An American Horror Story Halloween: 5 Tricks and Treats

Denis O'Hare The list of ghosts on American Horror Story keeps growing. Among the formerly warm bodies we added last week: a woman from the 1920s who coaxed her husband, a doctor with a Frankenstein fetish, into performing abortions on starlets; Moira, who was shot by Constance back when Moira looked like Alexandra Breckenridge; and Hayden, whom Larry murdered because he apparently wants to help Ben not just out of the house but with all of his problems. (Oh come on, you know that's not the last you've seen of her!) American Horror Story: Connie Britton answers burning questions Unfortunately for the Harmons, Halloween has arrived, the day when the dead are allowed to make like they're living. In the first hour of a two-part Halloween event (Wednesday, 10/9c, FX), series bosses Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuck are handing out both tricks and treats. Here's what to expect: TREAT: Infantata, explained! Someone will explain the history of that turn-of-the-century demon baby lurking in the Harmons' basement. Series star Connie Britton told TVGuide.com that it - and she calls it "the Infantata" - just might be the victim of "something really terrible" that happened in the house. That would be an understatement. Will American Horror Story be a hit for FX? TRICK: The return of Rubber Man - or is it an imposter? Our shiny enigmatic friend will turn up not once, but twice for Halloween. He'll even unmask! But is it the same person donning the gimp suit both times? TREAT: Vivien's baby checks in! Just like Bella and Edward's fast-growing, gnawing-on-mommy-from-the-inside bundle of joy, Vivien's little guy is going to start demanding some attention in painful ways. (Yes, that is a reference to Twilight. American Horror Story is supposed to be an homage to all things scary, right?) It's only been eight weeks, and the baby should be the size of a peanut, but a super scary ultrasound will show otherwise. TRICK. Three people will die. So every episode thus far has begun with a murder - the Halloween killings don't all take place in the past. Death will even claim a pretty major character (who has been in every episode so far) in a pretty gruesome way. In a twist, it will be pretty sad as well... The 6 things that inspired American Horror Story TREAT. Hayden isn't over! ...On the other hand, death doesn't mean the end. Just ask Moira. Ben may have built that lovely gazebo over the body of his other baby mama, but on Halloween, the dead get to walk amongst the living. Hayden's pissed and she's going to do a lot more than walk. Check out a sneak peek from Wednesday's episode. Why does Larry suddenly want money? What does he need that costs a thousand bucks? American Horror Story airs Wednesdays at 10/9c on FX. The network will air a marathon of the series' first four episodes, starting Monday at 10/9c. What has been the biggest scare so far? Do you think the Harmons will make it out of that house alive?

David Guillod to IPG as partner

David Guillod, a former partner and head of motion picture talent at UTA and Handprint Entertainment, is returning to his management roots, joining literary management company Intellectual Property Group as a partner. Guillod, who joins partners Laurence Becsey, Joel Gotler, Jerry Kalajian, Brian Lipson and Amy Schiffman, will create a talent management division, Intellectual Artist Management. Following Guillod to IPG will be longtime talent manager Jeff Morrone and Mike Carr, a former agent colleague of Guillod's at UTA. "We have worked closely together for a long time," Guillod and the IPG partners said in a joint statement. "We see this relationship as a natural and smart fit in the aggressive growth of our talent and literary business, as well as an opportunity to continue to increase our global vision in the packaging of our source material." The expanded company will represent a diverse list of clients including Paul Haggis, Bobby Moresco, Dennis Lehane, Demian Bichir, Michael Connelly, James Ellroy, Yann Martel, Ken Bruen, Gabrielle Union, Donald Fasion, William Fichtner, Joyce Carol Oates, Andre Dubus III and Oni Press, as well as the estates of Stephen Ambrose, Jim Thompson and Mark Twain. IPG's source material is responsible for such current and past TV hits as "Boardwalk Empire," "True Blood," "Criminal Minds" and "Rome," while on the film side, it has "Shutter Island," "The Last King of Scotland," "The Lincoln Lawyer" and "London Boulevard" to its credit. Contact Jeff Sneider at jeff.sneider@variety.com

Source: No Truth To Rumors Nicole Scherzinger & Boyfriend Have Split

First Published: October 22, 2011 6:26 PM EDT Credit: Getty Premium Caption Lewis Hamilton and Nicole Scherzinger arrive at the 2011 National Movie Awards held at Wembley Arena, London, on May 11, 2011LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Rumors of Nicole Scherzinger and her longtime beau, Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton, splitting arent true, a source close to the singer told Access Hollywood. On Saturday, the UKs Daily Mail reported that The X Factor judge, 33, and Lewis, 26, had broken up, after more than four years together. A source told the newspaper, their work schedules were keeping them apart. Nicole works stateside as a judge on The X Factor, while Lewis, a Brit, travels for his job as a Formula 1 driver. But, a source told Access on Saturday there was absolutely no truth to the story about the pair breaking up. Back in July, more reports surfaced about the pair in the UK press, suggesting the two were engaged, but Nicoles rep shot down the rumor at the time. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Viola Davis Retreats into A Boy

First Launched: October 18, 2011 10:26 AM EDT Credit: Getty Premium La, Calif. -- Caption Viola Davis reaches ELLEs 18th Annual Women in Hollywood Tribute locked in the 4 Seasons Hotel La at Beverly Slopes in Beverly Slopes, Calif. on October 17, 2011 Viola Davis can be a mother! The actress and her husband, actor Julian Tennon, recently welcomed a completely new addition for his or her family through adoption. The Help star confirmed her adoption news at ELLE magazines Women in Hollywood event on Tuesday evening in La. The 43-year-old actress stated the babys title is Genesis through the large event, but did not supply almost every other particulars. Violas The Help co-star, Octavia Spencer, told Individuals who she increased to become mother like, on friday. Throughout her speech on Tuesday, Viola told everybody else, What keeps me available is hope, and thats anticipation that girls of color will also be based in the narrative. [Im] delivering a telekinetic message for you personally: Every time some youthful actress of color will come in a place getting a personality theyre who audition for this isn't ethnically specific, that there is a space within your brain that could open and embrace them and enable them in, because Im recommending, their existence is like fascinating and multifaceted. Viola and her husband introduced their expects to consider in August. This really is really the very first child for your actress. Julian has two other children in the previous relationship. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All rights reserved. These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Joe Manganiello Unveils Which Celebs Choreographers Trained Him Miracle Mike Moves

First Launched: October 17, 2011 4:26 PM EDT Credit: WireImage La, Calif. -- Caption Joe Manganiello reaches Spike Televisions Scream Honours 2011 at Universal Art galleries Backlot, Hollywood, on October 15, 2011Magic Mike, the celebrity cast-driven male stripper film, was loosely inspired by Channing Tatums own past, nevertheless it wasnt that stars dance moves his co-stars learned for your film. Rather, these were because of the pop star choreography treatment. Channings on another level, dance-wise, but he didnt always train us. We'd lots of people for Britney Warrior warrior spears choreography team train us our moves. Body comes, some stylish stuff, Joe Manganiello, who stars as Large Dick Richie inside the movie, told Access Hollywood round the red-colored-colored carpet within the 2011 Scream Honours in the last weekend in La. With Matthew McConaughey, Matt Bomer, Adam Rodriguez and Alex Pettyfer also part of the cast, there's plenty of shirtless action, but there's no flexing or posturing behind the curtain. Everybody inside the cast can certainly move. They could all carry in the moves, but nobody takes themselves seriously, Joe mentioned. We'd an enjoyable experience. It felt being an Animal House vibe just lots of degenerate males experimenting, resulting in trouble. With Miracle Mike now behind him, Joe is planning in your thoughts to playing werewolf Alcide Herveaux on True Blood stream, employment that acquired him a Best Actor statue within the Scream Honours. The actor revealed he's winding up in True Blood stream creator Alan Ball on Monday to talk about the next season, but he's their own ideas where hed need to see his character go like into the heart of Sookie Stackhouse. Alcide likes Sookie a whole heck from the lot. Shes single, Alcides single, he mentioned. Im while using fans on that certain. I totally need to visit them connect. Are you currently presently kidding? Joes mother can be a large Anna Paquin fan, and he or she too is wanting doing sons character find love with Bon Temps fairy-waitress. My mother loves Anna Paquin shes seen The Piano probably a hundred occasions. Sherrrd like to see that, the actor mentioned. However when it meant my mother required to see me naked once again on-screen, she probably wouldn't election for the. Beyond his wants new romance for Alcide, Joe may also be crossing his fingers the switched up concrete throughout the summer season 4 finale means the return of Denis OHares character the first sort Vampire King of Mississippi, Russell Edgington. I like Denis OHare, Joe spoken. Him coming back its dangerous to Alcide, nonetheless its certainly ideal for the show. For further with Joe, including his fathers reaction to his True Blood stream moments, Follow The Link to uncover the shocking truth. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All rights reserved. These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Compact disk, Stopline board 'Red Brazil'

RIO P JANEIRO -- Canada's Compact disk Films and Portugal's Stopline Filmes have boarded two-part miniseries "Rouge Bresil" (Red-colored-colored South usa), a groundbreaking high-finish Brazilian worldwide co-production. Presently shooting in Rio, "Red-colored-colored" triggers the creation in 1555 in the French colony in Rio p Janeiro, which is later destruction, roiled by religious wars. Swede Stellan Skarsgard ("Pirates in the Caribbean," "Thor") is playing the principled French Admiral Villegaignon, french colony's founder, and Portugal's Joaquin p Almeida ("Fast Five") plays "Red's" villain, Joao da Silva. France Televisions Distribution has already established worldwide sales rights. Marking its final financing mix, "Red-colored-colored" may also be produced by Nicolas Traube's Pampa Films in France and Brazil's Conspiracao Filmes, among Brazil's finest film-TV companies, in colaboration with Gallic pubcaster funnel France Televisions, Globo Filmes and Rio Town Hall equity investment and p&a fund RioFilme. Allotted at Reais 20 million ($11.3 million), "Red-colored-colored" marks the initial high-bracket historic TV fiction investment for Conspiracao, COO Ricardo Rangel mentioned inside a presentation of "Red-colored-colored" first footage Wednesday within the Rio Film Festival. It is also the initial TV investment by RioFilme, made utilizing a minimum guarantee against worldwide rights, added RioFilme prexy Sergio Sa Leitao. As Brazil's film and TV industry sees exponential market growth -- theatrical B.O. rocketed 156% from 2005 to 2010's $756 million Brazil's TV market elevated 22% this season versus. 2009 to $12.2 billion -- "Red-colored-colored" wasn't really the only first revealed Wednesday within the Rio Fest. Another was RioFilme's first slate financing deal with a producer, Augusto Case's Rio-based pic production house Situation, Sa Leitao told Variety. RioFilme has already established equity possibilities in three movies: 2011 hit release, Jose Alvarenga Junior.'s "Cilada.com," which made $15.9 million, and a pair of approaching 2013 releases, Felipe Joffily's "E ai, comeu," based on Marcelo Paiva's play, and Mauro Mendonca Filho's "No Retrovisor." The slate financing deal comes off a close comedy boom in South usa. RioFilme invested initially in Joffily's laffer "Muita calma nessa hora," produced by Situation, which made $6.5 million this season. In another first, since the Brazilian film industry rapidly catches up or surges ahead when compared with elevated established film industries in other nations, RioFilme introduced its first analysis that belongs to them investment stats. Over 2009-11, it's ploughed Reais60 million ($33.8 million) into 170 projects, spread over festivals, features and shorts. Incorporated within this are 42 features. Total Brazilian B.O. this season round the five films through which RioFilme has invested is 5.5 million admissions, mentioned Sa Leitao. Rate of return on investment for 2011 has run at about 90%, he added. Hardly remarkably, RioFilme wants more: RioFilme and Brazil's condition-backed BNDES bank have recently elevated Reais18 million ($10.millions of) for just about any new fund that will invest from 2012 in companies, Sa Leitao added. Contact Variety Staff at news@variety.com

'Batman & Robin' Director Joel Schumacher Wanted to Do 'The Dark Knight'

There only three certainties in life: death, taxes and 'Batman & Robin' being the second-worst superhero movie ever. (Congratulations, Shaq; 'Kazaam' still wins that dubious honor!) 'B&R' director Joel Schumacher is doing press rounds for the upcoming Nicolas Cage-Nicole Kidman thriller 'Trespass,' and when talk in a recent sit-down with IFC turned to his superhero oeuvre, Schumacher was surprisingly honest. "Sequels are made for one reason. Because 'Batman Forever' was an unexpected sensation, and the second-biggest grossing movie for the whole year, and everyone made so much money out of 'Batman Forever,' it was always, 'more, more more.'" Which is how you get to rubber suits with prominent nipple placement. Schumacher says he's proud of 'Batman & Robin' but does regret one thing: that Warner Bros. didn't ask him to also direct 'The Dark Knight.' Pause here for fanboy head explosions. "I think I'm the most envious of Chris Nolan because he got to do 'The Dark Knight' -- and that's the one I begged to do as my second Batman film," Schumacher told IFC. "I wanted to do a whole other thing, because we had kind of re-invented franchise with Val [Kilmer as Batman [in 'Batman Forever'] and it was a very young, sexy, and much less expensive movie. We brought in Robin and I wanted to make 'The Dark Knight' desperately, but the studio didn't want that and it's their money and they're my bosses." For his part, Schumacher thinks the aforementioned Kilmer is the best onscreen Batman. "I thought he looked great in the costume, and I thought he brought a depth to the role." OK, then! [via IFC] [Photo: Getty] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook RELATED