Kerry Washington to lead Django Unchained

It has been a long casting process, but today Quentin Tarantino finally found his Broomhilda.Kerry Washington has landed the lead female role in Django Unchained.The search has come to an end with Tarantino getting the actress he had his eye on from the beginning.Kerry Washington, who had roles in Ray and The Last King Of Scotland and is to appear alongside Eddie Murphy in upcoming comedy A Thousand Words, has been rumoured for the part for a while.She has now been confirmed, with producers The Weinstein Company entering negotiations with her representatives last night.Washington will play Broomhilda, the wife of the titular Django (Jamie Foxx) and the woman who inspires his rampage of revenge.The NY born actress will be surrounded by an A-list cast, with Leonardo Di Caprio, Samuel L Jackson, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Kurt Russell and Christoph Waltz all signed on to the project.The film is scheduled for release on Christmas Day 2012

15th Annual Hollywood Film Awards Kicks Off Season of Awards Shows

15th Annual Hollywood Film Awards Kicks Off Season of Awards Shows By Scott Feinberg October 25, 2011 Photo by Getty Images Carey Mulligan The 15th annual Hollywood Awards took place on Monday night at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, kicking off a months-long season of self-congratulations and chicken dinners shared by the same core group of people.There is something special about this event, though, because it offers industry observers our first opportunity to see how dozens of awards hopefuls handle the spotlight. There is no tension about who will get called to the podium, since the honorees are announced weeks before the ceremony (determined by the event's executive director Carlos de Abreu and a panel of advisors), but there is still plenty on the line. Indeed, a highlight clip, introduction, or acceptance speech can immensely help or hurt a contender's prospects, as the many studio publicists, executives, and chiefs in attendance (including The Weinstein Company's Harvey Weinstein and Sony Pictures Classics's Michael Barker) were well aware.Based on what I was able to gauge last night from a seat in the audience and access that I was exclusively granted to the backstage area and green room throughout the show, nobody really set themselves back very much at this particular awards show, but a few people certainly came away from the festivities stronger than they entered them.Some highlights...The biggest winner of the night, in my estimation, was Michelle Williams ("My Week with Marilyn"), a top contender for the best actress Oscar, who was the recipient of the Hollywood Actress Award. Williams looked beautiful and spoke eloquently, as always, but was helped most by the person who presented her award to her: 82-year-old screen legend Don Murray, "the last of the on-screen lovers of Marilyn Monroe." Murray earned an Oscar nod for his film debut opposite the blonde bombshell in "Bus Stop" (1956), which was released in the same year in which Williams portrays Monroe in "My Week with Marilyn," which makes him as qualified as just about anyone alive to evaluate Williams' performance -- and he couldn't have offered a more ringing endorsement. Murray, who drove down to the event from Santa Barbara with his wife, told the audience, "She created some moments that were so intimately familiar to me because I spent 14 weeks with Marilyn... I know that Michelle studied everything -- read every book she could find -- about Marilyn... and the amazing thing is that there is not one thing in that film that is not truthful... it was just a revelation... she holds the mirror up to nature and she gets into acting that is beyond acting, that is being... Michelle's performance made me appreciate Marilyn." Afterwards, in the green room, he reiterated to me: "She nailed it."The cast of "The Help," which is a top contender for the best picture Oscar, was the recipient of the Hollywood Ensemble Award, and selected Viola Davis, who is a top contender for the best actress Oscar, to speak on their behalf from the podium. Joined on-stage by co-stars Emma Stone, Octavia Spencer, Allison Janney, Bryce Dallas Howard, Mary Steenburgen, Ahna O'Reilly, and Cicely Tyson (who was very reluctant to appear on stage but was begged to by Stone and Howard and eventually acquiesced), Davis delivered what was probably the best acceptance speech of the night. She noted that what makes a project special for an actor can easily be forgotten during "the Oscar push," but that she will never forget how special this one was: "This cast was 99 percent women, and we all walked away just loving each other." She teared up when she looked at her castmates and told them, "It was an honor to work with all of you."Glenn Close ("Albert Nobbs"), who is a top contender for the best actress Oscar, was presented with the Hollywood Career Achievement Award by fellow acting veteran Ted Danson, received a hearty standing ovation, and delivered a characteristically eloquent and humble acceptance speech. It is hard to believe that this talented and well-liked actress has yet to win an Oscar, despite scoring a string of five nominations in seven years back in the eighties.It was uncertain how Christopher Plummer ("Beginners"), the 81-year-old who is widely considered to be the frontrunner for the best supporting actor Oscar, would handle himself upon being presented with the Hollywood Supporting Actor Award by his co-star Ewan McGregor. Plummer has a reputation for being a bit curmudgeonly, especially when it comes to the gladhanding part of awards campaigning, which might explain why he has only been nominated for an Oscar once -- for best supporting actor for "The Last Station" (2009) -- despite having given great performances for decades. But he passed this early test with flying colors, joking that he was pleased to be among the first to be honored because it was "way past my bedtime"; stating, "I've never been so relaxed in front of a camera"; and profusely thanking his "son" McGregor, his "partner" Goran Visnjic, writer/director Mike Mills, and, "of course, Cosmo, the dog."Diablo Cody ("Young Adult"), who is a top contender for the best original screenplay Oscar, was presented with the Hollywood Screenwriter Award by fellow Oscar winner Quentin Tarantino, with whom she animatedly discussed her film and sipped champagne in the green room earlier in the night. Tarantino introduced her as someone who he regards as being "in the class of a Paddy Chayefsky, in the class of a William Goldman," and noted that she and Jason Reitman, who collaborated on "Juno" (2007) prior to re-teaming for "Young Adult," "truly bring the best out of each other." He closed by paraphrasing a snide remark by the "NY Times" film critic A.O. Scott: 'Well, if you think Quentin Tarantino is a great writer, then I guess you think Diablo Cody is a great writer.' Well I do, and I do!" Cody thanked him, calling him "one of my heroes," and joked about having come so far from her "early work," which in reality was only a few years ago.Perennial honoree George Clooney ("The Descendants"), who is a top contender for the best actor Oscar, was presented with the Hollywood Actor Award by his co-star Beau Bridges, and gave a characteristically humble acceptance speech, emphasizing to the audience, "I am very lucky. I'm a lucky man." He was referring to some of the breaks that he's had over the course of his career, such as the fact that "ER," the show that made him a household name, played on Thursday nights instead of some other time slot in which he would have been less exposed... but if you saw how beautiful his girlfriend Stacy Keibler looked last night (they stayed almost until the end and ultimately left hand-in-hand), you'd be forgiven for thinking he was referring specifically to her!Bennett Miller ("Moneyball"), who is a top contender for the best director Oscar, was presented with the Hollywood Director Award by one of his film's stars, Jonah Hill. Hill, who was best known for playing sophomoric teenagers in raunchy comedies prior to "Moneyball," said, "My natural intuition is to try to be funny... telling a joke is a way to try to avoid revealing how you really feel... but I love this guy very much -- he's a wonderful human being." After Miller took the stage and the two embraced, the director cracked about the intro, "There was nothing funny about that!"Joseph Gordon-Levitt ("50/50"), who is a possible contender for the best actor Oscar, was presented with the Hollywood Breakthrough Actor Award, which prompted his co-star Bryce Dallas Howard to say to him, when they ran into each other before the show, "Breakthrough actor?! You've been acting since you were six. You are so cheating!"Michel Hazanavicius ("The Artist"), who is a top contender for the best director Oscar, was presented with the Hollywood Breakthrough Director Award. Meanwhile, backstage in the green room, "The Artist" stars Berenice Bejo (Hazanavicius's wife) and Jean Dujardin chuckled with George Clooney as several people tried to pronounce his last name but failed miserably.Letty Aronson ("Midnight in Paris"), a top contender for the best picture Oscar, was presented with the Hollywood Producer Award by her film's star Owen Wilson. The reception that both of them -- and the clip of their film -- received from the audience only enhances my current suspicion that it will wind up as one of this year's best picture nominees even if there are only five films that make the cut in the category.Alberto Iglesias ("The Skin I Live In"), who is a top contender for the best original score Oscar, was presented with the Hollywood Composer Award. Antonio Banderas, his fellow Spaniard and the star of that film, was to do the honors, but he had to cancel at the last minute because he was hosting a fundraiser for President Barack Obama, who is in town, so Michael Barker, the co-chief of the film's distributor Sony Pictures Classics, stepped up and gave a terrific off-the-cuff intro. He noted that Pedro Almodovar, the film's director, had told him with great pride that he fully expected people decades from now to closely associate his success with Iglesias's work in the same way that they do Alfred Hitchcock with Bernard Herrmann and Federico Fellini with Nino Rota.Emmanuel Lubezki ("The Tree of Life"), who is a top contender for the best cinematography Oscar, was presented with the Hollywood Cinematographer Award by Ben Affleck, one of the stars of the untitled Terrence Malick film that Lubezki is editing. Affleck, sporting a beard, sung Lubezki's praises and emphasized that much of his best work didn't even make it into the highlight reel that preceded his introduction. Lubezki profusely thanked Affleck for coming to present him with the award despite being in the midst of shooting a film.Stephen Mirrione ("The Ides of March"), who is a top contender for the best film editing Oscar, was presented with the Hollywood Film Editor Award by George Clooney, who has had him edit three of the four films he has directed "Good Night, and Good Luck," "Leatherheads," and "Ides" -- and several other films in which he has starred, which Clooney joked about: "He edited 'Oceans 11,' '12,' and '13.' He actually completely edited out 14 -- he did that for you guys!"Berenice Bejo ("The Artist"), Jean Dujardin ("The Artist"), Elle Fanning ("Super 8"), my table mate Amber Heard ("The Rum Diary"), Andrea Riseborough ("W.E."), Shailene Woodley ("The Descendants"), and Anton Yelchin ("Like Crazy") were presented with this season's Hollywood Spotlight Awards, which celebrate breakthrough acting achievements. Backstage before the presentation, I chatted with down-to-earth Yelchin, who I feel like I've seen more than my family over the past week or so, and lovely Woodley, who told me that she was very excited to receive the first award of her career, and also exhausted but exhilarated from traveling to something like half a dozen cities around the world over the past month on behalf of her film! (Unfortunately, she didn't know in advance that she was supposed to deliver a brief acceptance speech, so much of her time at the podium was devoted to repeating that fact, which might be seen as a lost opportunity to connect with the industry. That being said, she'll surely have many more chances.)"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows -- Part 2," which is a possible contender for the best picture Oscar, was chosen as the winner of the Hollywood Movie Award, which celebrates the most popular film of the year and is determined by the public through voting on the Yahoo! Movies website. This was not a tremendous surprise and will, in and of itself, probably not have much of an impact on the race.Rosie Huntington-Whitely ("Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon"), the British actress who replaced Megan Fox as the "Transformers" franchise's resident hottie, was in the green room before presenting one award or another, and is one of the most strikingly beautiful people that I've ever seen. I have never seen lips like hers except on dolls or fish... and, in case it's not clear, I mean that as a compliment. The Hollywood Reporter 15th Annual Hollywood Film Awards Kicks Off Season of Awards Shows By Scott Feinberg October 25, 2011 Carey Mulligan PHOTO CREDIT Getty Images The 15th annual Hollywood Awards took place on Monday night at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, kicking off a months-long season of self-congratulations and chicken dinners shared by the same core group of people.There is something special about this event, though, because it offers industry observers our first opportunity to see how dozens of awards hopefuls handle the spotlight. There is no tension about who will get called to the podium, since the honorees are announced weeks before the ceremony (determined by the event's executive director Carlos de Abreu and a panel of advisors), but there is still plenty on the line. Indeed, a highlight clip, introduction, or acceptance speech can immensely help or hurt a contender's prospects, as the many studio publicists, executives, and chiefs in attendance (including The Weinstein Company's Harvey Weinstein and Sony Pictures Classics's Michael Barker) were well aware.Based on what I was able to gauge last night from a seat in the audience and access that I was exclusively granted to the backstage area and green room throughout the show, nobody really set themselves back very much at this particular awards show, but a few people certainly came away from the festivities stronger than they entered them.Some highlights...The biggest winner of the night, in my estimation, was Michelle Williams ("My Week with Marilyn"), a top contender for the best actress Oscar, who was the recipient of the Hollywood Actress Award. Williams looked beautiful and spoke eloquently, as always, but was helped most by the person who presented her award to her: 82-year-old screen legend Don Murray, "the last of the on-screen lovers of Marilyn Monroe." Murray earned an Oscar nod for his film debut opposite the blonde bombshell in "Bus Stop" (1956), which was released in the same year in which Williams portrays Monroe in "My Week with Marilyn," which makes him as qualified as just about anyone alive to evaluate Williams' performance -- and he couldn't have offered a more ringing endorsement. Murray, who drove down to the event from Santa Barbara with his wife, told the audience, "She created some moments that were so intimately familiar to me because I spent 14 weeks with Marilyn... I know that Michelle studied everything -- read every book she could find -- about Marilyn... and the amazing thing is that there is not one thing in that film that is not truthful... it was just a revelation... she holds the mirror up to nature and she gets into acting that is beyond acting, that is being... Michelle's performance made me appreciate Marilyn." Afterwards, in the green room, he reiterated to me: "She nailed it."The cast of "The Help," which is a top contender for the best picture Oscar, was the recipient of the Hollywood Ensemble Award, and selected Viola Davis, who is a top contender for the best actress Oscar, to speak on their behalf from the podium. Joined on-stage by co-stars Emma Stone, Octavia Spencer, Allison Janney, Bryce Dallas Howard, Mary Steenburgen, Ahna O'Reilly, and Cicely Tyson (who was very reluctant to appear on stage but was begged to by Stone and Howard and eventually acquiesced), Davis delivered what was probably the best acceptance speech of the night. She noted that what makes a project special for an actor can easily be forgotten during "the Oscar push," but that she will never forget how special this one was: "This cast was 99 percent women, and we all walked away just loving each other." She teared up when she looked at her castmates and told them, "It was an honor to work with all of you."Glenn Close ("Albert Nobbs"), who is a top contender for the best actress Oscar, was presented with the Hollywood Career Achievement Award by fellow acting veteran Ted Danson, received a hearty standing ovation, and delivered a characteristically eloquent and humble acceptance speech. It is hard to believe that this talented and well-liked actress has yet to win an Oscar, despite scoring a string of five nominations in seven years back in the eighties.It was uncertain how Christopher Plummer ("Beginners"), the 81-year-old who is widely considered to be the frontrunner for the best supporting actor Oscar, would handle himself upon being presented with the Hollywood Supporting Actor Award by his co-star Ewan McGregor. Plummer has a reputation for being a bit curmudgeonly, especially when it comes to the gladhanding part of awards campaigning, which might explain why he has only been nominated for an Oscar once -- for best supporting actor for "The Last Station" (2009) -- despite having given great performances for decades. But he passed this early test with flying colors, joking that he was pleased to be among the first to be honored because it was "way past my bedtime"; stating, "I've never been so relaxed in front of a camera"; and profusely thanking his "son" McGregor, his "partner" Goran Visnjic, writer/director Mike Mills, and, "of course, Cosmo, the dog."Diablo Cody ("Young Adult"), who is a top contender for the best original screenplay Oscar, was presented with the Hollywood Screenwriter Award by fellow Oscar winner Quentin Tarantino, with whom she animatedly discussed her film and sipped champagne in the green room earlier in the night. Tarantino introduced her as someone who he regards as being "in the class of a Paddy Chayefsky, in the class of a William Goldman," and noted that she and Jason Reitman, who collaborated on "Juno" (2007) prior to re-teaming for "Young Adult," "truly bring the best out of each other." He closed by paraphrasing a snide remark by the "NY Times" film critic A.O. Scott: 'Well, if you think Quentin Tarantino is a great writer, then I guess you think Diablo Cody is a great writer.' Well I do, and I do!" Cody thanked him, calling him "one of my heroes," and joked about having come so far from her "early work," which in reality was only a few years ago.Perennial honoree George Clooney ("The Descendants"), who is a top contender for the best actor Oscar, was presented with the Hollywood Actor Award by his co-star Beau Bridges, and gave a characteristically humble acceptance speech, emphasizing to the audience, "I am very lucky. I'm a lucky man." He was referring to some of the breaks that he's had over the course of his career, such as the fact that "ER," the show that made him a household name, played on Thursday nights instead of some other time slot in which he would have been less exposed... but if you saw how beautiful his girlfriend Stacy Keibler looked last night (they stayed almost until the end and ultimately left hand-in-hand), you'd be forgiven for thinking he was referring specifically to her!Bennett Miller ("Moneyball"), who is a top contender for the best director Oscar, was presented with the Hollywood Director Award by one of his film's stars, Jonah Hill. Hill, who was best known for playing sophomoric teenagers in raunchy comedies prior to "Moneyball," said, "My natural intuition is to try to be funny... telling a joke is a way to try to avoid revealing how you really feel... but I love this guy very much -- he's a wonderful human being." After Miller took the stage and the two embraced, the director cracked about the intro, "There was nothing funny about that!"Joseph Gordon-Levitt ("50/50"), who is a possible contender for the best actor Oscar, was presented with the Hollywood Breakthrough Actor Award, which prompted his co-star Bryce Dallas Howard to say to him, when they ran into each other before the show, "Breakthrough actor?! You've been acting since you were six. You are so cheating!"Michel Hazanavicius ("The Artist"), who is a top contender for the best director Oscar, was presented with the Hollywood Breakthrough Director Award. Meanwhile, backstage in the green room, "The Artist" stars Berenice Bejo (Hazanavicius's wife) and Jean Dujardin chuckled with George Clooney as several people tried to pronounce his last name but failed miserably.Letty Aronson ("Midnight in Paris"), a top contender for the best picture Oscar, was presented with the Hollywood Producer Award by her film's star Owen Wilson. The reception that both of them -- and the clip of their film -- received from the audience only enhances my current suspicion that it will wind up as one of this year's best picture nominees even if there are only five films that make the cut in the category.Alberto Iglesias ("The Skin I Live In"), who is a top contender for the best original score Oscar, was presented with the Hollywood Composer Award. Antonio Banderas, his fellow Spaniard and the star of that film, was to do the honors, but he had to cancel at the last minute because he was hosting a fundraiser for President Barack Obama, who is in town, so Michael Barker, the co-chief of the film's distributor Sony Pictures Classics, stepped up and gave a terrific off-the-cuff intro. He noted that Pedro Almodovar, the film's director, had told him with great pride that he fully expected people decades from now to closely associate his success with Iglesias's work in the same way that they do Alfred Hitchcock with Bernard Herrmann and Federico Fellini with Nino Rota.Emmanuel Lubezki ("The Tree of Life"), who is a top contender for the best cinematography Oscar, was presented with the Hollywood Cinematographer Award by Ben Affleck, one of the stars of the untitled Terrence Malick film that Lubezki is editing. Affleck, sporting a beard, sung Lubezki's praises and emphasized that much of his best work didn't even make it into the highlight reel that preceded his introduction. Lubezki profusely thanked Affleck for coming to present him with the award despite being in the midst of shooting a film.Stephen Mirrione ("The Ides of March"), who is a top contender for the best film editing Oscar, was presented with the Hollywood Film Editor Award by George Clooney, who has had him edit three of the four films he has directed "Good Night, and Good Luck," "Leatherheads," and "Ides" -- and several other films in which he has starred, which Clooney joked about: "He edited 'Oceans 11,' '12,' and '13.' He actually completely edited out 14 -- he did that for you guys!"Berenice Bejo ("The Artist"), Jean Dujardin ("The Artist"), Elle Fanning ("Super 8"), my table mate Amber Heard ("The Rum Diary"), Andrea Riseborough ("W.E."), Shailene Woodley ("The Descendants"), and Anton Yelchin ("Like Crazy") were presented with this season's Hollywood Spotlight Awards, which celebrate breakthrough acting achievements. Backstage before the presentation, I chatted with down-to-earth Yelchin, who I feel like I've seen more than my family over the past week or so, and lovely Woodley, who told me that she was very excited to receive the first award of her career, and also exhausted but exhilarated from traveling to something like half a dozen cities around the world over the past month on behalf of her film! (Unfortunately, she didn't know in advance that she was supposed to deliver a brief acceptance speech, so much of her time at the podium was devoted to repeating that fact, which might be seen as a lost opportunity to connect with the industry. That being said, she'll surely have many more chances.)"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows -- Part 2," which is a possible contender for the best picture Oscar, was chosen as the winner of the Hollywood Movie Award, which celebrates the most popular film of the year and is determined by the public through voting on the Yahoo! Movies website. This was not a tremendous surprise and will, in and of itself, probably not have much of an impact on the race.Rosie Huntington-Whitely ("Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon"), the British actress who replaced Megan Fox as the "Transformers" franchise's resident hottie, was in the green room before presenting one award or another, and is one of the most strikingly beautiful people that I've ever seen. I have never seen lips like hers except on dolls or fish... and, in case it's not clear, I mean that as a compliment. The Hollywood Reporter

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.post-content img {display:none;} Probably not! But: the first trailer for Angelina Jolie's directorial debut 'In the Land of Blood and Honey' has snuck online, and it looks gorgeous? Tragic? Like the work of a budding master? Jolie's new film -- which doesn't feature the Oscar-winner onscreen -- focuses on the forbidden love between a Muslim woman and a Serbian soldier during the Bosnian war in the mid-'90s. That's controversial enough, but 'In the Land of Blood and Honey' was also dogged during production by rumors of rape being the source of their clandestine romance. Bosnian officials revoked Jolie's filming permits for 'In the Land of Blood and Honey' last October, after receiving pressure from women's groups because of rumored content in the film. "Among thousands of testimonies by women raped during the war, there is not a single one that tells of a love story between a victim and her rapist," said Women Victims of War head Bakira Hasecic at the time. "We will not allow anyone to falsify our pain." Just days later, the permit was reinstated after officials had a chance to read the script, which apparently didn't include the lightning-rod issue. Said the actress at the time, "My hope is that people will hold judgment until they have seen the film." Jolie also wrote the script for 'In the Land of Blood and Honey,' something she said she accomplished while ill and quarantined from her children. "I don't watch TV and I wasn't reading anything," she told Vanity Fair this year. "So I started writing. I went from the beginning to the end. I didn't know any other way." 'In the Land of Blood and Honey' is set for release sometime in December. RELATED Co-Stars Who (Allegedly) Had Affairs To celebrate Tinseltown's grand tradition of actors (reportedly) leaving their partners for their co-stars, Moviefone has a look at some of the most notorious relationship shake-ups in history. Clark Gable and Loretta YoungHumphrey Bogart and Lauren BacallEddie Fisher and Liz TaylorRichard Burton and Liz TaylorPeter Bogdanovich and Cybill ShepherdSteve McQueen and Ali MacGrawJohn Malkovich and Michelle PfeifferRussell Crowe and Meg RyanBrad Pitt and Angelina JolieDaniel Craig and Rachel Weisz See All Moviefone Galleries » Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

Justin Bieber Donates $10,000 to Hometown Food Bank; Begins Writing for New Album

It's only October, but Justin Bieber is already way ahead of the game when it comes to holiday spirit. Not only is his Christmas album set for release on November 1, the teen phenom also recently handed over a check for $10,000 to theStratford House of Blessing, alocal food bank in his hometown of Stratford, Ontario -- enough to fill its shelves through Christmas day.It's the same food bank where Bieber and his mother Pattie Mallette used to get their food when they couldn't afford to buy a proper holiday meal.our editor recommendsJustin Bieber to Donate Some Proceeds of Album to CharityJustin Bieber's 'Mistletoe' Debuts on Ryan Seacrest (Video)Adam Braun on Pencils of Promise and How Justin Bieber Is 'Making the World Better' "We just want to say how thankful we are to Justin Bieber and his family," House of Blessing's executive director tellsThe Hollywood Reporter. "The citizens that are struggling in Stratford will surely benefit from his generosity." "Justin has a really big heart," says Bieber's manager Scooter Braunin a new interview with THR.Indeed,Bieber has instituted that a portion of the profits from Under the Mistletoe be earmarked to benefit a variety of charities, including Make-A-Wish and Pencils of Promise. And based on the strength of first single "Mistletoe," along with many more exciting prospects for the record, sales should not be a problem. STORY:Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez Rent Out Movie Theater to See 'Real Steel' Collaborations on Mistletoe include duets with Usher -- "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)," being released on Tuesday -- Mariah Carey ("All I Want For Christmas Is You"), Boyz II Men ("Fa La La"), The Band Perry ("Home This Christmas") and Busta Rhymes (who delivers the album's sole Hannukah reference). Braun reveals that Bieber plays drums (appropriately on "Drummer Boy"), piano ("Silent Night") and guitar ("Mistletoe") on the collection and even produced a couple of tracks, including "All I Want is You." STORY: Justin Bieber Reveals Christmas Album Inspiration The album is already off to a great start -- "Mistletoe" spent three days at No. 1 on the iTunes chart -- and caps off a busy few weeks for Bieber, who recently returned from a tour of South America where he performed in sold-out stadiums to crowds as large as 70,000. "It was surreal and wild," says Braun. "Thousands of kids surrounded our hotels every day." Among the Beliebers? The daughter of Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, who waited on the runway at the airport to get a photo with the pop star (her father was absent). STORY: Justin Bieber, Mariah Carey to Duet on Christmas Album As for the proper follow-up to 2010's My World 2.0? Braun says that in a perfect world, Believe, as Bieber has titled the effort, would be out by summer, but that nothing will be released until it's perfect. Meanwhile, Bieber has songwriting on the brain. "He's pretty adamant about writing a lot of [the album]," says Braun. "And he played me some stuff that he's been doing on his own. He wrote this amazing song that sounds like a Jodeci record. I'm really excited for him. This kid can sing his ass off. He's coming into his own." Related Topics Justin Bieber Mariah Carey Usher Scooter Braun

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Daniel Radcliffe! Kristen Stewart! Jennifer Lawrence! For the second year in a row, Moviefone is happy to team with the People's Choice Awards to honor the Top 25 Actors and Actresses Under 25. Whoever gets the most votes will be awarded the Hottest Movie Star Under 25 at the People's Choice Awards on Jan. 11. Which is where you come in: between now and Oct. 28, we're giving you the chance to vote for your favorite young actors and actresses. The top five will advance to the final round, where you'll then choose the winner; final voting begins on Nov. 8. You can check out the full 25 Under 25 list below. After that head HERE to vote your favorite. [Sorry, Robert Pattinson fans: your favorite vampire was aged-out of the competition when he turned 25 in May.] People's Choice Awards: 25 Under 25 See All Moviefone Galleries » Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook RELATED

The Vampire Diaries' Candice Accola: Tyler and Caroline Are Teammates

Candice Accola, Michael Trevino School's finally in session around the Vampire Journals. "You are likely to start to see these figures in our prime school atmosphere and a bit more within their age-bracket element," Candice Accola informs TVGuide.com. VIDEO: Is Vampire Diaries' Bonnie a goner? Watch our Season 3 forecasts On Thursday's episode, "The Reckoning," Caroline (Accola) gathers Elena (Nina Dobrev), Bonnie (Kat Graham), Matt (Zach Roerig) and Tyler (Michael Trevino) for Senior Prank Evening to start the Mystic Falls school year. Obviously, you will find some problems on the way. "Sometimes you want on the prank going one of the ways, however the rug is drawn from underneath you and also goes completely the alternative,Inch she hints. Caroline just really wants to have a little of fun in the end she has been through. Between turning out to be a vampire, helping her friend transition right into a werewolf and seeking in order to save another friend in the most evil Original vampire on the planet, Accola states, "She gets a newly found responsibility to safeguard the folks round her. That's been among the characteristics which have really grown within Caroline from her transition into being a vampire." The Vampire Journals Bite: Will Jeremy come clean to Bonnie? Caroline has additionally found a handsome shoulder to rely on in friend switched friend-with-benefits Tyler Lockwood. "Things I love concerning the Tyler-Caroline [relationship] is it comes from a location of friendship and perception of, 'I have your back and you've got mine.' They are teammates in this way,Inch she states, adding: "Despite the fact that they have needed to psychologically evolve, they are still in senior high school, who knows how lengthy the connection can last?Inch Now that both Sheriff Forbes and Mayor Lockwood know that their kids are not only seen opposing supernatural species, but connecting up, can they attempt to stop them? "There's definite chance for that Council to shoot up and also the pot to become stirred in the parental perspective, yes, but are we investigated that at this time? No," she states. And talking about parental figures, audiences lately met Caroline's disapproving father. Although many people question if his hate for vampires of the underworld comes from rapport towards the recently introduced vampire hunter (performed by Sebastian Roche), Accola shoots lower that theory. "That's reaching pretty far. Who knows ... but at this time this is a pretty far achieve," she states. Still, last week's episode is probably not the finish of his arc. "We are likely to see much more of Caroline's father," she states. "When that will happen I've no clue, however i don't believe that's all of the Dad Forbes." The Vampire Journals airs Thursdays at 8/7c around the CW.

Amanda Knox Addresses Audiences From Dallas Airport terminal terminal Press Conference (Video)

After serving four years inside an Italian prison, Amanda Knox is becoming in her own hometown of Dallas, Washington.our editor recommendsAmanda Knox Lifetime Movie being Up-to-date After Verdict PHOTOS: 10 TV Tests That Shook the earth The 24-year-old and her family held a press conference within the city's airport terminal terminal right after her arrival within the united states . States. Knox was free from Italian custody of the children from the children on Monday, March. 3 each time a jury overturned her 2009 conviction of sexually attacking and killing Meredith Kercher. Knox had already offered four years of her 26-year sentence. VIDEO: Amanda Knox Leaves Italia for U.S. After Guilty Verdict Overturned "They're saying to speak in British, cause I'm getting difficulties with that," Knox mentioned. "I'm really overcome at this time around. I used to be searching reduced the plane, plus it made an appearance like everything wasn't real," she ongoing, while choking back tears. "Because of everyone who's supported me, who's defended me, who's supported my family members.Inch Story: Amanda Knox Verdict: Conviction Overturned "My family's the key factor in my opinion at this time around, and The most effective to go to be around them. So appreciate being there personally,In . she found the final outcome, receiving cheers within the airport terminal terminal audience. Related Subjects Amanda Knox

Jolie Appears At Not Refugee Agency Honours

First Launched: October 3, 2011 5:39 PM EDT Credit: UNHCR/Getty Images Caption Not Goodwill Ambassador Jennifer Aniston visits Somali refugees at Shousha Camping, near to the Tunis-Libyan border in Ras Djir, Tunisia, on April 5, 2011 GENEVA, Europe -- Jennifer Aniston was almost reduced to tears Monday as she honored a Yemeni aid group within an honours ceremony which recognized her work within the last decade just like a U.N. refugee agency goodwill ambassador. Jolie needed transpires with praise the Geneva-based agency and Yemens Society for Humanitarian Solidarity, which won the agencys top annual award for helping thousands of Somali refugees and migrants who flee for Yemen in smugglers watercraft within the dangerous Gulf of Aden. The desperation fueled having a vicious combination of drought, famine and conflict has driven 100s of thousands of people within the Horn of Africa, Jolie mentioned. Which we should not forget what's happening in this world, she mentioned. We ought to make an effort to imagine how desperate these people ought to be, when their only alternative is always to risk dying at sea and hang their lives within reach of callous smugglers. Somalia has received transitional administrations in the last seven years. Nevertheless it has did not possess a functioning central government since 1991, when warlords overthrew a longtime dictator after which it started up each other, plunging the impoverished country into chaos. The transitional government, backed by African Union troops, remains combating al-Shabab insurgents Islamic militants who abandoned Mogadishu noisy . August but nevertheless hold lots of southern Somalia, where 100s of 1000's are believed to own starved to dying and 100s of 1000's more have fled or tried to leave with the expectation of finding food. Jolie mentioned the 290 staff in the Society for Humanitarian Solidarity, additionally to the founder Nasser Salim Ali Al-Hamairy, deserve much credit for risking their unique lives to be able to save thousands of others each year. She mentioned she anticipated representing the UNHCR which is staff for the next 10 years. First of all Im so grateful I should not cry for the refugee families that we hold the recognition and privilege to get the ultimate years with, she mentioned. From their website Ive many userful stuff here. Ive learned to become better person, a far greater mother. Theyve inspired me by showing me the unbreakable strength in the human spirit. (Copyright 2011 by Connected Press) Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All rights reserved. These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.