a company called Mekanism was primarily focused online with the intent to createa global viral phenomenon andspark millions of Internet conversations about the film. There was the strategic use of digital influencers, creative content, and social media platforms to createwidespread engagement for over 14 million viral video viewsand hundreds of millions of earned media impressions. "Weve created excitement, driven credible word of mouth, and ensured that butts will be in seats to watch Apes Rise on opening weekend," A Fox exec told me before Friday.WETA Digital hosted a livestream event on Facebook from WETAs headquarters inNew Zealand and gaveviewers an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the work on the film. The livestream event was live on Facebooks official fan page for Avatar as well. A free online digital comic book prequel to the movie debuted prior to release fromcomic series writer Daryl Gregory andartists Damian Couceiroand Tony Parker to set the stage for the movie.There was a new free 5-pagedigital comic book storyweekly since mid-Julyuntil the final 10-pageconclusion on August 3rd. 2. The Smurfs - 3D (Sony) Week 2 [3,395 Theaters] Friday $6M, Saturday $8.2M, Weekend $21M (-41%),Cume $76.2M It's embarrassing for me just to be writing about The Smurfs. But after just 10 days of release, the film has generated $128.9M worldwide with anoverseas cume to date of $52.7M. One of the big surprises of Summer 2011,last weekend's exceptionally strong debut in North America was followed byenormous strength in several key countries including Mexico, Brazil, Venezuela, Belgium, France and Germany, among others.This worldwide number is especially impressive when you consider the film has only debuted in about 3 dozen territories. InNorth America this weekend, The Smurfs saw big mid-week salesthat led box office from Monday through Thursday.Strong ticket sales continued into the weekend and wentup +37% on Saturday. 3. Cowboys & Aliens (DreamWorks/Universal) Week 2 [3,754 Theaters] Friday $4.7M, Saturday $6.4M, Weekend $15.8M (-57%),Cume $67.4M Not an embarrassing drop, but it didn't have far to fall either. The big question is whether Cowboys & Aliens can make up the deficit overseas where Daniel Craig is a bigger star but also Westerns don't do well traditionally. For anastute dissection of what went wrong, read this pre-release post by Deadline's Mike Fleming,Can 'Cowboys & Aliens' Lasso Youth?. He answers the questions about why this well-pedigreed pic,despitethe godfathering presence of Steven Spielberg and Imagine's Ron Howard and Brian Grazer and direction by Jon Favreau, went into the tank. He details thetortured development history involving more than a dozen writersover 14 years.He analyzes the problems of a confused mash-up of two genres that usually don't cross paths.And he reveals that withacash break participation pool in the 35% range and no3D conversion to justify higher ticket prices this movie may have been doomed from the start. 4. The Change-Up (Universal) NEW [2,913 Theaters] Friday $4.7M, Saturday $5M, Weekend $13.5M Universal started out the summer very high on thisraunchy R-rated comedy with a $52M budget (Relativity was a financing partner) especially becauseThe Change-Up was from the director of Wedding Crashers and the writers of The Hangover. Still it was surprising that David Dobkin would waste his time on such a tired body-switching premise,but this film won'thave the enormous playability or multiplesof this summer's other raunchy R-rated laughers. CinemaScore was a 'B' with an audience that was59% Female vs. 41% male and 50% at or older than age 30 vs. 50% under 30.All along tracking had been strongestwith females, with younger females demonstrating the strongest interest. "It's disappointing. We're kind of confounded by it," a Uni exec told me Friday night. "This movieplayed like the best R-rated comedies we have." But reviewshammered this pic andtrailers looked lame. Marketing was sub-paras ifred-band online trailers, one that opened the campaign and one thatclosed it, would put people in seats.Maybe audiences were tired after so manyof Summer 2011'sR-rated comedies. The TV campaign began early with a spot on the finale for The Family Guy in late May, followed by a run on the NBA Finals in early June and then cable, cable, and more cable channels as well as the TV talk shows.The supposedly "likeable" pairing of RyanReynolds and Jason Bateman was a key strategy in publicity, and they did manyof their promotional appearances together.Universalfanned out with anextensive word-of-mouthcampaignand 350 screenings across the country. But none of it worked. 5. Captain America - 3D (Marvel/Disney/Paramount) Week 3 [3,620 Theaters] Friday $3.7M, Saturday $5.5M, Weekend $13.5M,Cume $143.7M 6. Harry Potter/Hallows Pt 2 - 3D (Warner Bros) Week 4 [3,175 Theaters] Friday $3.3M, Saturday $5.1M, Weekend $12.5M,Cume $342.6M 7. Crazy, Stupid, Love (Warner Bros) Week 2 [3,020 Theaters] Friday $3.7M, Saturday $4.9M, Weekend $12.3M (-36%),Cume $42.4M 8. Friends With Benefits (Sony) Week 3 [2,398 Theaters] Friday $1.4M, Saturday $1.9M, Weekend $5M,Cume $48.8M 9. Horrible Bosses (New Line/Warner Bros) Week 5 [2,025 Theaters] Friday $1.3M, Saturday $1.9M, Weekend $4.8M,Cume $105.7M 10. Transformers 3 - 3D (Paramount) Week 6 [1,854 Theaters] Friday $850K, Saturday $1.3M, Weekend $3.2M,Cume $344.5M SATURDAY AM, 4THUPDATE: Twentieth Century Fox's prequel Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes is leaping to an easy box office lead in 3,648 North American theaters. Hollywood initially thoughtthe origins story withdigital animals, Andy Serkis,and James Franco would follow the same trajectory as last weekend'sCowboys & Aliens which went on to a $36.4MFriday-Saturday-Sunday.But, remember, that pic got Smurf-ed. The far better reviewedApes is faringstrongerwith a very healthy $19.7M Friday (including a low-key $1.254M midnights in only 1,124 locations) for a projected $50M weekend or even higher. And that'swithout the hype and pedigree of DreamWorks/Universal's Cowboys & Aliens which fell -64% from last Friday to 3rd place this week but at half the budget ($93M, or so Fox claims). Sony Pictures' The Smurfs held -55% for 2nd place. But this weekend's other major studio release, Universal's The Change-Up, is bottoming in 4th place with $4.7M Friday and just an estimated $13.4M for the weekend from 2,913 venues. This truly isn't Ryan Reynolds' summer of stardom after the collapse of Green Lantern here and abroad.It's a disastrous start considering that stars like Reynolds are supposed to open movies to at least $20M.

VH1 Behind The Background Music: cat Stevens

Cat Stevens: Behind The Background Music tracks the musical and spiritual journeys from the '70s celebrity singer-songwriter, born as Steven Georgiou and today referred to as Yusef Islam. Steven's early pop chart achievements within the late '60s were then annually with t . b complicated by their own vague discontent, but he adopted his near-dying knowledge about rebirth like a huge worldwide star within the '70s, with hits like "Wild World," "Lady D'Aarbanville," "Moonshadow," "Peace Train," "Morning Has Damaged," "Miles from Nowhere" and many more. But another near-fatal incident, however, when Stevens almost drowned while swimming within the Off-shore, transformed his existence forever. He clarified the phone call towards the Muslim belief, and grew to become Yusef Islam. In his native London, the first kind idol has built a college for Islamic children, is definitely an activist for war orphans from Bosnia, among other humanitarian efforts, and it is busy recording audio.

CBS' Nina Tassler of Ashton Kutcher: 'I'm Just Pleased to Be Where We're Today'

CBS entertainment chief Nina Tassler welcomed a press corps full of questions Wednesday.our editor recommendsAshton Kutcher Verifies 'Two . 5 Men' Role States 'I Can't Replace Charlie Sheen''Two . 5 Men's' Chuck Lorre, Meet (Photo)Charlie Sheen Will not Show up on 'Celebrity Large Brother'Ashton Kutcher's 'Two . 5 Men' Trailer Dwarfs Charlie Sheen's'CSI': Ted Danson Replaces Laurence Fishburne'CSI': Laurence Fishburne Departing Show After 2 1/2 Seasons Using the in the past stable CBS heading right into a transition period this fall with a couple of its top entertainers -- 2 . 5 Males and CSI -- implementing new leads, the huge most of the 30 minutes panel in the network's Television Experts Association's tour stop was dedicated to the training of Charlie Sheen's untidy departure, the development of his alternative Ashton Kutcherand the passing from the torch from Laurence Fishburne to Ted Danson. But when Tassler can be involved about all the shake-ups at her network, she wasn't letting on, calling the alterations possibilities to garner new audiences. "Both stars ... have a big group of followers and therefore are incredibly respected within the creative community," she added, observing that they're on implies that "are really well created." PHOTOS: The Quotable TCA: TV Press Tour Eavesdropper Addressing what she's learned in the Sheen saga, Tassler sighed, "Where will i begin?" before ticking off training like the significance of getting an "remarkable cast" and "remarkable writing." The network chief used the chance to shower Kutcher with praise, observing that "you've somebody that is devoted to doing their job and it is incredibly professional." For Sheen, "I've no clue [whether Sheen can change the corner with new Lionsgate project, Anger Management]. I understand he's managed to move on and ... his slate is full and that he's an extremely busy guy," she stated, telling a scrum of reporters after her session that they hasn't been contacted about Management. STORY: Will Have Internet Billionaire on 'Two . 5 Males' Though a lot of the area was outwardly miffed about not getting the brand new Males cast appear at TCA, Tassler gained some goodwill by revealing a choose couple of information about Kutcher's character: He'll be playing an online billionaire having a damaged heart named Walden Schmidt, a title creator Chuck Lorre created. Tassler selected to maintain other particulars under systems -- including whether Sheen's character, Charlie Harper, would die -- recommending the kind of speculating game that all around the show is a vital bit of the show's marketing. What she'd pay out would be that the show could be just like racy and irreverent as always, declaring CBS' "programming standards and practices team has already been on high alert." PHOTO: 'Two . 5 Males' New Promo Shot: Sings Support? Within the flurry of questions, Tassler did acknowledge that they have been gift for Males's first table reading through Monday which you can "cut the environment having a knife," a jerk to both delicate situation and pressure that's about this cast. She added following the panel the way the show has been seen via a different lens now, repeating her point that the new character will pay the show an chance to lure new audiences. "We're searching forward," she added. "I'm just pleased to be where we're today." For Danson, Tassler's team had checked out numerous stars for that role. "When his title emerged we leaped in internet marketing,Inch she stated, quarrelling he's "an enormous TV star" having a "considerable amount of charisma." When one journalist asked whether CBS had considered plucking a more youthful actor to fill Fishburne's footwear, Tassler didn't skip a beat: "We went for top actor." PHOTO: 'Two . 5 Males' Poster Features (Maybe) Naked She used the rest of her time on stage addressing a smattering of other questions, including what went wrong using the Criminal Minds' spinoff and the requirement for a fresher unscripted hit about the network's schedule. "I simply don't think [Suspect Behavior] found its rhythm ... it didn't click," accepted Tassler from the former. "It is not related to spinoffs ... a spinoff needs to work by itself, and [that one] just didn't." For the second, Tassler is positively searching, acknowledging that they's very eager to obtain a noisy competition event show a la Dwts, The American Idol Show or even the Voice on CBS' schedule. Obviously, a CBS executive session wouldn't be complete without some mention of the the show's older-skewing census, an aching place for any network that's No. 1 one of the large four as a whole audiences, upfront revenue and, remarkably, Emmys. When another reporter requested Tassler how she felt when she heard ABC's Due To Jimmy Kimmel or NBC's Joel McHale take shots at CBS' demos recently, she was ready. "I believe they ought to stay with comedy ... and never be worried about demos and rankings a lot,Inch she grinned, observing once more that CBS has more audiences within the coveted 18-to-49 demo than both ABC and NBC. Email: Lacey.Rose@Thr.com Twitter: @LaceyVRose Related Subjects Charlie Sheen Nina Tassler TCA Summer time Press Tour 2011

Two New Faces Join Bet On Thrones Season 2

By Jolie LashLOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Theon Greyjoy gets a sister in Bet on Thrones Season 2. Negligence Asha Greyjoy is going to be performed by Gemma Whelan, who made an appearance in 2010s Benicio Del Toro film The Wolfman, Access Hollywood has confirmed. As producers first confirmed to gain access to Hollywood at Comic-Disadvantage, Asha has been re-named. Asha will be known as Yara Greyjoy. Producers David Benioff and D.B. Weiss told Access at Comic-Disadvantage that they are focusing on the title change because Season 1 already were built with a character named Osha the wildling lady who made it after attacking Bran Stark within the forest, and was later drawn in like a chained servant at Winterfell. Were a bit concerned about the Osha/Asha sounding too close together, David formerly told Access Asha now Yara may be the sister to Theon, the first kind ward of Eddard Ned Stark, performed by Alfie Allen (brother in tangible existence to pop singer Lily Allen). When fans last saw him in Season 1, he was beside Robb Stark (Richard Madden), and assisted defeat a gang of Lannisters (including Nikolaj Coster-Waldaus Jamie) within the battleground. And on the other hand from the Westeros world, a brand new person in Daenerys Targaryens (Emilia Clarke) camping continues to be cast. As first reported by Westeros.Org, British actor Nonso Anozie will have Xaro Xhoan Daxos, a wealthy merchant who consumes Daenerys, the people of her khalasar (the Dothraki that tied to her following the dying of husband Khal Drogo), and her dark night, Ser Jorah Mormont (Iain Glenn), and becomes an agent of sorts. Coincidentally, Nonso really stars as Artus in Conan The Barbarian, alongside Jason Momoa (Khal Drogo). That film opens in theaters on August 19. The brand new castings join formerly confirmed new faces Liam Cunningham as Davos, Stephen Dillane as Robert Baratheons heir and brother Stannis, Nederlander actress Carice van Houten because the red-colored priestess Melisandre, Gwendoline Christie as Brienne, dark night to Renly Baratheon, and Tudors actress Natalie Dormer as Margaery Tyrell, Renlys wife. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All privileges reserved.These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Jennifer Lopez Near Idol Deal, Uncovers About Split from Marc Anthony

Jennifer Lopez Jennifer Lopez is coming back to The American Idol Show having a huge raise, The Wrap reviews.The multi-hyphenate has hammered out a $20 million contract to stay using the Fox series not less than another year, sources told the website. Lopez, who gained $12 million last season, has not signed the offer, however the deal is complete.Fox had no comment.Jennifer Lopez on coming back to Idol: "I am very undecided about thisInchIn contrast to fellow new judge Steven Tyler, Lopez didn't sign a multiyear contract with Idol last season. In June, she told the BBC that they was "very undecided" about returning.Besides Idol, Lopez, 42, can also be focusing on Q'Viva!, a Latin American talent competition series, together with her estranged husband, Marc Anthony. Lopez and Anthony separated recently, however their split isn't likely to modify the series.Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony split"It sometimes does not work - and that is sad. However I remain an eternal optimist about love. In my opinion in love," Lopez told the September problem of Vanity Fair, speaking out the very first time concerning the split. "We sometimes don't understand that people are compromising ourselves. To comprehend that an individual is harmful to you, or that that individual isn't dealing with you correctly, or that he's not doing the best factor for themself - basically stay, then I'm not doing the best factor for me personally. I really like myself enough to leave behind that now." Lopez added she and Anthony "really work great together" which she'll always respect him like a singer along with a artist. "Together we're able to make miracle - and that we did. He will be within our lives. He'll always hold a unique devote my heart because the father of the kids.Inch