Trio of photos top Doha Tribeca

London-- Merzak Allouache's "Normal," Nadine Labaki's "Where Will We Go Ahead Now?Inch and Namir's Abdel Messeeh's "The Virgin the Copts and Me" were one of the prize those who win only at that year's third edition from the Doha Tribeca Film Festival, which wrapped on Saturday evening. 5-day fest, which closed by having an outside screening of Luc Besson's "The Woman,Inch saw "Normal," a pic in regards to a disillusioned Algerian youth within the wake from the Arab Spring, nab the Arab film competition's best narrative award while Messeeh's docu nabbed best documentary film within the Arab competish. "The Virgin, The Copts and Me" follows a French-Egyptian filmmaker going to Egypt to find apparitions from the Virgin Mary. Both honours included a $100,000 cash prize. Labaki, whose second feature pic "Where Will We Go Ahead Now?Inch continues to be selected as Lebanon's language Oscar entry, walked away using the audience award in the fest.Story follows several Lebanese ladies who attempt to diffuse the tensions between Christian believers and Muslims within their village. Rania Stephan, helmer of "The 3 Disappearances of Soad Honsi" and Roschdy Zem, helmer of "Omar Wiped out Me," required awards for the best documentary director and finest narrative director correspondingly with both obtaining a $50,000 cash prize. "Omar Wiped out Me" thesp Sami Bouajila also won a prize for the best performance inside a pic and required a $15,000 cash prize. The very best Arab video clip prize visited "Where Are You Currently?Inch by Abdulaziz Al-Nujaym while a respectable mention within the same category visited "My Dad continues to be a Communist - Intimate Tips for Be Released" directed by Ahmad Ghossein. Ghossen will get $10,000 in development services in the Doha Film Institute. Amanda Palmer, professional director of DFI stated: "You will find a lot of exclusive filmmakers here and also the reason we now have the festival would be to uncover new talent. Hopefully these gifted people meet one another here and can make films together consequently."Mohammed Malas, jury prexy from the Arab narrative film competish, stated that DTFF was "among the best festivals to boost the profile of youth cinema, developing our future."Following a screening from the closing evening pic "The Woman,Inch Brit popstar Leona Lewis carried out towards the crowd. Contact Diana Lodderhose at diana.lodderhose@variety.com

We Need To Talk About Kevin Wins At LFF

Lynne Ramsay's drama takes Best Film The 55th BFI London Film Festival - or 'L Double F' as no-one calls it - has had another auspicious year. Filmmakers of the stature of David Cronenberg, Alexander Payne, Lynne Ramsay andFernando Meirelles showed off their wares, big name actors graced the red-carpet with their Earth-healing presences and George Clooney, bless him, did both. Plus no-one fell into that giant hole in the middle of Leicester Square, which is a bonus.But, like Highlander on sportsday, there can be only one winner. The votes are in and Ramsay's highly-acclaimed We Need To Talk About Kevin has come away with the festival's Best Film award. John Madden, LFFjury chair, described it as "a sublime, uncompromising tale of the torment that can stand in the place of love".It seems like a solid shout - only The Artist and Shame have come close to the critical plaudits showered on Ramsay and her cast - and it's great to see the talented Scot, director of powerful films like Ratcatcher and Morvern Callar, getting the recognition she deserves. Also walking away with gongs were Candese Reid, winner of Best British Newcomer for her turn in Tinge Krishnan's singeing social drama Junkhearts, and Las Acacias director Pablo Giorgelli who collected the Sutherland debut feature award. The winners in full:BESTFILMWe Need To Talk About Kevin - Lynne RamsayBESTBRITISHNEWCOMERCandese Reid (Junkhearts)SUTHERLANDAWARDWINNERfor best debut featurePablo Giorgelli (Las Acacias)BESTDOCUMENTARYInto The Abyss - Werner Herzog

Time Warner Cable video revenues slip

Time Warner Cable, the country's second biggest cable operator, stated Thursday net gain reduced 2 percent to $356 million last quarter also it saw video revenue slip every year. Satellite and cable companies are now being carefully viewed nowadays for just about any sign that new and growing video streaming services like Netflix, Amazon . com yet others which are direct towards the consumer may be eating to their business. TWC's revenue firmed 3.7 percent to $4.9 billion. Residential services nosed up 2 percent driven by voice, data and greater charges, but the organization noted a decline in video customers and revenues from premium channels and transactional video-on-demand. Video revenue ended up to $2.six million from $2.7, the organization stated. TWC ended the quarter with 14.4 million total customers, a hair lower from 14.5 the prior quarter led to June. It lost 128,000 video clients, getting the entire to 11,939. Voice subs also ended up in the June quarter. But the organization added 89,000 new data customers Advertising revenues decreased mainly consequently of the year-on-year decline in political advertising revenues and weakness within the overall advertising market in TWC's operating areas, partly offset by a rise in revenues from advertising inventory offered with respect to other video marketers, the organization stated. Time Warner Cable came back $731 million to investors throughout the quarter as a share buyback (total $1.2 billion planned) and $158 million dividend payout. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

Eddie Murphy in Moving Stone: Forget About Kid Films, A Beverly Hillsides Cop Television Show?

Eddie Murphy Eddie Murphy is quashing any about a Beverly Hillsides Cop IV, but states a TV version from the popular eighties comedy franchise is incorporated in the works. "What I am attempting to do now's create a Television show starring Axel Foley's boy, and Axel may be the chief of police now in Detroit. I'd perform the pilot, appear in some places,Inch Murphy, who performed mischievous cop Axel within the original films, informs Moving Stone. "No movie scripts were right it had been attempting to pressure the premise. If you need to pressure something, you should not do it. It had been always a rehash from the old factor. It had been always wrong." Also this is not on Murphy's future film docket? Family movies. After many years of starring in kid-friendly fare like Haunted Mansion and Dad Daycare, the 50-year-old actor feels his times of playing towards the PG crowd are behind him. "I haven't any interest for the reason that at this time. There is no blueprint, but I am attempting to perform some edgy stuff. And That I simply want to do things i actually want to do, otherwise I am content to sit down here and play my guitar all day long," he states. "I usually tell people since I am a semiretired gentleman of leisure, and from time to time I'll go perform some try to break the monotony up." Eddie Murphy to host the Academy awards Rather, Murphy states he's considered coming back to face-up following a a lot more than 20-year hiatus. "Basically find yourself getting back onstage, I am going to possess a excellent show for you personally all. An hour or so . 5 of stand-up contributing to 40 minutes of my sh---y band," he states. "However I haven't tried it since i have was 27, why f--- by using it? But that is just weighing each side. It pops up an excessive amount of that i can not try it again. It's like, if this hits me, I'll get it done, eventually." Although he remaisn unclear about whether he'll really go back to stand-up, Murphy can get some good practice when he hosts the 84th Oscars the coming year. Murphy is excited for that gig if perhaps to prove he isn't upset over losing the 2006 Best Supporting Actor Academy Award to Alan Arkin. Reviews at that time stated Murphy stormed from the ceremony soon after his title wasn't known as. "What went down was once i lost, I am just chilling, and that i was sitting alongside Beyoncé's jumps, and that he sways over and grabs me and it is like, [solemn voice] 'There is going to be in other cases.' And you feel [Steven] Spielberg in your shoulder going, 'It's okay, guy.' Then Clint Eastwood walks by: 'Hey, guy&thinsp.&thinsp.&thinsp.&thinsp' And So I was like, 'It's not really this evening!,'" he states. "I did not have sour grapes whatsoever. That's one more reason I needed to host the show - to exhibit them that I am lower by using it.Inch Murphy can next be viewed Tower Heist, which hits theaters on Friday, November. 4.

Universal backs lower on 'Tower Heist' PVOD

Universal decided on offering 'Tower Heist' for $60 on premium VOD, just three days following the pic's November. 4 release. Universal has place the brakes on its intend to bow Brett Ratner's "Tower Heist" on PVOD three days after its theatrical release, in reaction to exhibitors' risks of the boycott.The experiment might have permitted Comcast digital customers in Tigard and Atlanta to rent "Tower Heist" when needed for $60 within the Thanksgiving holiday, just three days following the caper, starring Ben Stiller and Eddie Murphy, opened up wide on November 4.Cinemark, which controls about 10% of domestic screens, rapidly responded by saying it wouldn't show the film in the theaters countrywide. Regal and AMC, the country's biggest two exhib chains, hadn't indicated their intentions openly -- but when either had adopted suit, the film would have found itself in serious trouble.The Nation's Association of Theatre Proprietors taken care of immediately Universal's change of heart with gratitude."NATO want to thank Universal for reacting to numerous theater owners' concerns and rescheduling the PVOD test drive it was considering," leader and Boss John Fithian stated inside a statement. "They've been engaged with individual participants about this test, even though it had been something which many theater proprietors couldn't ultimately support, outdoors and collaborative character from the dialogue is appreciated."In the own statement, Universal left open the potential of future early PVOD launches -- actually, the studio indicated the expansion like a "delay (to) its planned premium home video when needed ... experiment.""Universal is constantly on the think that the theater experience along with a PVOD window are business models that may coincide and thrive and that we anticipate dealing with our partners in exhibition to try to experiment in this region later on." Contact Justin Kroll at justin.kroll@variety.com

Amy Adams' Lois Lane snapped on Man Of Steel set

The first photos have appeared of Amy Adams on the Superman: Man Of Steel set and they show that the actress gets to keep her red hair.Lane has appeared in the Superman comics with that look before but this will be the first time the film character has sported red locks.These shots of Adams playing the Daily Planet reporter come courtesy of The Daily Mail.TF's initial verdict? Adams looks more like Lana Lang than Lois Lane in these pictures.But we have faith in The Fighter actress to do what it takes to be a great Lois Lane - getting the story and the (super) man.

9 Tv Shows in the '60s That Weren't Converted to Movies... Yet

Get excited: 'Mister Ed' is finally obtaining the large-screen treatment he warrants! Based on Variety, Fox 2000 has acquired privileges to everyone's favorite speaking equine, meaning Mr. Erectile dysfunction may join a lengthy listing of '60s shows converted into films. From 'Get Smart' to 'Bewitched' to 'The Flinstones' to 'Mission: Impossible' to 'Star Trek' to 'The Twilight Zone' towards the approaching 'The Guy from U.N.C.L.E.' to 'The Beverly Hillbillies' to... well, you understand. '60s television is very a fertile ground for Hollywood professionals! Though you will find still some shows they've skipped. Ahead, nine '60s series that weren't modified towards the giant screen... yet. 'Rawhide' Episodes: 217 Plot: The existence of cattle motorists within the 1860s and 70s Who should direct: Clint Eastwood, clearly. (He starred within the series.) 'The Flying Nun' Episodes: 83 Plot: Because the title indicates, it comes down to a flying nun who solves problems Who should direct: Judd Apatow 'Hogan's Heroes' Episodes: 168 Plot: Allied soldiers spying on Nazis inside a German Bang camping Who should direct: Ivan Reitman 'That Girl' Episodes: 136 Plot: An ambitious actress tries to really make it large in NY City Who should direct: Nora Ephron 'My Three Sons' Episodes: 380 Plot: A couple make an effort to raise three sons Who should direct: Harold Ramis 'I Spy' Episodes: 82 Plot: Secret agents who go undercover as tennis gamers Who should direct: Betty Thomas 'Bonanza' Episodes: 431 Plot: A western that adopted a parent and the three sons in Nevada Who should direct: Coen Siblings 'The Dick Van Dyke Show' Episodes: 158 Plot: A the live of the comedy author in NY City Who should direct: Take advantage of Reiner (his father, Carl, produced the show) 'Adam-12' Episodes: 174 Plot: An LAPD vet holds off retirement to exhibit a rookie the ropes Who should direct: David Zucker 'The Andy Griffith Show' Episodes: 249 Plot: A sheriff and the deputy enter crazy shenanigans Who should direct: Robert Rodriguez Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook