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Having conquered the indie film world over the past decade, Joe Swanberg is making the leap to studio fare, as he has signed on to direct the romantic comedy “Work Wife” for New Line, TheWrap has learned. Emily Halpern and Sarah Haskins wrote the script, which follows a pair of thirty-something lawyers who attempt to find out if they really can date a co-worker. Also Read: ‘Digging for Fire’s’ Joe Swanberg, Jake Johnson Reveal Movie’s Inspiration, Play ‘Wrapid Fire’ (Video) New Line executives Sam Brown, Dave Neustadter and Richard Brener will oversee the project for the studio. Swanberg...

Name: Andrea Faustini

Age: 20

Job: Student

From: Rome, Italy

Category - Mentor: Boys - Mel B

Fast fact: Andrea is a massive Spice Girls fan. And he likes pugs.

What he said: [If he won] "I would buy a car, maybe. I'm not very good at driving so just a small one, to start with."

Performances

Room Audition: 'Who's Lovin' You' by The Miracles/Jackson 5

Cheryl: "I'm lovin' you! Seriously, that was unbelievable. Your little Spice Girls doll, I'm like, 'okay'. Then you sung and I was like, 'Oh my god'. You know what, biggest example why to not judge a book by its cover. That told me."

Arena Audition: 'Try A Little Tenderness' by Otis Redding

Louis: "It's moments like this and somebody like you that makes this job worthwhile. I loved every single note of that, and you've got so much soul."

Cheryl: "You sang with every bit of passion,...

Hollywood — It was an emotional evening at the Egyptian Theatre Wednesday night as "Still Alice" finally came "home." Co-directors and husbands Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland are longtime Los Angelinos and the latter remarked how both men had spent many nights watching films in this same venue, which is the Hollywood home of the American Cinematheque. More importantly, this AFI Fest screening afforded Glatzer, who is in advance stages of Als, to finally see the movie on the big screen with an audience. He missed the amazing reception at the Toronto Film Festival. He missed the Rome Film Festival. He missed the Hamptons Film Festival. He was not going to miss seeing "Still Alice" in his hometown. Based on Lisa Genova's bestselling novel, "Alice" chronicles the heartbreaking progression of early on set Alzheimer's disease for Dr. Alice Howard (Julianne Moore), a 50-year-old accomplished Columbia University professor and mother of three grown children.

Watch the Hollywood heavyweights in a coffee advert, drones in motion for the car brand and the retailer's festive fantasy

Nespresso: 'Clooney & Damon' (starts at 00:06) - UK

George Clooney has been trading on his famed irresistibility for Nespresso for a few years now. In the latest commercial, his celebrity is once again exploited by a young woman looking to be alone with her coffee – but this time he has a plan to turn the situation on its head by drawing the female mob's attention to the presence of fellow heart-throb Matt Damon. What could possibly go wrong?

Agency: McCann Erickson

Director: Grant Heslov

Lego: 'Dad's Campaign' (starts at 01:12) - UK

This arresting spot for Lego is the latest in a sequence of recent ads that's offered a very positive verdict of fatherhood. Dads are often portrayed as incompetent buffoons by the advertising industry so it's refreshing to see...

Shelley Smith was voted off 'The X Factor' tonight (20.10.13). The 34-year-old van driver, who survived a sing-off against Lorna Simpson last week, became the second act to leave this year's series after landing in the bottom two against Kingsland Road. Shelley performed 'Stop' by Sam Brown, while the boyband performed 'Try' by Pink in a bid to stay in the competition. Shelley's mentor, Sharon Osbourne, begged Louis Walsh to save her act after Gary Barlow and Nicole Scherzinger opted to save Kingsland Road, who were placed in the bottom two after a 'Flash Vote' on Saturday night (19.10.13), but the Irish judge...

The X Factor has eliminated its second finalist of the series.

Shelley Smith became the latest act to exit the show following a sing-off with Kingsland Road. The result means that Sharon Osbourne has only one finalist remaining in her Overs category.

Kingsland Road became the series' latest 'Flash Vote' nominee during Saturday's (October 19) 'Love and Heartache'-themed show.

Osbourne opted to send Kingsland Road home, while Gary Barlow chose to protect his own act by sending home Smith. Meanwhile, Nicole Scherzinger admitted that she had to support the boyband as it was their first time in the sing-off.

The decision rested with Louis Walsh who after deliberation - and pleas from Osbourne to save her act - chose to send home the Overs singer.

The judges praised both acts for their sing-off performances. Kingsland Road performed a rendition of Pink's 'Try', while Smith took on Sam Brown's 'Stop'.

Shelley Smith was voted off 'The X Factor' tonight (20.10.13). The 34-year-old van driver, who survived a sing-off against Lorna Simpson last week, became the second act to leave this year's series after landing in the bottom two against Kingsland Road. Shelley performed 'Stop' by Sam Brown, while the boyband performed 'Try' by Pink in a bid to stay in the competition. Shelley's mentor, Sharon Osbourne, begged Louis Walsh to save her act after Gary Barlow and Nicole Scherzinger opted to save Kingsland Road, who were placed in the bottom two after a 'Flash Vote' on Saturday night (19.10.13), but the Irish judge...

Dan Trachtenberg is a relative unknown, as his resume reads; directed commercials for big brands like Nike and Coke, collaborated on a Hellboy II: The Golden Army alternate reality game, and directed the internet show "Ctrl+Alt+Chicken." But wait, there's more. In August of 2011, Trachtenberg created a short film, Portal: No Escape, based on the popular, Portal, video game. The reception for the short, was incredible, the video had over six million hits in the first two months on YouTube. Y The Last Man is the dystopian science fiction comic book series by Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra published by Vertigo beginning in 2002. It focuses on only man to survive the apparent simultaneous death of every male mammal on Earth. The 60-issue series was repackaged in book form and the series won five Eisner Awards. The film is being produced by Benderspink and David Goyer, with Sam Brown...

I will assume that you have nothing against the title, so I’ll get straight to the point with this report. Jorma Taccone, cute SNL guy who also starred alongside Kristen Wiig in that MacGruber thing, is now on board to direct another action comedy titled Spy Guys for New Line. Is this going to be a new MacGruber only without Wiig, or what?

I’ll be honest with you – I still have no idea what Taccone plans to do with the whole thing. Apparently, he will try to make some kind of mix between Ocean’s Eleven, True Lies and Mission: Impossible. With one little catch – it’s going to be a funny action.

Here’s what I know so far: story will center on a CIA operative who, while attending a friend’s wedding in Europe, is framed and becomes an enemy of the state. Don’t know about you,...

Breaking: New Line has bought Spy Guys, an action comedy pitch to be scripted by Due Date scribe Adam Sztykiel. Jorma Taccone will direct and John Rickard will produce through his Rickard Pictures banner along with the Lonely Island Boys. While attending a friend’s wedding in Europe, a CIA operative is framed and becomes an enemy of the state. Now on his own, he’s forced to reveal his true identity to his average Joe buddies to enlist their help. When they aid his escape, they become wanted as accomplices and must go on the run together to clear their names. This is a big fun movie in the along the lines of Ocean’s 11 meets Mission: Impossible, and the hope is that Taccone will attract a hot young ensemble cast. Taccone, who was part of the team responsible for all those SNL Digital Shorts, helmed MacGruber. Rickard has...

Exclusive: New Line has bought a Western pitch titled Redemption from Carey and Chad Hayes that John Rickard will produce through his Rickard Pictures banner, which has a first look deal at New Line. Deal comes after the Hayes brothers wrote The Conjuring for New Line. That James Wan-directed thriller stars Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson and will be released in January. Rickard is separately developing Rampage at New Line and is an exec producer on Jack The Giant Killer. He was co-producer on Final Destination 5, Horrible Bosses, Hall Pass and A Nightmare On Elm Street. Michael Disco and Sam Brown will oversee Redemption for New Line. The Hayes brothers are repped by Wme and Circle of Confusion.

Today Divine Fits announced their first expansive U.S. tour, which is slated to start in Los Angeles on Sept. 4. The band, which was formed earlier this year, is made up of Spoon’s Britt Daniel, Handsome Furs’ Dan Boeckner and New Bomb Turks’ Sam Brown. The supergroup’s first album, titled A Thing Called Divine Fits, was released last month....

Slowly but surely, Divine Fits are revealing themselves to the music world. The supergroup comprised of Spoon’s Britt Daniel, Handsome Furs’ Dan Boeckner and Sam Brown of the New Bomb Turks originally announced their existence through a mysterious teaser trailer, and over the course of the summer they have debuted their first single, announced an album release and performed live for the first time....

Divine Fits (Spoon’s Britt Daniel, Wolf Parade’s Dan Boeckner and New Bomb Turks’ Sam Brown) announced previously that they would play at the Treasure Island Music Festival in San Francisco in Oct., which was said to be their first gig. But now, the band revealed that their first live concert as Divine Fits will officially take place on Aug. 1, at Beerland in Austin, Texas....

I wasn't sure how I felt about the first offering from the Divine Fits -- the trio-combo of Britt Daniel (Spoon), Dan Boeckner (Wolf Parade) and Sam Brown (New Bomb Turks) -- but now I think their forthcoming full-length might be rather nice. "Would That Not Be Nice" definitely scratches the Spoon itch, after the new-wavey minor discotheque of initial offering "My Love Is Real." That latter tune will be up for purchase as a single on July 31 with exclusive non-album B-side "I Was Born In A Laundromat." My Love Is... Clean? The new, as-yet-untitled album from Divine Fits was...

Mathematically speaking, the formula used to form a supergroup seems like sound logic. Add one talented musician to another, and watch their success rate multiply. But if supergroup history tells us anything, it’s that arithmetic precision has little to do with creative collaborations. If it really worked that way, Slash’s Snakepit would have yielded better results. Spoon’s Britt Daniel, Wolf Parade’s Dan Boeckner, and New Bomb Turks' Sam Brown have combined their talents to produce a much more favorable outcome. When the three become one they go by the name Divine Fits, and have just announced ...

Brad Peyton, director of New Line’s Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, is negotiating to helm the studio’s disaster movie San Andreas 3D. Plot details remain underground, but the project is known to center on a massive earthquake that hits California. Photos: 'Journey 2: The Mysterious Island' Premiere Red Carpet Arrivals Andre Fabrizio and Jeremy Passmore wrote the script, which received a polish by Allan Loeb. The project is intended to have a budget in the $100 million range. Beau Flynn and Tripp Vinson are producing. Michael Disco, Sam Brown and Richard Brener are overseeing for New Line.

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The powers of Spoon, Wolf Parade/Handsome Furs, and New Bomb Turks (drummer Sam Brown is the third member) will combine to form Divine Fits, as they are now together known. The trio is planning an album for later this year, but there's no music to speak of yet (look at this fancy website, though!). Anyway, one Boeckner project out, one Boeckner project in; this is how the universe stays balanced and stuff. ...

Get ready for another indie rock supergroup. Spoon's Britt Daniel, Wolf Parade's Dan Boeckner and former New Bomb Turks drummer Sam Brown are joining forces to become Divine Fits. The group's as yet untitled debut album will be released later this year on Merge Records, longtime home to Spoon, Arcade Fire, New Pornographers, Fucked Up and numerous other bands. Post-punk production guru Nick Launay (Gang of Four, PiL, Kate Bush) recorded the album. There's little information available about the album or any touring plans. Keep up-to-date at the band's web site here. Divine Fits should have an interesting sound, since all...

Now that Dan Boeckner currently is free of his obligations to Wolf Parade and Handsome Furs, and Britt Daniel is between albums with Spoon, these two cool indie-rock fellas have decided to form a new band with Sam Brown of New Bomb Turks. The band is called Divine Fits, and its debut record will be out later this year on Merge Records. That's all we know for now, but you can learn more at the band's website and Twitter page as information becomes available.

Our critics' picks of this week's openings, plus your last chance to see and what to book now

• Which cultural events are in your diary this week? Tell us in the comments below

Opening this week

Theatre

Romeo and Juliet in Baghdad

Shakespeare's epic love tragedy relocated to present day Iraq, a society riven by sectarian violence between Sunni and Shia. In Arabic with English surtitles. Swan Theatre, Stratford upon Avon (0844 800 1110), Thursday to 5 May; Riverside Studios, London W6 (020-8237 1111), 28 June until 30 June.

Enquirer

A new site-specific production from the National Theatre of Scotland based on interviews with leading figures in the newspaper industry, from editors to retailers. Andrew O'Hagan co-edits with directors John Tiffany and Vicky Featherstone. Hub at Pacific Quay, Glasgow (0141 429 0022), 26 April until 12 May.

Film

Marley (dir. Kevin Macdonald)

A documentary about the life and times of Bob Marley. He was a musical legend, but a flawed and vulnerable human being.

Our critics' picks of this week's openings, plus your last chance to see and what to book now

• Which cultural events are in your diary this week? Tell us in the comments below

Opening this weekTheatre

Enquirer

The Guardian's Deborah Orr is one of a team conducting the interviews with journalists for this timely site-specific verbatim piece about the media. Andrew O'Hagan co-edits a project directed and edited by Vicky Featherstone and John Tiffany. The Hub, Glasgow (0141-429 0022), 19 April to 13 May.

A History of Everything

The controversial Ghent-based company Ontroerend Goed returns to the UK with a show that offers a history of everything, from now back to the Big Bang. No small undertaking from a company that has delighted and challenged spectators with previous shows including the outrageous Audience. Drum, Plymouth (01752 267222), until 28 April.

Film

The Cabin in the Woods (dir. Drew Goddard)

A bunch of great-looking teens take a...

Our critics' picks of this week's openings, plus your last chance to see and what to book now

• Which cultural events are in your diary this week? Tell us in the comments below

Opening this week

Theatre

Red Light Winter

The UK premiere of Adam Rapp's Obie Award-winning play about two successful New Yorkers, once college room mates, whose trip to the Red Light district of Amsterdam comes back to haunt them. Part of an ambitious season of contemporary American work.

Ustinov, Bath (01225 448844), to 31 March.

Me, Myself and Miss Gibbs

In 2003, Francesca Millican Slater bought an old postcard of Lincoln Cathedral that had been posted to a Miss Gibbs at a London address in 1910. The message said: Be careful tomorrow. What did Miss Gibbs have to fear? Brilliant solo show about identity and obsession.

Drill Hall, Lincoln (01522 873894), Thursday to 9 March.

Sprint

Brilliant festival of emerging and experimental work. Highlights...

Acid-tongued celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain's No Reservations Holiday Show will be airing tonight, and judging by a recent blog post of Bourdain's, it's going to be a lively, ribald affair. Bourdain wrote: "What do Norah Jones, Christopher Walken, the band "****ed Up, Vegan Black Metal Chef Sam Brown, nightmare of Eastern European folklore Krampus, the Catalonian Pooping Log, Dave Arnold, chefs Lidia Bastianich, April Bloomfield, Kurt Gutenbrunner, Eder Montero, Alexandra Raij, Carlos Llaguno Morales, and the voices of Adam Richman and Andrew Zimmern have in common? They all foolishly agreed to appear in our scandalous, dark, action-packed fever dream of a Holiday Show which airs this Monday, December 12th at 10 Pm — when, presumably, the kiddies will be asleep." Even if the kiddies are dozing peacefully, the Travel Channel still felt that the stop-motion, animated short featuring Krampus (a demonic, mythical, children-punishing creature feared [...]...

Best indie video goes to Manchester Orchestra while Spike Jonze named best director – twice – at ceremony in London

Adele, an American film director and three upstarts from Barcelona were among the winners at the UK Music Video awards on Tuesday night. The London gala celebrated the best music videos made in the country and abroad, recognising "creativity and technical excellence" – not just YouTube views.

"Some amazing music videos have been made in the past year," said David Knight, editorial director for the fourth annual awards. There has been "a resurgence of the medium as a creative force", he said, in spite of the "very challenging budgets" of many projects. While the night saw wins for blockbuster acts including Depeche Mode, Arcade Fire and Jay-z and Kanye West, many smaller artists were also rewarded, including the Shoes, Is Tropical and Wave Machines.

Most of the UK Music Video awards are given out in three tiers – UK,...

Director Sam Brown walks us across the shattered glass in this stunning, if low-key Video of the Year nominee.

By Gil Kaufman

Adele in her video "Rolling in the Deep"

Photo: Columbia Records

Sometimes less is more. Case in point: Adele's soft-touch clip for her smash breakthrough hit "Rolling in the Deep."

Absent flashy special effects and elaborate set pieces, the clip, literally, has the British singer sitting in a chair and belting the soul-stirring tune as scenes of elegant destruction take place around her. The low-key approach was more than enough to help make 21 the year's best-selling album to date and garner Adele a whopping seven nominations at Sunday's VMAs.

Acclaimed Vma-winning director Sam Brown (Jay-z's "On to the Next One," Corinne Bailey Rae's "Put Your Records On") said he created the visually stunning clip in collaboration with the singer, who was a fan of the Jigga video and sought him out.

New York, Aug 3: 'Hannah Montana' star Miley Cyrus is set to produce and star in an upcoming comedy about God.

According to the Christian Post, Cyrus, 18, will play the lead role in the film, and the plot reportedly revolves around a broken promise to God, the New York Post reported.

The movie is based on a screenplay by writers Sam Brown and Jack Angelo, and it is expected to be released by Paramount Pictures.

The film's title and further details about the plot have not yet been released.

The project will mark Cyrus' debut as a producer, along with her mother, Tish Cyrus, under the banner.

Miley Cyrus to star in and produce new God movie with her mother Tish. According to celebrity-gossip.net,mega popstar Miley Cyrus is now set to star in,and produce a new film with writers Sam Brown and Jack Angelo. Miley's mother Tish Cyrus is also on board to help produce the flick with their "Hope Town Entertainment" production company. Brown and Angelo have apparently been trying to keep the subject of the movie a secret,but new reports have said that it involves a broken promise to God. The multi-talented Miley is further exploring her movie star side with this new gig,which is something she's always wanted to do.

Miley Cyrus To Star In And Produce New God Movie With Her Mother Tish is a post from: ontheflix.com...

When Reese Witherspoon appeared in the critically acclaimed Election and earned a Golden Globe nomination that was a first memorable moment in her career; the second highlight was when Witherspoon starred in Sweet Home Alabama, which was her biggest commercial success to date; finally in 2005, Witherspoon won international critical praise for her portrayal of June Carter Cash in Walk the Line, which earned her an Academy Award, Golden Globe, BAFTA, and Screen Actors Guild Award for the Best Actress in a Leading Role.

Witherspoon was last seen in the romance drama Water for Elephants along Robert Pattinson, and will next hit theaters in This Means War with Chris Pine and Tom Hardy.

And that’s not all, of course because she has signed up to star in Wish List, a Disney-produced feature about a woman who made a wish on a coin thrown into a well as a little girl...

Miley Cyrus is set to star and produced a new God-themed comedy for Paramount. THR reports that the studio has just picked up an untitled comedy pitch. Cyrus will produce with her mother Tish Cyrus via the duo’s Hope Town Entertainment banner, along with Andrew Panay (Wedding Crashers and When in Rome).

The high-concept comedy was written by Sam Brown and Jack Angelo is being kept under wraps but it is understood to involve a broken promise to God. Cyrus will next bee seen in an action comedy titled So Undercover and the Mandate comedy Lol, which also stars Demi Moore and Ashley Greene.

I am not a fan of Cyrus in the slightest so this movie has no interest to me. I am hopeful that her acting career will be over sooner than later. What are your thoughts?...

The Hollywood Reporter says that Miley Cyrus will star in and produce and untitled Paramount project from writers Sam Brown and Jack Angelo. The trade says the storyline is being kept under wraps but is believed to involve a broken promise to God. Cyrus will produce with her mother Tish Cyrus via the duo's Hope Town Entertainment. Also producing is Andrew Panay ( Wedding Crashers , When in Rome ). Producing via Panay Films' is Adam Glass and Jodi Zuckerman Weiner will executive produce. Cyrus can next be seen on the big screen in So Undercover and Lol . (Photo Credit: WENN.com)...

Miley Cyrus will star in a God-themed comedy. The 18-year-old actress will take on the lead role and produce the as-yet-untitled movie, which will be based on a script by writers Sam Brown and Jack Angelo. Although the plotline is currently being kept under wraps, it is understood to involve a broken promise to God. Her mother Tish will also assist in producing the project. Miley shot to fame playing the title role in Disney TV show 'Hannah Montana' has been working hard to shed her tween image. As well as this new comedy,...

Miley Cyrus is to star in and produce a comedy about a woman who ends up breaking a promise to God. The singer-turned-actress will be making the film with her mother Tish under her own production banner Hope Town, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Cyrus will be joined by Wedding Crashers and When In Rome producer Andrew Panay. Paramount bought the pitch from writers Jack Angelo and Sam Brown, who is known for his internet parody Chutzpah! The Shmooale Glick Story. Cyrus will next (more)...

Paramount has picked up an untitled comedy pitch with Miley Cyrus attached to star and produce.

Miley Cyrus will produce with her mother Tish Cyrus through their Hope Town Entertainment banner.

Written by Sam Brown and Jack Angelo, the plot for the high-concept comedy is being kept under wraps but it is said to be about a broken promise to God.

No production date has been set.

The untitled comedy pitch is set to star Miley Cyrus in a story involving a broken promise to God. Cyrus will produce alongside her mother Tish via their Hope Town Entertainment company, alongside Andrew Panay (Wedding Crashers, When in Rome). Sam Brown and Jack Angelo write and Panay Films' Adam Glass and Jodi Zuckerman Weiner are to serve as executive producers. Brown and Angelo's Undateable produced by Adam Shankman is currently at Disney. Cyrus has completed work in Lisa Azuelos Lol comedy, alongside Ashley Greene, Demi Moore, Thomas Jane, Gina Gerson and Adam G. Sevani. The singer's also in post-production phase on So Underwover, helmed by Tom Vaughan...

The untitled comedy pitch is set to star Miley Cyrus in a story involving a broken promise to God. Cyrus will produce alongside her mother Tish via their Hope Town Entertainment company, alongside Andrew Panay (Wedding Crashers, When in Rome). Sam Brown and Jack Angelo write and Panay Films' Adam Glass and Jodi Zuckerman Weiner are to serve as executive producers. Brown and Angelo's Undateable produced by Adam Shankman is currently at Disney. Cyrus has completed work in Lisa Azuelos Lol comedy, alongside Ashley Greene, Demi Moore, Thomas Jane, Gina Gerson and Adam G. Sevani. The singer's also in post-production phase on So Underwover, helmed by Tom Vaughan...

The untitled comedy pitch is set to star Miley Cyrus in a story involving a broken promise to God. Cyrus will produce alongside her mother Tish via their Hope Town Entertainment company, alongside Andrew Panay (Wedding Crashers, When in Rome). Sam Brown and Jack Angelo write and Panay Films' Adam Glass and Jodi Zuckerman Weiner are to serve as executive producers. Brown and Angelo's Undateable produced by Adam Shankman is currently at Disney. Cyrus has completed work in Lisa Azuelos Lol comedy, alongside Ashley Greene, Demi Moore, Thomas Jane, Gina Gerson and Adam G. Sevani. The singer's also in post-production phase on So Underwover, helmed by Tom Vaughan...

After taking a short break from acting to focus on her Gypsy Heart tour, Miley Cyrus is now ready to make her return to the acting world since the tour has come to an end. Rumor has it, the former "Hannah Montana" star is attached to an untitled comedy pitch for Paramount Pictures.

Miley is said to not only star in the big screen project but also serve as one of the producers. She will produce it with her mother Tish Cyrus via their Hope Town Entertainment banner. The daughter/mother duo will team up with another producer Andrew Panay, whose credits include "Wedding Crashers" and "When in Rome".

Other details about the movie are still scarce, but The Hollywood Reporter suggested it will be a high-concept one which "involves a broken promise to God." The scripts will be penned by Sam Brown and Jack Angelo. Serving as executive producers...

Alden Ehrenreich might want to thank Francis Ford Coppola for starting his career. Even though Steven Spielberg had a big hand in helping him get attention, this is a guy that went from basically being a complete unknown to the star of Coppola‘s Tetro, and he also has a role in the director’s upcoming Twixt. A part in an upcoming project that we’re anticipating quite a bit has just come his way, and it can only be taken as a good sign for him.

Variety says that the actor has joined the cast of Park Chan-wook‘s Stoker, where he’ll be playing “Whip Taylor, an alpha dog on the football team” that shows kindness toward the character played by Mia Wasikowska, who is picked on by his friends. That doesn’t seem to last long, because he “eventually forces himself on her.” The cast he’s...

Paramount has picked up an untitled comedy pitch by Sam Brown and Jack Angelo.  The reason: Miley Cyrus is attached to star and produce.  The precise details are under wraps, but THR hears the premise involves "a broken promise to God."  Andrew Panay (When in Rome), Adam Glass, and Jodi Zuckerman Weiner are on board to produce with Miley's mother Tish Cyrus, who served as producer on The Last Song and her daughter's next feature So Undercover. So Undercover opens later this year, and it will be a good test of Cyrus' draw outside the Hannah Montana universe.  The Last Song grossed a solid $89 million worldwide, but the young actress is still far from a sure thing.

Miley Cyrus is getting religious.

The "Hannah Montana" star will look to the Lord as she signs on to star in and produce a new "God-themed" comedy, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Details on the untitled project are currently under wraps, though the pitch by writing duo Sam Brown and Jack Angelo apparently involves broken promises to God and the ensuing disastrous (and probably wacky) consequences.

The film is set up at Paramount, with Cyrus and her mother Tish set to produce under their Hope Town Entertainment banner. No word on a director yet... or what inevitable cute young fella will be Miley's co-star.

We thought Miley's next movie would be some R-rated sex-and-drugs drama, a cathartic and indulgent farewell to the days of "Hannah Montana." Apparently we were wrong.

Miley Cyrus was last seen in the father-daughter drama, "The Last Song," co-starring Greg Kinnear and "Hunger Games" hunk Liam Hemsworth.

Her 'Rolling in the Deep' is up for Video of the Year, Best Female Video and Best Pop Video.

By James Montgomery

Adele

Photo: FilmMagic

Earlier this week, Adele continued her march toward complete and utter global domination when she picked up seven Video Music Awards nominations, for her hit "Rolling in the Deep," including nods for Video of the Year, Best Female Video and Best Pop Video.

That tally tied the British belter with Kanye West for the second-most Vma noms this year (they both trail Katy Perry, who leads with nine), and only further cemented her status as 2011's biggest breakout star. And so, on Friday (July 22), she took her to blog ... not only to express her excitement about the nominations, but also to reveal her rather interesting celebratory plans.

"Flabbergasted about the Vma nominations! Thank you, thank you MTV!" Adele wrote in a post. "I'm thinking about...

IFC is home to the Whitest Kids U'Know, featuring troupe members Timmy Williams, Trevor Moore, Sam Brown, Zach Cregger and Darren Trumeter. Check out the first 4 chapters of The Whitest Kids U' Know's epic saga, The Civil Wars on Drugs, now at http://www.ifc.com/wkuk/civil-war-drugs/. We have one posted below. Meet Trevor. The son of a wealthy Virginian, there was little that Trevor ever wanted for. His father's efforts to make a man out of him were met with disaster. All that changed the day he met a slave named Bob, who got him high. Empowered by this newfound gift from nature, Trevor became a pioneer for freedom, even going so far as clothing himself in the flag that...

The award-winning debauched comedy troupe, The Whitest Kids U Know, returns to IFC this spring with ten all-new 30-minute episodes premiering on Friday, April 15 at 10:30 Pm Et/Pt. We have two new clips from the season debut below.

Click to watch Old Folks Home!

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In the past four seasons, The Whitest Kids U Know has built up a devoted and fervent following while also impressing the critics - Entertainment Weekly hailed it as "bizarre, edgy, and hilarious," while the San Francisco Chronicle enthused "Wkuk wallows frequently in potty-mouth humor and somehow makes it seem almost sophisticated." The series pushes sketch comedy to a whole new level of depraved genius and this farewell season ups the ante like never before.

This season, Trevor Moore, Zach Cregger, Sam Brown, Darren Trumeter and Timmy Williams are providing sardonic cracks on politics, gender, suburbia, and sex while featuring some of their most creative,...

Hov's diabolical Swizz Beatz record (and its snarling video) blaze onto our Top 25 songs of the year.

By James Montgomery

Jay-z

Photo: Mark Metcalf/ Getty Images

Last week, MTV News kicked off our countdown of the Top 25 Songs of 2010, a list that's already featured the likes of Rick Ross and Robyn, Lady Gaga and Kanye West, to name just a few. On Monday, we began rolling out our Top 10 — starting with Gaga's "Telephone" and rolling on to Eminem and Rihanna's "Love the Way You Lie."

Now, we're set to unveil our pick for #8 ... Jay-z's "On to the Next One," a diabolical track that floored pretty much everybody, thanks in no small part to its snarl, its swagger and, yes, its sorta-Satanic video too.

First things first: Yes, this song is from an album that came out in 2009. And, yes, it was technically released to radio in December of that same year.

Hov's diabolical Swizz Beatz record (and its snarling video) blaze onto our Top 25 songs of the year.

By James Montgomery

Jay-z

Photo: Mark Metcalf/ Getty Images

Last week, MTV News kicked off our countdown of the Top 25 Songs of 2010, a list that's already featured the likes of Rick Ross and Robyn, Lady Gaga and Kanye West, to name just a few. On Monday, we began rolling out our Top 10 — starting with Gaga's "Telephone" and rolling on to Eminem and Rihanna's "Love the Way You Lie."

Now, we're set to unveil our pick for #8 ... Jay-z's "On to the Next One," a diabolical track that floored pretty much everybody, thanks in no small part to its snarl, its swagger and, yes, its sorta-Satanic video too.

First things first: Yes, this song is from an album that came out in 2009. And, yes, it was technically released to radio in December of that same year.

Paije Richardson has promised to “work, work, work” to achieve his dream of becoming a popstar.

The 20-year-old, who was the ninth act to be booted off ‘The X Factor’ last night (21.11.10), said he is now going to concentrate on singing live and gaining more experience in the music business.

The former cinema worker – who was sent home by the judges following his performance of Sam Brown’s hit ‘Stop’ in a sing-off against Cher Lloyd – told ITV1′s ‘Daybreak’: “I’m going to keep trying my best and doing whatever comes around and work, work, work until I achieve what I want.”

The Londoner also said he felt “incredibly happy” that controversial contestant Katie Waissel survived the public vote, and on Cher’s survival he added: “She’s a great talent and she deserves her place. I’m proud of her and I hope she does well.”

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Paije Richardson has promised to ''work, work, work'' to achieve his dream of becoming a popstar. The 20-year-old, who was the ninth act to be booted off 'The X Factor' last night (21.11.10), said he is now going to concentrate on singing live and gaining more experience in the music business. The former cinema worker - who was sent home by the judges following his performance of Sam Brown's hit 'Stop' in a sing-off against Cher Lloyd - told ITV1's 'Daybreak': ''I'm going to keep trying my best and doing whatever comes around and work, work, work until I achieve what I want.'' The ..

Paije Richardson was voted off 'The X Factor' last night (21.11.10). The 20-year-old pop hopeful - who found himself in the bottom two alongside Cher Lloyd after the pair failed to impress the viewers with their versions of 'Let It Be' and 'Imagine' respectively - was forced to leave the ITV1 talent show after judges Simon Cowell, Cheryl Cole and Louis Walsh chose to save Cher. During the sing-off, Paige - who was saved by his mentor Dannii Minogue - sang Sam Brown hit 'Stop', while Cher performed 'Stay' by Shakespears Sister. After they had both performed, host Dermot O'Leary asked the judges who ..

Paije Richardson has become the ninth act to be voted out of The X Factor. The former cinema employee pulled out a crowd-pleasing rendition of Sam Brown's 'Stop' after finding himself in the bottom two against Cher Lloyd, who reprised her emotional "performance of the season" from two weeks ago, 'Stay' by Shakespears Sister. When Dermot O'Leary turned to the judges, all four agreed that neither act deserved to be in the sing-off based on last night's performances. First Simon Cowell decided that he was "gonna go with the person who I've continually supported" and voted to save Lloyd. Cheryl Cole quickly echoed Cowell's decision, backing her own act at the expense of Richardson, before Minogue followed suit and voted out Lloyd in order to save her (more)...