Britain Wins 5 International Emmys

First Published: November 21, 2011 10:38 PM EST Credit: Getty Premium Caption Lady Gaga stands with Nigel Lythgoe of Britain, American Idol Executive Producer, after presenting him with The Founders Award at the 39th International Emmy Awards November 21, 2011NY, N.Y. -- Christopher Eccleston and Julie Walters garnered the main acting awards as British TV productions won five International Emmys on Monday, including two for the BBC crime anthology Accused. Accused, written and created by Jimmy McGovern, received the Emmy for best drama series at the 39th Annual International Emmy Awards ceremony at the Hilton NY Hotel. The anthology tells the stories of people accused of crimes as they sit in holding cells beneath the courtroom awaiting the verdict in their trials. The ceremony kicked off with a surprise appearance by Lady Gaga, dressed in a demur black dress, who presented the International Emmy Founders Award to Britains Nigel Lythgoe, the executive producer of American Idol and So You Think You Can Dance? Lythgoe was recognized for his work as a major reality show innovator as well as for his deep commitment to dance around the world. Accused originally wasnt even among the nominees in the drama category. But it ended up replacing another British crime show Sherlock after it was determined that the updated version of the Sherlock Holmes mysteries had also been nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in the U.S. The rules bar a program from being entered into the two Emmy competitions in the same year. Eccleston, the former Doctor Who star, won the best actor award for his role in an episode of Accused, in which he played a financially stressed, lapsed Catholic plumber whos struggling with an adulterous relationship and coming up with the money to pay for his daughters wedding. After praying to God, he finds a packet of 20,000 pounds in the back of a taxi, doubles his money on the roulette wheel, but ends up on trial after the windfall turns out to be forged notes. Walters, who earlier won a British BAFTA TV award for the same role, was chosen best actress for the TV film Mo. She portrayed the late Mo Mowlam, the unorthodox British politician who battled a brain tumor which she concealed from Prime Minister Tony Blair while working to forge the 1998 Northern Ireland peace accord. The other British winners both centered around teenagers in unusual circumstances. Gareth Malone Goes to Glyndebourne won in the arts programming category for its account of the staging of a new opera featuring untrained teenagers at the renowned British opera house. The Emmy for non-scripted entertainment went to The Worlds Strictest Parents, which takes unruly British teenagers and sends them abroad to spend 10 days living with a strict host family. Forty nominees from a record 20 countries were competing in 10 categories for International Emmys, honoring excellence in television programming outside the U.S., at the ceremony hosted for the second straight year by former Beverly Hills 90210 star Jason Priestley. The award in the TV Movie/Mini-Series category went to Swedens Millennium, based on the late Stieg Larssons best-selling trilogy that follows investigative journalist Mikael Blomkvist and the anti-social computer hacker Lisbeth Salander as they unravel various crimes. In the telenovela category, Portugal won for the second straight year this time for Lacos de Sangue (Blood Ties),about a woman long thought dead after her father drowned trying to save her from being swept away in a river current who unexpectedly returns to take revenge on her older sister. A real-life family drama, Canadas Life with Murder, about parents struggling to decide how to relate to their son after hes accused of killing his younger sister, was chosen the best documentary. The Belgian hidden camera show, Benidorm Bastards, in which seven senior citizens set out to trick as many young people as they can, received the award for best comedy. Chiles Con Que Suenas? (What Is Your Dream?) was the winner in the children&young people category. Actress Archie Panjabi (The Good Wife) and Citigroup chairman Richard Parsons presented the honorary International Emmy Directorate Award to Indian media mogul Subhash Chandra, who broke a government monopoly by launching Indias first privately owned television channel nearly 20 years ago. His Zee TV network now reaches more than 600 million viewers worldwide. The awards are sponsoredby the International Academy of Television Arts&Sciences, which includes media and entertainment figures from more than 50 countries and 500 companies. Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

ROLL CALL: Who Is Worth More? Demi Moore Or Ashton Kutcher?

First Published: November 18, 2011 2:41 PM EST Credit: Caption Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Your Daily Dispatch of Celebrity Shenanigans Who Leaves With A Bigger Bankroll?: Now that Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher have announced their split, its time to divvy up their lives and assets but who is worth more? According to E! Online, Ashton is the bigger bread winner. As painful as this is to say, Ashton has great earning potential from here on out, and Demi Moore does not, Forbes Dorothy Pomerantz told E!. Because of Two and a Half Men, he is earning close to $700,000 an episode, and if his show goes into syndication he will earn more from that. Having a hit show gives you amazing earning potential. So far this year, he reportedly pulled in another $2 million from his movies, $1 million from his restaurants and $1 million from That 70s Show residuals. As for Demi, shes estimated to have made approximately $5 million from endorsement deals and residuals. The Work Dont Stop!: And the same day the split was announced, Ashton was photographed at work on Two and a Half Men, check out the star, HERE! Bradley Cooper Incites Protesters!: Sexiest Man Alive 2011 drama continues! Team Ryan Gosling still not happy about Bradley Cooper nabbing the coveted title gathered in NY City outside the offices of People magazine. The crowd of around 15 protested the Bradley injustice wearing Ryan masks and braving the rain. #PleaseGoOccupySomethingMoreImportant! Gagas Junk: Speaking of important matters, just in case you missed it, Diddy wrote a coffee table book about booty, titled Culo and Lady Gaga is treating fans to a whole lot of her culo! Check out the junk in Gagas trunk, HERE! -By Jesse Spero Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

How Electronic Music Moved The Masses in 2011

If 1991 was the year punk broke, 2011 was the year club music crept into the heart of America.our editor recommendsDJ Magazine Unveils Its Annual Top 100 DJs List in AmsterdamElectric Daisy Carnival Returns to Las Vegas, Sets DatesLive Nation Canada Launches Electro Music Division In a trend that was born in the EU and Scandinavia and has been building stateside for the better part of a decade, the floodgates burst open this year with everyone from Rihanna to Britney Spears riding the coattails of Euro-styled synth hooks to the top of the charts. In-demand DJs are now pocketing as much as $200,000 a show and selling out multiple nights in cities from NY to Los Angeles. Perhaps the best example of the electronic revolution? Insomniac Events' Electric Daisy Carnival, a dance festival that has attracted tens of thousands of revelers to stadium-style venues for years. It made national headlines in 2010 when a 15-year-old girl died of an ecstasy overdose after the concert in Los Angeles. Since then, attendance has exploded, reaching 230,000 when the event moved to Las Vegas this year - and injected some $136 million into the Clark County economy, according to one study. Scouring YouTube, Twitter and the club scene for future headliners are companies such as William Morris Endeavor, early adopters of the dance trend who opened up an electronic music department in 2008 that now boasts more than 150 acts. Others followed suit: APA recently formed an electronic music division, as has Live Nation in the U.S. and Canada (both launched this year). STORY: Electric Daisy Carnival Kicks Off: Is Las Vegas Becoming America's Answer to Ibiza? "It's exciting to see it crossing over," says Insomniac president and CEO Pasquale Rotella. "It's something I dreamt of 20 years ago." What Rotella might have not imagined, however, is just how large the EDM (electronic dance music) movement would become. While the genre doesn't outsell hip-hop in recorded music, it performs well on iTunes worldwide and has surpassed rap in the live arena. Once word slowly tricked out that Rotella and companies such as Holland's ID&T (which does analogous events in Europe) were making millions via house music-centric events that mimic old school "raves" with top-tier DJ talent and experiential lighting elements, the mold was set a few years ago for what has now become big business. But it's not just festivals anymore where real money is being made in the live electronic music market.DJ-producer Deadmau5 recently sold out six consecutive nights at NY's Roseland Ballroom, eclipsing the venue's previous record holder Rage Against the Machine in a symbolic passing of the torch from rock to house music for teens and twentysomethings. STORY: 'Electric Daisy' Film Premiere and Riot: A View From the Front Line Earlier this month in his hometown of Toronto, Deadmau5 played to more than 20,000 at Rogers Centre, a venue usually reserved for names such as U2. Tiesto, who is ranked among the top-grossing live acts in the world, recently headlined the Home Depot Center (capacity: 27,000) in Carson, California (last year, the Dutch trance titan took in nearly $900,000 in one three-night stand at L.A.'s Shrine Auditorium). To compare, Taylor Swift can pull in similar-sized crowds, but few others come close. Live Nation, still smarting from a weak 2010, wants in on the action. Rotella says Insomniac has been "in talks" with the live events giant regarding a possible partnership, but the original West Coast player might not need them. In the coming weeks, Insomniac, which already announced a return to Las Vegas for its crown jewel summer blowout (presales have been strong) is expected to soon announce a massive expansion of the Electric Daisy Carnival concept, with 2012 stops planned for the highly populated East Coast corridor and Brazil, although not all will be EDC-branded. "We're doing 16 festivals in 2012," he said. "Some are locked down and some are getting there."To be clear, not all the events will be EDC-branded. Only five will carry the EDC name, yet the fact that Rotella is rolling into so many new markets, some international, shows the strength of the dance music sector, even in a still-lingering recession. VIDEO: David Guetta's 'Nothing But the Beat' Lands in Hollywood Still, despite the expansion, Rotella says it's all about going where the demand is: EDC in Colorado will not happen in 2012 as it has the past few years."We couldn't gross enough [there] to support people's expectations," he said, noting that already the mile high market was buying tickets to the larger annual Las Vegas edition of EDC in sizable numbers. When it comes to DJ-based electronic music experiences in a live setting, large-scale events, be it 20,000-seat arenas or 70,000-capacity stadiums, are increasingly where the movement is heading, in part because the overhead is so much lower -- a DJ needs little more than a laptop, as opposed to a pop star like Lady Gaga who requires a few dozen trucks' worth of production and gear (although some DJs, such as Swedish House Mafia and Kaskade, are investing in ever more complex lighting rigs). Dance acts, which are mostly vocals-free, also don't rely on radio play and aren't restricted by a promotional calendar. Fans are devotional in a way the big music labels are only recently starting to understand. Take, for example, Miami's three-day Ultra Music Festival, which last year featured more than 130 acts. It's already at 70 percent capacity in presales, say promoters, who haven't even revealed the talent lineup yet."Last year, we sold out six weeks prior [to the event]," says Russell Faibisch, co-founder of the fest, which launched in 1999. "This year, we sold 100,000 tickets within the first week, and we haven't even announced one artist yet." Ultra's website crashed briefly after more than 1 million page views put the squeeze on its servers as fans snapped up early-bird tickets. "We can see this trend getting stronger by how fast we've achieved certain milestones," UMF's Director of Business affairs, Adam Russakoff, added.This without as much as a press release or single ad taken out...all that UMF organizers needed to do was send an email blast and post on their Facebook page. Around 165,000 are expected in 2012 to hit the spring break-like dance music festival over three days in March. STORY:Electric Daisy Carnival's Tainted Past But it's not just festivals attracting fans at a record clip.Less reported than the hundreds of thousands that turn up at annual blowouts such as Ultra and EDC are the countless mid-sized shows at venues which typically host bands that take place from Atlanta to Chicago by DJs most Americans have never heard of. Bassnectar sold 21,000 tickets over two nights at Verizon Wireless at Encore Park in Atlanta last month in a co-headline with Pretty Lights. Avicii has sold around 9000 tickets so far for an 11/18 gig in Washington D.C. Swedish House Mafia sold out their forthcoming December Madison Square Garden engagement in less than 10 minutes during a September pre-sale (around 15,000 will attend the sold out show). On Nov. 26, promoters in Washington D.C are expecting around 15,000 at RFK stadium for an event featuring France's Martin Solveig (who recently cracked the U.S. pop charts with his "Hello," which peaked at No. 19 on the Billboard Hot 100), Moby, Armand Van Helden and others simply called "Fall Massive." In Los Angeles, one venue co-owner remodeled his entire club to better serve dance music fans in addition to the Music Box's busy weekly schedule serving rock fans at traditional live gigs, which sell slower and are less profitable (no VIP "table service" at an indie rock concert)."It's amazing what's happening," says Kobi Danan of Hollywood's Music Box."The minute we put the tickets on sale for some of these [electronic] artists they sell out...we don't event have to spend any money advertising or marketing on acts like Nero," he said, adding that he does "eight times the business" at the bar on a dance music night versus a typical rock or rap gig where fans leave as soon as the show is over. According to the co-owner and talent booker, it wasn't like this just two years ago.Back then, he "paid a small fracture" of the kind of guarantees The Music Box must cough up today to land a hot name such as Afrojack, which the club recently did."It wasn't as popular as it is now," he says of electronic music."The demand in this market is so high it's almost hard to keep tickets [in stock]." An emerging trend over the past few years is bigger DJs who can sell thousands of tickets at arena shows doing high-ticket-price one offs at clubs such as The Music Box and Playhouse in Hollywood ($100 per ticket entry) or multiple night stands at mid-sized venues, as Tiesto did at his three-night stand at the Shrine Auditorium. As 2012 approaches, it's not just big names like Tiesto who are ready to do the kind of numbers the Dutchman did in 2010 and 2011, either. "What's interesting to us is how quickly this is exploding," says Huston Powell, an Austin-based promoter at C3 Presents, which produces the increasingly dance-heavy Lollapalooza annually. Adds WME agent Joel Zimmerman, who helped put together this year's Identity Festival, a summer tour featuring some of dance music's ascendant names, and whose agency represents such acts as Axwell, Calvin Harris and Kaskade: "The number of big DJs on the rise that can do this kind of business now is substantial. It's hitting a lot of different people." WME isn't the only agency in L.A. making moves in electronic music circles."After a vibrant underground following for decades, electronic music is now viewed as a legitimate art form," says Josh Humiston, partner and co-head of concerts at APA. "We continue to focus on growing this division," said the agent, who recently landed Paul Oakenfold as a client for the agency's growing department. Powell has seen growth of a different kind at his own company over the past year, as he and co-workers found themselves shocked at the explosive sales in the Midwest at some of their EDM shows."We started to see all these DJs develop a following in the Chicago area so we booked Deadmau5 show at the Congress Theater last year," Powell said.The response was so great they immediately secured the DJ-producer for a series of 2011 shows in the Windy City."We did 21,000 tickets in three plays over five months in Chicago," he continued."We could have done more." So what does the promoter attribute the large ticket sales, surprising to almost all industry watchers?Social media, in part."They have this open dialog with their fans, more than rock bands," he said of DJs that boast formidable Facebook and Twitter followings. "They just tell their people they're coming and the fans come." With new hotly tipped artists from France's Madeon to Sweden's Dada Life on the rise this winter, get ready for even more DJs to amass audiences set to surprise promoters, fans and even the artists themselves in 2012."There's a whole wave coming," said Powell. Related Topics David Guetta Paris Hilton Live Nation Entertainment Tisto Electric Daisy Carnival APA William Morris Endeavor

TV Ratings: 'Glee' Falls six percent, 'Body of Proof' and 'Raising Hope' Rise

Adam Rose/FOX CBS, lower in the earlier week's season levels, still won Tuesday evening. The network averaged a 3.2 rating among grownups 18-49 and 15.4 million among audiences. Getting a 4. inside the demo and basically a notch under 20 million in general audience, NCIS gave probably the most effective performance connected having a broadcast through the evening. Glee dropped six percent, two tenths from the point, in grownups 18-49 for Fox, lower with a 2.9. The series released modest gains in audiences, however, around 7.millions of within the last outing. New Girl also acquired in audiences (6.9 million), remaining tight inside a 3.5 in grownups 18-49. Raising Hope enhanced for your second week running, moving up to 2.2 rating an average audience of 4.8 million. PHOTOS: Fall TV Dying Pool: Which New Shows Will Probably Be Canceled? The Dwts semifinals results completed pretty much as good as the other day, posting a few.7 inside the demo and 14.96 million audiences. Comedies Last Guy Standing and Guy Up! were also on componen while using previous days, producing a specific 2.6 and 1.7 in grownups 18-49, while drama Body of Proof (sidelined the other day for just about any news special) returned tabs on a few.1 plus an average audience of 9.8 million. NBC's Finest Loser dropped three tenths from the point lower with a 2.one out of grownups 18-49, because the 10:00 p.m. showing of Motherhood wound up just one tenth with a 1.9. 90210 and Ringer both attracted b .7 for your CW. Both series released strong showings in average audiences, with Ringer getting into the greatest audience since the the other day of September and 90210 its finest all season. CBS -- 3.2 · NCIS: 19.9 million, 4. · NCIS: LA: 15. million, 3.3 · Memorable: 11.2 million, 2.4 Fox -- 2.9 · Glee: 7.millions of, 2.9 · New Girl: 6.9 million, 3.5 · Raising Hope: 4.8 million, 2.2 ABC -- 2.3 · Last Guy Standing: 8.97 million, 2.6 · Guy Up!: 6.3 million, 1.7 · Dwts results: 14.96 million, 2.7 · Body of Proof: 9.8 million, 2.1 NBC -- 2. · The Finest Loser: 6.2 million, 2.1 · Motherhood: 4.96 million, 1.9 The CW -- .7 · 90210: 1.6 000 0000, .7 · Ringer: 1.9 million, .7 TV Ratings

Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg Support Wendy Greuel For L.A. Mayor

If the involves local La politics, nearly all high-level Hollywood typically takes a hands-off position, nevertheless the old-fashioned tie still counts-during the entertainment industry. PHOTOS: Box Office Politics: The Flicks and Stars Dems Versus. GOP-ers Love (and Prefer to Hate) Monday, City Controller and 2012 mayoral hopeful Wendy Greuel, a onetime DreamWorks SKG executive, released instructions announcing that her campaign has guaranteed the endorsement-and fund-raising support-of her former companies, Democratic heavyweights Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg, David Geffen. The DreamWorks troika notes inside the letter-a replica that was given to The Hollywood Reporter-that Greuel "brings for the job the identical vitality, insight and determination " she shown while being an expert at DreamWorks SKG from 1997 to 2002. PHOTOS: 10 Hollywood Players That Will Really really make a difference inside the 2012 Elections In line with the letter: "If selected, Wendy would be the first lady for everybody as Mayor of los angeles. . .Throughout the La City Council, she received kudos for simplifying the City's Business Tax Code, safeguarding the climate and open spaces, and really was named the 'Pothole Full' on her behalf tireless efforts regarding her elements to correct our streets. . .As City Controller, Wendy has fought against against to correct our City's extended-term financial issues which is talking to create agencies like the DWP more efficient and accountable for the public." Possibly most important, Spielberg, Katzenberg and Geffen invite others to participate them "in supporting her campaign while using maximum (legally) allowable contribution of $1,000 per person." Hollywood's deep pocket contributor have extended been a type of Ultimate Goal for LA's local people in politics, though individuals funds commonly has ongoing to become tantalizingly from achieve, since the industry focuses its giving on national candidates and issues. If Greuel could use her DreamWorks link to break by using their indifference, it'll be a considerable boost on her behalf candidacy. Related Subjects Jeffrey Katzenberg Steven Spielberg David Geffen Politics

Andy Samberg, NBC Sued Over 'Saturday Night Live' Sketch Featuring Rihanna (Video)

NBC Saturday Night Live is facing allegations it stole material for two sketches, including an Emmy Award-nominated short featuring Andy Samberg and pop star Rihanna. In a lawsuit filed in NY federal court on Thursday, Aleric Banks (aka "Rick tha Ruler") and Monique Hines say they created the music that would form the basis of two skits on SNL, including "Shy Ronnie" and "Like A Boss." The two plaintiffs are a St. Louis-based production team. According to an interview given to a local press outlet earlier this year, Banks and Hines had a mutual connection with Samberg and submitted some tracks as the comedian prepared to release his first album as a member of the band The Lonely Island. PHOTOS: 'SNL' Stars Salute Kennedy Center Honoree Will Ferrell Samberg's band recorded the tracks, allegedly taking the plaintiffs' copyrighted master recordings "verbatim," and added lyrics. About a year later, after Lonely Island's album came out, Samberg reprised a couple of the songs on SNL.On April 4, 2009, Samberg and actor Seth Rogen performed "Like A Boss." On December 5, 2009, Samberg and Rihanna performed "Shy Ronnie," a sketch about a bashful musician who has trouble speaking up when it's his time to throw out a verse. (See video below.) Initially, Banks and Hines were thrilled at the breakthrough, especially after "Shy Ronnie" was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics. Now, after failing to receive claimed credit and compensation, the two have filed a lawsuit saying that the music wasn't really original. VIDEO: Charlie Day-Hosted 'SNL' Draws Best Ratings in More Than a Month The plaintiffs say that before the release of Samberg's album and skits, a Universal Music Group subsidiary label sent them a "producer declaration" form. Banks filled it out by stating that as the writer and producer of "Like A Boss," he was a 50 percent owner of the copyright. Banks says he got a response letter claiming that he had entered into an agreement with Lonely Island that only entitled him to a 25 percent copyright interest. Nevertheless, Banks says he hasn't received any producer royalties nor any profits from SNL's exploitation of his music. NBC Universal, Samberg, The Lonely Island, and Universal Republic Records are now being sued for willful copyright infringement and unjust enrichment. NBCU says it has no comment. Here's SNL's "Shy Ronnie" featuring Rihanna... E-mail: eriqgardner@yahoo.com Twitter: @eriqgardner Andy Samberg Rihanna Saturday Night Live

Carol Robinson Peete Sounds Off on Kim Kardashian's Divorce: Kris Humphries 'Got Used'

It has been several several days since the Talk fans are actually capable of hear Carol Robinson Peete appear off round the day's hot subjects. But, that doesn't mean she doesn't have something to convey if the requires the large celebrity news every week: Kim Kardashian's quickie divorce filing from Kris Humphries. As well as the actress doesn't have a pity party for your E! reality star.our editor recommendsHolly Robinson Peete Talks about Her Surprise Axing From 'The Talk' What Went Wrong With Show'The Talk's' Carol Robinson Peete Lands 'Mike & Molly' RoleKris Jenner Under Fire for 'Good Morning America' 'Indian Giver' RemarkKim Kardashian's Divorce Exposes Her Ambition for Fame and funds, Say Brand Experts (Analysis)Related Subjects•Kim Kardashian PHOTOS: 19 of Hollywood's All-Time Least Close ties "In case your sex tape doesn't ruin your brand, how can the divorce ruin your brand?" Peete, 47, notifies The Hollywood Reporterabout whether she thought the not successful marriage would damage Kardashian's image. "It won't ruin her brand. It'll be ideal for her brand. We are not thinking about her as this love-struck puppy. Nobody ever considered of the. They just preferred to go to a marriage and so they seen." "The conversation that, well, America is upset along with her, because she's no respect for your covenant of marriage is silly," she continues. "This really is about money, and fame, and many types of people things. That is her brand. In my opinion it'll be totally fine. It's the next chapter. It's who's she rising to now next." PHOTOS: Inside Kardashian Corporation. Peete, that's been married to former Nfl player, Rodney Peete, since 1995, notifies THR they found herself investing time with a few professional basketball players in addition to their partners over Halloween and so they had plenty to express from the divorce news. "That's all people males can discuss," she states. "As well as the gist from this was they just felt so sorry for him, since they know he got so taken up in stuff. Which I simply feel below componen that no an individual's talking about him, I really do. I'm terrible for the boy. They were proclaiming that when you're recognized for marriage to anyone who has a sex tape out, that was all they could discuss, and the way that's not sexy immediately.Inch "I'm terrible for the boy," Peete, who begins her multiple episode guest role Monday on CBS's Mike & Molly, is constantly on the express. "In my opinion he really loves her and he's youthful and that he is not familiar with that type of world. In my opinion he got used, I really do." PHOTOS: Hollywood's Top Earners Humphries released a disagreement immediately after the divorce filing was confirmed saying it needed him suddenly that they'd would rather still target the wedding. Can you accept Peete? Exactly what are your opinions round the hands Kris Humphries was labored within the relationship with Kim Kardashian? Reveal inside the comments section below. Email: Jethro.Nededog@thr.com Twitter:@TheRealJethro Related Subjects Carol Robinson Peete Kim Kardashian Kris Humphries