Scarlett Johansson was not “concerned with modesty” in the slightest while shooting a remake of Psycho’s shower scene.The actress portrays Janet Leigh in upcoming biopic Hitchcock.
Sacha Gervasi directs the adaptation of the Stephen Rebello book which is described as a “love story about one of the most influential filmmakers of the last century, Alfred Hitchcock and his wife and partner Alma Reville.”
The film takes place during the making of Hitchcock’s horror classic Psycho.
Scarlett couldn’t wait to hop into the shower naked to film actress Janet’s classic scene.
"We only had the luxury to shoot the scene for a day, and everybody was feeling very nervous because it involved water and nobody wants the actor to get wet," she told V Magazine.
"They were concerned with modesty and all these things — but I don't care about any of that stuff and Janet Leigh [the original actress] never did either."
Scarlett felt really comfortable during the pivotal shoot.
The star didn’t feel she had to study much to nail it.
"Maybe I watched Silence of the Lambs too many times when I was a kid," she said. "Maybe I was having some flashbacks. So I didn't need too much preparation for the scene."
Hitchcock starring Scarlett, Helen Mirren and Anthony Hopkins will be released worldwide in 2013.
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are going places....my full support goes out to them. The premier cable channel for no-holds barred sex and nudity.Liberty Media Management Discusses Q3 2012 Results
November 6, 2012
ExecutivesCourtnee Ulrich
Gregory B. Maffei - Chief Executive Officer, President, Director and Member of Executive Committee
Christopher W. Shean - Chief Financial Officer, Principal Accounting Officer and Senior Vice President
Chris Albrecht - Chief Executive Officer and President.
Summary of the transcript :
Gregory B. Maffei:
Good morning, and thank you, and thank you all out there for joining us. Today, speaking on the call, we will have, besides myself, Liberty's CFO, Chris Shean; and Starz CEO, Chris Albrecht.
And onto the highlights. At Starz, we had another strong quarter of subscriber growth. We successfully raised $500 million in 5% 7-year senior unsecured bonds. According to our underwriter, this is the lowest yield ever for a first-time issuer in a high-yield market. And we filed the Form 10 with the SEC regarding the separation of Starz, LLC and Liberty Media. We're still targeting to complete this by year end.
At SiriusXM, we increased our stake in the quarter to 49.2% based on the Sirius shares that were outstanding as of 10/25. Our stake is now worth $9.1 billion based on yesterday's close. We have stated our intention to go 50% if our application for de jure control is approved by the SEC. I would note only one petition to deny was filed by one individual at the SEC, and we're pleased that the comment period is now closed. More broadly, we continue be very pleased with the strong results that Sirius -- that they reported last week, subscribers at 23.4 million. They raised their guidance for the third time this year. Revenue was up 14%, adjusted EBITDA was up 24% and we will be heavily involved in choosing the next CEO at Sirius to continue the success there.
Christopher W. Shean:
Liberty Media's revenue increased 3% in the quarter to $555 million, while adjusted OIBDA increased 6% to $137 million in the third quarter. Starz, LLC's revenue increased 3% to $400 million and OIBDA increased 1% to $108 million in the quarter.
Now quickly looking at liquidity. At quarter end, Liberty had cash and liquid investments of $1.2 billion and debt of $541 million.
Chris Albrecht:
For those who didn't join us at last month's Liberty investor event in New York, let me reiterate how excited we are about the upcoming spinoff. We believe that as an independent company, we're in a strong position to capitalize on opportunities and potential alliances in the marketplace.
Now as to our third quarter financial performance, we're pleased to hit new records of 20.8 million Starz subscribers and 34.3 million Encore subscribers. Each channel was up 100,000 from last quarter, despite the third quarter typically being a slow one for the premium category in terms of sequential subscriber growth. The combined 55.1 million subscriber benchmark remains an industry high for a pair of flagship premium channels.
Revenue from Starz channels for the third quarter remained relatively flat as compared to the corresponding prior year period, as an $8 million increase due to higher effective rates for the Starz Channels services was offset by a $9 million decrease. This decrease was due primarily to the nonrenewal of the Netflix agreement, which was partially offset by growth in the average number of subscriptions for our Starz and Encore channels.
Revenue from Starz Distribution increased $13 million or 21% compared to the corresponding period last year. The growth was primarily attributable to strong home video performance for Spartacus: Vengeance and strong home video and digital sales for AMC Network's The Walking Dead. We look forward to distributing titles from the theatrical slate of The Weinstein Company, including Lawless, The Master, Silver Linings Playbook, Killing Them Softly and Jango Unchained, which bode well for the Anchor Bay and Starz digital businesses in 2013 and beyond.
I believe that at Starz, we have the right content strategy in place that will differentiate us among premium content providers, coupled with our strong slate of exclusive feature film content and quality library content. We're well positioned to grow our subscriber base.
Let me provide you with a taste of what we have in store on originals. We eagerly await the fourth installment of what has become our breakout hit series Spartacus, which will begin its final season on January 25. Steven DeKnight, Rob Tapert and team have wrapped production on a fitting, and no doubt bloody, conclusion to this great global franchise. As part of our overall deal with DeKnight, he will shift focus and attention over to Incursion, a gritty science fiction drama series following soldiers, who are fighting a war against an alien race on another planet.
The next new STARZ Originals Series is from the cowriter of the Dark Knight movie trilogy, David Goyer. Da Vinci's Demons will debut in the spring of next year following Spartacus. Starz owns full multi-platform rights for the series in the U.S. and English-speaking Canada, and is the first project to arise out of our partnership with BBC Worldwide.
Season 2 of our wholly-owned series Magic City, which stars Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Danny Houston and Olga Kurylenko, is currently in production and has added legendary Academy Award nominee James Caan. Magic City continues to make inroads with audiences and has gained considerable traction in the international marketplace. Magic City was also the showcase Starz series that headlined our recently announced content distribution agreement with HBO Nordic, leveraging our library of owned and acquired TV and movie product in addition to future STARZ Originals series. HBO Nordic is a model for optimal monetization of the Starz content portfolio.
Also, in 2013, we'll premiere the series The White Queen, based on the international best-selling novel The Cousins' War by Philippa Gregory. Starz has secured most global rights to the property. And of course, we have the potential third season of Boss.
Next year, we begin production on Black Sails, which is filmmaker Michael Bay's first scripted project for television. Currently in preproduction in South Africa, Starz retains full global multi-platform rights for the series. Interesting buzz for Black Sails was particularly strong during last month's MidCom Conference.
I'm also pleased to announce in this call a newly secured development project from our partners at Sony Television. The historical fantasy series Outlander will be written by Rob Moore and is based on the best-selling, award-winning series of novels by Diana Gabaldon.
Question-and-Answer Session
Douglas D. Mitchelson - Deutsche Bank AG, Research Division:
And so should we start thinking about sort of that impact of the increases from older contracts plus the impact of new contracts just sort of nets out and we should look at revenue growth tied to subscriber growth? Is that a fair way to look at it?
Chris Albrech:
Revenue growth ties to subscriber growth. Well, we have flat -- no, we have some fixed rate deals that have some built-in increases, and we have consignment deals. So depending on where the growth comes from depends on the effect of the revenue. But aside from the fact that I can't forecast the future, that's the best that I can do with any discussions of how our subscriber business might progress. Like I said, we feel good about our strong programming lineup and our ability to grow our services.
Benjamin Swinburne - Morgan Stanley, Research Division :
And for Chris Albrecht, if there's at least one vote for a third season of Boss, you can put that in the ledger. I was curious on your visibility on the cost side. Sony, as you mentioned, has had one of their better years this year and I think you benefited at Starz over the last several years from a smaller slate at Disney and Sony since there is some relationship between box office and your cost structure on the output side. How does that -- what does that tell you about sort of the 2013 expense outlook for Starz? Do we expect to see costs go up now that Sony has had a successful year and Disney seems to be sort of stabilizing their slate?
Chris Albrecht:
With regard to the Sony costs, I can't provide any numbers on what our movie costs will be. We are transitioning into what's an extension period from a previous Sony deal. And as I stated before, we'd look to help fund some of our originals growth from some savings there but, of course, given there's a 2013 release that hits us in 2014, so depending on whether you're talking about a slate or whether you're talking -- the release slate or whether you're talking about the movies that come to Starz, the timing of that is consistently being changed by the studio. And aside from the fact that I can't give you those numbers, it's also very difficult to predict.
Thomas W. Eagan - Canaccord Genuity, Research Division :
Could you give us some detail on the economics of the deal with the BBC? For example, how much again are we going to be -- what the -- how much of the funds are we going to be getting from the BBC? What portion of the spending is going to be on your balance sheet? And then I have a follow-up.
Chris Albrecht:
It's not a fund with the BBC, but it really depends on the programming mix. I mean, right now, we're trying to maximize our original programming spend, while at the same time help grow our distribution businesses so we're trying to find the balance between our investment in worldwide rights against the opportunity to have partners who help offset the cost of the program in exchange for them holding on to those rights. So in the dialogue or in the script that I laid out before, I think we have a balance of those different choices. And going forward, I would expect us to maintain a balance. But it's difficult to predict how many more projects or how soon with the BBC we'll see them come to fruition.
Douglas D. Mitchelson - Deutsche Bank AG, Research Division :
Right. I guess -- I thought I remember that they're going to be funding or sourcing about 50% of the cost of a new series.
Chris Albrecht:
Yes, that's also based on the cost of the series.
Thomas W. Eagan :
Right. Okay. And then secondly, could you give us a sense of what the margin profile at Starz might be post spin? I know that you've added some executives over the past couple of weeks. Is there any reason to think that the Starz margin should be materially different than what it is right now?
Chris Albrecht:
Well, first, on the execs piece, we haven't added any execs. We've replaced some execs, and we're very mindful of what our overhead is on a day-to-day, week-to-week, month-to-month basis. So -- and with regard to the margins, I don't think that I can comment on that, other than to say that we are looking forward to a growth business for Starz. But I don't think -- I think we can say there's no substantive incremental costs being added that are going to change the margin. It will be the direction of the business driving it. The separation itself will not add significant cost.
Matthew J. Harrigan:
Firstly, you've shown a lot of sensitivity on price on the Liberty Interactive call and your discussion just now on buying in the Liberty Media shares. I think it's fairly evident that you're going to run a serious stock price a lot if you have the scale of buybacks to extract your full incremental capital investment. Is this another mechanism for doing that? Is it possible you could do a dividend instead? Or is there some other way to do that? And then secondly, I guess, for Chris, when you look at Incursion and Vlad that sort of appeals to the adolescent and all of us but also seems marvelously marketable for international markets as far as the economics go. If you're able to do something more significant internationally, could you possibly get to even more than 50 hours of original programming or maybe do it a little bit faster without having a cash bleed along the way?
Gregory B. Maffei:
Well, this is Greg, and I'll comment on the first one. I think we've been discussing for several months that a dividend is certainly a potential method of return of capital for all the benefit of our shareholders in Sirius, and I think that's on the table and something that we and the Sirius board will look at hard.
Chris Albrecht:
On the programming side, certainly, with regard to most of what we have developed and are putting into production, we look for them to be big tent-pole-type series that could have great international appeal, and our ability to monetize that will definitely affect our ability to continue to invest in programming. We think that the 50-hour number is a good one from a mix of our theatricals and originals and also, our ability to market them effectively with our distribution partners. But certainly, if there is an opportunity to grow either more quickly or with more critical mass, we'll certainly take a look at that.
Matthew J. Harrigan:
I can't resist asking this. I know it doesn't make too much difference in your stock price. Is Boss actually a little hamstrung internationally because there's such a [indiscernible] component to it or it doesn't really matter?
Chris Albrecht:
Well, Boss is owned and distributed by Lionsgate so we don't have the rights to that. You better question -- ask for them.
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More news on Starz nudity front:
Spartacus: War of the Damned, the final season of Starz's Spartacus series, will debut on January 25 at 9pm. After it's gone, you'll just have to go about watching porn and old gladiator movies side-by-side on different monitors to get your fix. [Starz via press release]
Starz To Develop Series Adaptation Of ‘Outlander’ Novels From Ron Moore and Sony
EXCLUSIVE: Starz has closed a deal to develop Outlander, a drama series based on Diana Gabaldon’s bestselling fantasy/romance/adventure series of books. Battlestar Galactica developer/executive producer Ron Moore will write the series adaptation, with Jim Kohlberg’s Story Mining and Supply Co producing. Sony Pictures TV is behind the project after acquiring rights to the books in the summer and attaching Moore, who is under an overall deal at the studio, to develop and write a series targeted for cable networks.
Outlander spans the genres of romance, science fiction, history, and adventure. It follows Claire, a married WWII combat nurse, who mistakenly steps back in time to year 1743 where she is immediately thrown into an unknown world of adventure that sends her on the run and threatens her life. When Claire is forced to marry Jamie, a chivalrous and romantic young Scottish warrior, it ignites a passionate affair that tears Claire’s heart between two vastly different men in two irreconcilable lives.Outlander is the latest Starz drama project set centuries in the past, along with hit Spartacus and the upcoming Da Vinci’s Demons, Black Sails, Marco Polo and The White Queen.
The seven-book Outlander series has sold over 20 million copies. An eighth novel is slated to come out next year. The books have developed passionate fan following, with multiple companies running “Jamie and Claire” tours of Scotland, where they visit locations from the books.
* A great fantasy series by Diana Gabaldon with nice balance of graphic sex scenes. It leans mostly towards women readers who likes that infidelity crap so much and macho assholes.
I shouldn't bother telling you guys that anyone cast as Claire the female lead should be prepared for lengthy nudity and energetic sex scenes (praying they don't include the rape scene when the leading man gets ass-fucked by another man).
As one reviewer noted of Diana style:
"Gabaldon writes noisy, messy, dirty, stupid, embarrassing, desperate, sweaty, animalistic, romantic, loving, violent sex."
Diana even wrote a tutorial about writing sex scenes.
A fan of the novels actually created youtube videos. You get the general idea how the sex scenes will be portrayed:
Outlander (casting)
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Spencer Tunick Marks Mexico's Day Of The Dead With Usual Battalion Of Nudes
For an artist who deals solely in naked currency, Spencer Tunick managed to give his Day of the Dead project an interesting twist - ghostly veils.
The Mexican holiday, known as El Día de los Muertos, is a yearly celebration that pays tribute to the memory of departed spirits.
Celebrated in Hispanic communities across the globe, the Catholic tradition harkens back to early Aztec practices of worshipping the goddess Mictecacihuatl, or the Lady of the Dead.
Spencer Tunick's project saw 150 volunteers strip off and don the shrouds in the village of Los Senderos, Mexico.
And now lots of naked people.
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30-years old Indian actress Shriya Saran : Maxim India [August 2012]
It's a sad state of affairs for popular Indian female artists when any hint of skin or partial nudity is considered scandalous. But talented Shriya is pretty liberal judging from her interviews and had an eye-catching kissing scene in The Other End of the Line (2008) with Jesse Metcalfe. In a different time and age (and perhaps in a near future), Shriya could made a name for herself outside of India without worrying about repercussions back home if she goes nude in a movie. Nonetheless she is quite a busy looking at her filmography.
The Other End of the Line
Midnight's Children
Mallanna
For more of Shriya and other Indian babes, check out this excellent site.
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Kevin Hart talks sex scenes on 'About Last Night' set
by Solvej Schou
The ever-energetic comic gushed to EW recently while filming on the downtown Los Angeles set of his movie, which modernizes the 1986 original starring Rob Lowe and Demi Moore, based on the David Mamet play. Hart plays Bernie, a sidekick role inhabited by James Belushi in the original, who is friends with lead heartthrob Michael Ealy.
Joy Bryant also stars, and Regina Hall plays Hart’s hot-cold love interest. The movie’s now in post-production.
“Being a comedian, I’m very clean cut in the roles that I’ve had thus far. This was actually a role that gave me an opportunity to be a little different,” Hart told EW. “I’m filthy, filthy to the point where my language is unacceptable, my opinion is very, I guess you could say, I’m outspoken, but about the wrong topics, … and I have sex in this movie, which is great! I’ve never had sex in a film. And the fact that I’m having sex is going to make me a sex symbol. I see it all. This is a big thing for me. … Ladies, you get to see my side profile!”
Check out our video interview here.
* It's going to be the first time they are adapting two movies into one feature-length release. The main plot is a remake of 1980's About Last Night but the producers also decided to throw in a modern retelling of little known fairy tale: The Beauty and the Midget. You don't have to guess very hard to figure out who will be playing the small person (being PC here). As long as Joy Bryant show her gorgeous boobs alongside Regina Hall. Fapping high-point will be Paula Patton doing her first nudity which is very unlikely at the moment.
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Jennifer Lawrence : Elle Magazine December 2012
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Why You Should Love Your Curves
Most women have a number; an idealized—and usually unrealistically low—delusion about their perfect weight. Perhaps it’s what you weighed in high school while on cross country, or sick with Mono, or even the speculated proportions of a beautiful (and airbrushed) admired celebrity.
Well get rid of it.
Studies repeatedly show men are attracted to healthy, natural-looking women; not the romanticized, skinny image many women strive for. The fashion industry is also evolving to spotlight more shapely models instead of emaciated skeletons.
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| Photo Survey (Ciara Price Top, Kate Moss Bottom Left, Natasha Poly Bottom Right) |
“In study after study, women consistently underestimate the amount of body fat that men prefer…women consistently choose a skinnier figure than the men actually prefer… This misreading of men's desires may encourage some women to mistakenly think they would be more attractive to men if they weighed less,” according to Psychology Today.
I decided to run a mini-experiment of my own to test this theory. I showed men photos of model Ciara Price, Playboy’s Miss November of 2011 compared to photos of typical high-fashion models. Price is 5'4, 118 pounds and has measurements of 32C-25-35. The bottom two photos of Kate Moss—whose motto is “nothing tastes as good as skinny feels”—and Natasha Poly represent the stereotypical fashion model. Poly is 5'10 and clocks in at around 105 pounds.
The robust Price won by a landslide.
“She has more curves and looks a lot more natural compared to the super tan/skinny girls,” said USC sophomore Rollin Baker. "She has definite features that are easy to notice and point out. You hear a lot how big a girl’s breasts and butt are, but no one talks about how flat a girl’s stomach is.”
Although the polled guys admitted Moss and Poly are still attractive, they were more attracted to the Playboy Playmate.
“I like a woman with some curves, an athletic/toned body, and a cute face with a great smile,” said USC senior Brett Emard. “I don't want to see bones.”
Los Angeles native Aaron Mueller broke it down even further: “Guys really look at three things: face, chest, and butt. It’s a turn-off when they are too skinny.”
The Body Mass Index (BMI) measures body fat based on height and weight. Healthy women have a BMI range of 18.5 to 24.9, overweight women have BMIs of 25 to 29.9, and anything above a 30 is considered obese, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Miss November has a normal BMI of 20.3, whereas Poly’s estimated BMI is only 15.1, making her underweight.
Also keep in mind men pay to look at the models in outlets such as Playboy, Maxim and pornography, whose body types have commonalities such as long, flowing hair and full-figured, toned bodies with great waist-to-hip ratios.
“The average Playmate is 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighs 115 pounds. This gives her a BMI of 18.5, and most have BMI's of 18 or 19,” according to Psychology Today."These are similar to the BMI's men prefer when rating the attractiveness of images of women with varying BMI's."
The fashion world is finally beginning to capitalize on more sensual, curvy models. Kate Upton glows in Vogue Italia’s Issue this November and makes appearances in Cosmopolitan and GQ as well. Swimsuit model Brooklyn Decker has also appeared in the magazines Cosmopolitan, Glamour and Vogue.
Upton represents a much-needed new wave of fashion models with a dedication to health rather than thinness.
“I think it’s important to look at magazines and think a healthy lifestyle is attainable,” said Upton in an interview with Vogue, “I still want to hang out with my family and be a normal girl. You have to be confident, and that doesn’t mean starving yourself.”
It's no secret women today are weight-conscious from an early age. Many women with healthy BMIs still have a little voice in the back of their minds pushing them to lose weight. 'If I just weighed five or ten pounds less everything would be better; I would be more attractive and finally happy with my body,' many women believe.
“By 17, only 3 out of 10 girls have not been on a diet – up to 8 out of 10 will be unhappy with what they see in the mirror… Among women over 18 looking at themselves in the mirror, research indicates that at least 80% are unhappy with what they see,” according to a Harvard study.
Changing the faces of the fashion industry—and reminding us that men are attracted to healthy-looking women—are steps in the right direction.
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26-years old Mona Johannesson is from Sweden and she is a supermodel.
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English actress Hannah New is set to co-star opposite Toby Stephens in Starz’s upcoming pirate drama series Black Sails, executive produced by Michael Bay. The eight-episode series, created by Jon Steinberg and Robert Levine, is set 20 years before the events in Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island and chronicles the adventures of fabled buccaneer Captain Flint (Stephens) and his men. New, repped by IFA, UK’s CAM and attorney Lev Ginsburg, will play Eleanor, the beautiful, courageous and determined owner of a rowdy Open Nassau saloon who wields considerable influence in her dual roles as fence/supplier and party host. New starred in the CW pilot Shelter last year. * relatively unknown British actress Hannah has a love for Iberian culture. I will get final confirmation soon but all three female leads (two have been cast including Max the hooker and Eleanor Guthrie) requires nudity. Hannah's Eleanor probably have the best bawdy lines in the series (My pussy gets wet in which case I go fuck myself). My previous posting suggested Starz and the series producers prefer to hire foreign talents for roles with extensive sex scenes but hopefully the key character of Anne Bonny will go to an American. I want to see homemade boobies.
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Sexy Flick “Rigodon” Stars Yam Concepcion, John James Uy, Maxene Eigenmann
Yam Concepcion recently posed for FHM Philippines declaring she will bring sexy back in movies. The 23-year-old sexy actress is a Multimedia Arts graduate of the College of Saint Benilde who used to play the drums for a rock band called Ursa Minor.
The soon-to-be controversial actress plays the role of Sarah, a woman in despair who shares a passionate night with Riki (played by John James Uy), only to find out that the guy she’s seeing is a former teen star who is running away from bosses, loan sharks, and ex-wives.
Rigodon tackles about secret lives, hidden passions, deceit, betrayal, vengeance, and peeping eyes. It is directed by Erik Matti, the genius behind the movies Scorpio Nights 2 (the movie that launches the career of Joyce Jimenez), Balahibong Pusa (re-launches Rica Peralejo as a sexy actress), and Tiktik: The Aswang Chronicles, and also stars another FHM cover girl Maxene Eigenmann.
Rigodon opens in theaters on November 21.
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