Scott Free shuffles TV division executives

T. ScottR. ScottEXCLUSIVE: Scott Free Prods. is trembling up its professional ranks about the TV side.Shingle, from Ridley and Tony Scott, has marketed Jordan Sheehan to Vice president of television development. Her duties continues to incorporate the CBS drama "The Great Wife," in addition to brand new U.S. broadcast development and worldwide co-endeavors, both series and longform.Other projects on Sheehan's docket range from the A&E miniseries "Coma" and Fox's limited series "Pyrates," looking for a potential 2012 summer time launch."Jordan is a terrific pressure within the department, parlaying her experience dealing with Ridley being an executive over side," stated TV leader David Zucker. "She's an amazing work ethic but in some way handles to create a difficult process incredibly fun while forging great associations with talent overall.InchBecoming a member of Scott Free as director of TV development is Clayton Krueger, who lately showed up from Jerry Bruckheimer Prods. Krueger's responsibilities range from the approaching Cinemax crime series "The Sector" in addition to Le Guys motor racing project "Motorists."Also, Hannah Flint was marketed to manager from the television development. With Scott Free since 2009, she formerly labored being an assistant in television packaging at CAA.Scott Free is presently in pre-production for small "World Without Finish," which does not possess a U.S. network attached but continues to be offered to many areas around the world. Shingle's previous projects include CBS' series "Amounts" and Starz's small "The Support beams of the world.Inch Contact Stuart Levine at stuart.levine@variety.com

VIDEO: OK Go and The Muppets Sing The Muppets Show Theme

· With Muppets fever burning up the Internet in the lead-up to the release of The Muppets on Thanksgiving, what better time to watch a viral video involving your favorite felt characters? As part of the Green Album of Muppets covers, viral video kings OK Go sang “The Muppets Show Theme Song” and the corresponding clip is delightful. Click through to watch, then stick around for more Buzz Break. · Um, EARTHQUAKE! [USA Today/On Deadline] · Spy Kids 4 star Jeremy Piven is producing a new reality series about glassblowing called Blow. This is real. [Deadline] · Beginning on Aug. 25, Tribeca Film will release Shut Up Little Man!, Grave Encounters, Beware the Gonzo, and Essential Killing on VOD. [Press Release] · Paul Rudd, former INXS devotee. [Grantland/Hollywood Prospectus]

Charlie Sheen's Roast: Watch the Promo (Video)

The Roast of Charlie Sheen Mon, Sept 19 10/9c Dr. StrangeSheen www.comedycentral.com Comedy Central Funny TV Shows Roast of Charlie Sheen Comedy Central has released the first promo for its Charlie Sheen roast. In the 15-second clip, Sheen acts out a classic scene from Dr. Strangelove as he rides a missile into earth while screaming. The roast airs on Sept. 19 at 10 p.m. -- the same night Ashton Kutcher debuts as Sheen's replacement. It will be hosted by Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane. Sheen says the roast is a "celebration of who I am." "I'm actually looking forward to how creative they can get," he says. Sheen will next star in sitcom Anger Management, which is loosely based on the 2003 Jack Nicholson movie of the same name. "I've got my work brain back in my head," Sheen says. "Welcome back work brain, I missed you." RELATED: Seth MacFarlane Tapped to Host Charlie Sheen Roast Charlie Sheen Roast to Air on Comedy Central Same Night as Ashton Kutcher's Debut on 'Men' Charlie Sheen on 'Two and a Half Men': 'I'll Be There Front and Center' It's Official: Charlie Sheen's 'Anger Management' Comedy Moves Forward Charlie Sheen

My Children's Rebecca Budig: I Needed Leo and Greenlee to Finish Up Together

Rebecca Budig and Josh Duhamel Sadly, My Children's Leo du Curr wasn't among the lucky, formerly-late Pine Valley people raised from the dead by David Heyward in recent days. Rather, Josh Duhamel came back as Leo for any single episode this month, showing up to Greenlee within an all-too-brief dream by which she imagined he'd been saved by David and stashed each one of these years. A minimum of there is smooching before she awoke though, right? Still, it isn't precisely what Rebecca Budig been on mind. A week ago on location in the Descanso Gardens, Budig, who became a member of the cleaning soap as Greenlee in 1999, told TVGuide.com that they had imagined another "ever after" on her character as My Children prepares to visit from the air the following month. Will Susan Lucci remain on My Children if this moves online? "You are aware how I needed Leo to return? I needed him to become my ending," Budig stated. "Taking nothing from Ryan (Cameron Mathison), however i wanted Leo and Greenlee to undergo this complete factor. I thought about being battling because I discover he's alive, so when I've found him, he's battling because I am the passion for his existence." "Ultimately, I needed these phones set off together," Budig ongoing. "The crowd does not know what is going to occur to them, we simply discover their whereabouts disappearing.Inch Rather, obviously, Greenlee awoke to locate Zach (Thorsten Kaye), still alive after heading down inside a plane crash several several weeks ago. "It had been just a little bizarre. I had been thrilled to utilize Josh again, however it was kind of a tease, too," she stated. Budig only has 72 hours left of filming before Greenlee's story is wrapped permanently. (Nobody within the cast has yet signed onto an internet version from the show, slated to produce the coming year.) Requested about her favorite Greenlee moments, she does not hesitate: "The bath tub moments with Leo. Individuals were fun, good moments," she stated. Her favorite scene ever can also be one she distributed to Duhamel. Agnes Nixon sets on-air go back to My Children "Leo and Greenlee within the wine cellar," she stated. "We are at some party and I am looking to get to Ryan, because Greenlee was enthusiastic about him, and Leo comes lower rather and that we get located in. I am furious, and he's pissed to become stuck inside, but we go to open your wine and obtain drunk. It had been so funny." "I'd something with Josh that I have never had with anybody," Budig stated. "It simply felt really real and authentic and that is tricky to find. I actually do believe with Cameron, too, though. I'm not sure - I acquired lucky." Take a look at vintage Leo and Greenlee, first within the bath tub (begins at 3:15, however the lead-up is fairly funny), after which within the wine cellar: Who's better for Greenlee - Ryan or Leo?

Miramax makes friends with Facebook

LONDON -- Miramax looks set to be the latest company to start making its films available to users on Facebook, launching the largest movie-streaming venture yet on the social media site. Following hot on the heels of Warner Bros., Paramount and Universal, "Miramax eXperience" will go live first on Facebook with 20 titles available for rent in the U.S. and 10 each in Blighty and Turkey, according to paidContent.com.Titles available in all three countries include "Good Will Hunting," "Cold Mountain," "Spy Kids" and "Chicago," while "No Country for Old Men" is limited to U.S release on the site. Facebook users can rent Miramax titles for 30 Facebook credits, which is equivalent to $3 and watch on Facebook, the iPad and Google TV. The rental is active for 30 days and will expire 48 hours after viewing has commenced. Earlier this year, Miramax reached a deal with Lionsgate and StudioCanal on worldwide distribution rights to more than 550 library titles. As StudioCanal operates in three European territories -- Blighty, France and Germany -- launches of the Facebook app in Gaul and Germany look likely. Titles are expected to be available on Facebook from September. The move is a further sign that Miramax is ramping up its activity on digital platforms and embracing digital distribution: In May, the company signed a multi-year non-exclusive distribution deal with Netflix, which covered titles including "The English Patient," "Shakespeare in Love," Clerks," "Pulp Fiction" and many of the "Halloween," "Scary Movie" and "Scream" titles. Last week, U offered "The Big Lebowski" for rental via Facebook, coinciding with the pic's debut on Blu-ray, while Warner Bros. and Par began releasing pics on the social media site back in March. WB began experimenting with rentals via the site with "The Dark Knight," before expanding its offerings with pics including "Inception," "Life as We Know It," "Yogi Bear," "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" and "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets."Par started renting the "Jackass" franchise through the "Jackass" fanpage on Facebook from July. Contact Diana Lodderhose at diana.lodderhose@variety.com

Rocker Jani Lane dies at 47

Jani Lane, lead singer from the best-selling 1990's L.A. hair-metal band Warrant, was discovered dead of unknown causes inside a Woodland Hillsides, Ca., hotel on August. 11. He was 47. Born John Kennedy Oswald in Akron, Lane would be a veteran of Ohio and Florida metal bands when he created Plain Jane with drummer Steven Sweet. The music artists moved to L.A. within the late 1980s, plus they attracted the interest of guitarist Erik Turner, the founding father of Warrant, who drafted these phones join his band. With Lane fronting the act, Warrant grew to become a well known Sunset Strip act, and was signed to Columbia. The band's debut ''Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich'' (1989) and sophomore release ''Cherry Pie'' (1990) both went double-platinum the first kind created no. 2 single ''Heaven,'' as the latter contained the very best 10 records ''Cherry Pie'' and ''I Saw Red-colored.'' Warrant's recognition didn't overcome the style for glammed-up metal, and also the group's third album ''Dog Eat Dog'' (1992) peaked at No. 25. Lane left the audience in 1993, but came back for 2 more around duty and cut four indie-label albums using the band, none which made the charts. In 2008, he split permanently, and was changed by Robert Mason. Lane launched a solo project, ''Back Lower to 1,'' in 2003. He later fronted Saints from the Subterranean, one featuring veterans of Ratt and Alice Cooper's band, and was set for singer Jack Russell on Great White's 2010 tour. Lane was charged with driving under the influence last year and 2010, and was sentenced to four several weeks in jail for that latter offense. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

EMMYS: Movies & Miniseries Race Is On

EMMYS: Why Movies & Mini-Series Combined Now that the movie and mini-series categories have been combined by theTV Academy,its interesting that in thisfirst year of the new configuration voters predictably favoredthe more expensive and elaborate mini-seriesformat with 4 of the 6 nominations. One reason for the change in the first place was because of theperceived paucity in the numbers of minis eligible, so go figure.Actually among those contenders that didnt make the cut I would arguethat perhaps two other minis got robbed:Sundance Channels Carlos whichwas the darling of everyfilm festival it entered beginning with Cannes.AndBBC AmericasLuther also deserved a spot but its grim subject matter focusing on a brilliant detective who takes a walk on the dark side may have turned off thosewho preferred thesleaze factor of Reelz Channels The Kennedys instead. But what about thosethat did get the nod? Heres thehandicapping. CINEMA VERITE (HBO) This made-for-HBO movie told the story of the Loud Family who livedtheir dysfunctional lives in front of a documentary film crew thus becoming thetemplate for todays multitude of reality TV programs. The film received mixed reviews and isnt generallyconsidered HBOs finest hour but Diane Lane shone brightly in it and lifted thematerial, deservedly getting a Best Actress Emmy nomination. Considering theadvance age ofmany voters, the memory ofthe real Loud family and their TV meltdown may be too vivid for any narrative film to overcome. Still its 9 overallnominations including Directing for Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulciniare impressive althoughthe lack of a writing nod isnt a good omen.This one is a real long shot to battle the mini-series tide in thecategory and may just wind up a bridesmaidthis season. DOWNTON ABBEY (PBS) This stunning mini-series fromMasterpiece Theatre is a period pre-WWIdrama centering on the conflicts surrounding the Crawley family and theirservants. British dramas are often showered with Emmy love and this is noexception garnering 11 nominations overall including writing, directing, andacting nods for Elizabeth McGovern and Maggie Smith.There is no giant mini like John Adams, Band of Brothers, or The Pacific to stomp all over itdespite HBO rival Mildred Pierces whopping 21nominations. A great script from Oscar winner Julian Fellowes (Gosford Park),a magnificent castthat also includes HughBonneville, and fine production values madecritics swoon. This is the one to watch coming upto the front from the outside. A second season is already planned for fans who just couldntget enough. THE KENNEDYS (Reelz Channel) This $25 million 6-hourminiwidely derided as playing with the facts was jettisoned by theHistory Channel which originally commissioned it and finally found a homeon the little-seen Reelz Channel.I thought Emmy voters might turn their backson it, too, but an outsized 10 nominations proved me wrong. Never overestimatethe tastes of Emmy voters as those nominations put it in the game, likely atthe expense of the far superior Carlos and Luther. Stars Greg Kinnear, Barry Pepper, and Tom Wilkinson reeled in Emmy nods aswell but there was no love for the mini in writing and directing categories. Not a good sign. Reelz did send a 3-DVDset of the show to all Academy members but it would likely only have a fightingchance in a weaker year and this is NOT a weak year. This is the longest ofshots. It should just be content to get an invite to the party. MILDRED PIERCE (HBO) Perennial winner HBOs big mini this season was this 5-part remake ofMildred Pierce, the 1945 noir fromJames M. Cains book that won Joan Crawford her Best Actress Oscar. It islikely it will do the sameEmmy-wise for star Kate Winslet who runs with the role that pays closer attention tothe original novel.Pierce itself facesfierce competition for the crown in this category because at its heart it isjust a soap and the overlong adaptation exposes some of its flaws. But youcannot ignore the fact that it is leading all comers in this years Emmy racewith 21 nominations, a total bloated by 6 acting bids. Just based on those rawnumbers it would seem to have wide support across the Academy. Reviews werentover the moon and ratings were less than expected, but directorTodd Haynes gave it verve and style and that may be enough to carry the day. Butthis is no slam dunk even if its closest rivals(Downton Abbey and Too Big To Fail) received barely morethan half of Ms. Pierces haul. THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH (Starz) An epic 8-part mini-series attempt togive Starz some instant Emmy cred based onKen Folletts bestseller.A sterling cast led by IanMcShane helped to turn this old-fashioned mini into a contender for Academyvoters who fondly remember when this sort of big-scalewas catnip for the broadcast networks.Although those voters awarded it 7 nominations, thats the smallest totalin the category andincludes no mention of acting, writing, or directing.For Chris Albrecht who was used to all that Emmy glory when he was at HBO,Pillars reps a small stepping stone back into Emmys golden circle and managing to land one of the prized slots in this very competitiveyear is victory enough for theStarz. TOO BIG TO FAIL (HBO) This riveting drama based on the non-fiction book of the same name by New York Times financial journalist Andrew Ross Sorkinis is the most current and contemporary of the nominees.Playing Treasury Secretary HankPaulsonis Emmy-nominated William Hurt who turns in one ofhis best performances in years. But the whole cast shines includingBilly Crudup,Topher Grace, Cynthia Nixon,James Woods, and Paul Giamatti.Oscar winner Curtis Hanson directed and wouldhave taken the Movie category this year hadit still existed on its own (particularly with 11 noms). But alas Too Big To Fail is probably now too small to win in thecombinedcategory against much stiffercompetition.