SAG Honours: Who Do you want to Win?

Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad Viola Davis, The Help Actors' finest evening will be here: the 18th Annual Screen Stars Guild Honours! Can Breaking Bad win its first trophy? Will Alec Baldwin six-peat moss moss? Will Julianna Margulies extend her record to nine wins? Can The Artist claim its second guild award by 50 percent days? Or will top nominee The Help derail its momentum?Have a look at our SAG Honours predictionsSound off below along with your predictions for your large show!

Lionsgate stock on upgrades, 'Hunger'

Shares of Lionsgate leaped 11% Wednesday inside the wake from the bullish outlook due to its "Hunger Games" franchise plus several analyst upgrades. The stock acquired $1.08 round the NY Stock Exchange to seal at $10.83 -- its finest cost since 2008 -- after which it acquired another 18 in after-several hours purchasing and selling. Lionsgate's stock cost is becoming 25% greater laptop or computer was carrying out a small-major's Jan. 13 announcement of the $412.5 million utilized buyout of Summit Entertainment, obtaining the "Hunger Games" and "Twilight" franchises together beneath the combined company. Wednesday's run-up came undertaking a CNBC interview with Lionsgate vice chairman Michael Burns, who asserted very good of Suzanne Collins' "The Hunger Games" trilogy portends a potentially strong reception when the first film opens March 23. Burns mentioned inside the interview, broadcast following a market closed Tuesday, "I'd rather not hype any particular franchise, nevertheless the movie's terrific." Recent analyst upgrades include Stifel Nicolaus in the "hold" with a "buy" Evercore Partners upgraded from an "equal weight" to have an "overweight" and Burns Tabak in the "neutral" with a "buy." Piper Jaffray reiterated an "overweight" rating and launched a $12 cost target, and Hudson Square knocked your buck target to $14 from $9. Furthermore, Moody's Traders Service and Standard & Poors both revealed the other day that they're searching at credit rating on Lionsgate for possible upgrades. Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com

Social TV: Michelle Obama Joins Twitter, Encourages iCarly TV Special

iCarly The Twitter world was buzzing a week ago after news broke that first lady Michelle Obama had leaped around the social networking bandwagon. The timing of @MichelleObama's decision to become listed on Twitter perfectly coincided using the announcement that she'd make a cameo on Nickelodeon's iCarly."You will find some large iCarly fans within our household, so we are all pretty looking forward to present day event with military kids and also the cast," she tweeted on Jan. 13.Exclusive Video: Get the first consider the iCarly special "iStill Psycho""iMeet the very first Lady: A Really Special Customer" premieres Wednesday at 7:30/6:30c on Nickelodeon. Within the episode, Carly (Miranda Cosgrove) discovers that her father, who's within the military, will not have the ability to go back home on her birthday. But she rapidly cheers up when she gets to be a special visit from Mrs. Obama, who thanks Carly to be encouraging throughout her father's deployment.Our top 14 tweets from the Golden GlobesAfter joining the social media site just six days ago, Mrs. Obama has accumulated nearly 400,000 fans.Below, take a look at our interview with Miranda Cosgrove, as she discusses her experience filming using the first lady:

Hardrict, Mazar join 'Lovelace' cast

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Sunday series open well for Showtime

Showtime comedy "House of Lies" is off to a promising ratings start, while the net's "Shameless" looked very good kicking off its second season. The Don Cheadle starrer "House of Lies" drew a combined 1.6 million viewers over its three telecasts Sunday night, according to Nielsen -- 13% higher than the 1.38 million for the airings of "Homeland" on its premiere night in October. Nielsen preliminaries also show that the second-season debut of "Shameless" captured just over 2 million combined viewers over its two telecasts despite taking on original episodes of dramas on ABC, CBS and NBC. For their premiere telecasts, "House of Lies" drew 1.03 million (on par with October's launch of "Homeland") and "Shameless" attracted 1.58 million -- up from the 982,000 who watched its series preem a year ago and the 1.16 million who tuned in for its first-season finale last spring. Showtime offered viewers a Free Preview Weekend, but the viewership levels released by Nielsen reflect only subscribers of the cabler. "House of Lies" was offered by Showtime as a preview via online and on demand in December. Those viewings totaled 1.2 million. "House of Lies," which is produced by Showtime, toplines Cheadle as a head of a consulting firm. Series was created by Matthew Carnahan, who exec produces with Jessika Borsiczky, Stephen Hopkins and Cheadle. U.K. import "Shameless," exec produced by John Wells, Paul Abbott and Andrew Stearn, is from Warner Bros. Television. Also premiering Sunday was the fifth-season premiere of "Californication." The David Duchovny skein drew 1 million viewers over two showings. Contact Stuart Levine at stuart.levine@variety.com

David O. Russell Groping Situation Closed: No Charges Filed Against Academy Award-Nominated Director

Under 24 several hours after news broke from the bizarre incident including director David O. Russell and also the transgender nephew Nicholas Peloquin, the Broward Sheriff's Office in Florida has made a decision to complete its analysis. "We are pleased the federal government physiques have looked into this matter and possess confirmed case study remains found the final outcome as well as the situation remains closed," Russell's reps mentioned in the statement to Moviefone that was confirmed by Jim Leljedal, the Director Of Media Relations for your Broward Sherriff's Office. Mentioned Leljedal, "We needed research and that we are carried out.Inch That report, which was released to the net with the Smoking Gun, layed out an alleged incident between Russell and Peloquin, his 19-year-old pre-op transgender nephew. Peloquin, the boy of Russell's adoptive sister, mentioned the Oscar-nominated director wrongly touched his breasts throughout exercising throughout a good work out session within the Embassy Suites in Deerfield Beach, Florida the other day. Russell was firm about his innocence, both for the police too as with a disagreement -- through his representative -- to Moviefone formerly Friday. "David Russell unquestionably declines any wrongdoing and contains cooperated fully with government physiques." The director, responsible for 'Three Nobleman,' 'I Heart Huckabees' and 'The Fighter,' is presently concentrating on 'The Silver Textures Playbook.' That film, with Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence and Robert P Niro, is going in theaters this November. Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook