Keck's Exclusives: Chord Overstreet on His Go back to Glee

Chord Overstreet When Chord Overstreet unsuccessful arrive at contractual terms using the producers of Glee within the summer time, his character, Mike Evans, was abruptly wiped off. (Within the season premiere, it had been described that his out-of-work father had arrived employment in Kentucky.) On December 6, audiences finally acquire some resolution when Chord returns to McKinley High just when New Directions needs him most. "Finn and Rachel come find me and request my parents basically can return to assist them to win Sectionals," previews Chord. "Rachel states I'm able to remain at among their properties, after which everything accumulates where it left off." Unsure just how lengthy Mike is going to be adhering around, the actor states, "It's undetermined right now. I am just getting fun, and Mark [Salling], Cory [Monteith], Harry [Shum, Junior.] and Kevin [McHale] were especially glad to welcome me back." Extra fun was meeting his equally blonde TV parents, Mary and Dwight, performed by cleaning soap actress Tanya Clarke and former The Dukes of Hazzard heartthrob, John Schneider. "John and that i used to do impressions off set the entire time," states Chord. "He is doing an excellent Christopher Walken and Sean Connery and that i do Matthew McConaughey." The only real disadvantage to rejoining the series: "My body system wasn't accustomed to the dancing. The very first day in the dance studio, we'd three tunes to complete for Sectionals, and subsequently day my hamstrings could not move. And That I needed to go back to dancing again." Sign up for TV Guide Magazine now!

'We Bought a Zoo' Clip: Scarlett Johansson Doesn't Escape Much

.publish-content img Carrying out a six-year break from feature filmmaking, director Cameron Crowe returns for the multiplex in the large way this December with 'We Bought a Zoo.' The film -- that have a effective sneak preview over Thanksgiving weekend -- stars Matt Damon just like a widower who decides the simplest technique to get his youthful family inside the distressing reference to losing the woman they love is to discover rundown zoo inside the California countryside. Heartwarming and sweet (without needing to be maudlin), 'We Bought a Zoo' is poised being one of the family films associated with preference this holidays. In this particular exclusive first clip, zookeeper Kelly Promote (Scarlett Johansson) questions Damon's character, Benjamin Mee, about his motives for purchasing the zoo -- a scene which underscores the film's message of risk with two simple words: Why not? Within the tail-finish in the clip, frequency greater a couple of from the 'We Bought a Zoo' score by Jonsi, the Sigur Ros frontman who Crowe arrived at produce music for your film. It's a wonderful score and due in stores an online-according to 12 ,. 13. 'We Bought a Zoo' involves theaters on 12 ,. 23. [Photo: Fox] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

NPR news topper heading to BBC

National Public Radio executive editor Dick Meyer has been named executive producer of BBC News, America. Effective in February, Meyer will have editorial oversight over the nightly "BBC World News America" as well as the Stateside edition of the BBC news website. From his Washington, D.C. base, Meyer will also work with London's BBC News headquarters to coordinate coverage of U.S. news for U.K. auds. "His considerable multiplatform experience and understanding of the North American news media landscape will help us ... further strengthen the profile and presence of BBC News for American TV, digital and radio audiences," BBC Newsroom head Mary Hockaday said. Meyer had worked for NPR since 2008 and the following year took charge of managing NPR's worldwide news operation on-air and online. Previously, Meyer was editorial director of CBSNews.com and was a producer for "The CBS Evening News with Dan Rather," with a focus on political and investigative reporting. Contact Jon Weisman at jon.weisman@variety.com

Jim Parsons befriends 'Harvey'

ParsonsJim Parsons has nailed lower his next legit gig, toplining an approaching Broadway revival of "Harvey." "The Large Bang Theory" Emmy champion, who made his Primary Stem bow last season within the revival of "The Standard Heart," can look inside a Roundabout Theater Company production helmed by Scott Ellis, the connect a.d. from the Gotham nonprofit. Parsons will have the guy who pals around having a giant invisible rabbit within the 1944 abide by Mary Chase. Cast will also include Jessica Hecht and Charles Kimbrough. Title, most widely known from the 1950 film version starring James Stewart, was formerly elevated on Broadway inside a short 1970 stint. New limited engagement -- created by Roundabout in colaboration with Don Gregory, who holds privileges towards the play -- will start following the Tony qualifications cutoff for that 2011-12 season, beginning previews May 18 in front of a June 14 opening at Studio 54, among the Roundabout's Broadway venues. Full casting particulars still be introduced. Contact Gordon Cox at gordon.cox@variety.com

How 'Victoria's Secret Fashion Show' Turns $12 Million Into $5 Billion in One Hour

This story appeared in the Dec. 2 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine.our editor recommendsVictoria's Secret Model Adriana Lima Survives Lingerie Show Without Food or WaterVictoria's Secret Fashion Show 2011: Inside the Star-Studded Celebration (Photos) Do we have the gun?" Todd Thomas, the collection designer for the 2011 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, set to air Nov. 29 on CBS, inspects a lavender tulle tutu worn by supermodel Lily Aldridge, wife of Kings of Leon lead singer Caleb Followill. "The gun," is a glue gun. And Thomas, who has seen his share of runway mishaps during nearly a decade with Victoria's Secret, needs it to tack up under-layers of tulle that have come loose in the back, slightly obscuring Aldridge's g-stringed derriere. PHOTOS: Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2011 It is five days before the Nov. 9 runway show, and about 30 people are jammed into a small room on the 12th floor of the midtown Manhattan headquarters of Victoria's Secret. Thomas, Sophia Neophitou, the British fashion editor who came aboard as head stylist last year, and Monica Mitro, executive vp brand communications and events and a 17-year veteran of Victoria's Secret, are furiously working to put the final touches on 69 looks to be worn by 36 models, more than ever have walked the runway at the annual underwear spectacle. Today's fitting is its own media event; fitters, dressers and assistants jockey for space in the stuffy room with photographers, reporters and video crews. "There are a lot of people here today, darling," says Neophitou, lifting her mane of grey-flecked black curls from her neck. The windows are thrown open in a futile attempt to lower the temperature in the room. STORY: Victoria's Secret Model Adriana Lima Survives Lingerie Show Without Food or Water Aldridge's lavender tutu is paired with a black velvet corset, diaphanous lavender push-up bra and red satin heels with ballet straps. "Can you walk for me pretty girl?" asks Neophitou. Aldridge flounces toward Thomas, Neophitou and Mitro. Neophitou rises from her Eames swivel chair and gently pats Aldridge's breasts. "They look good," she purrs, "amazing." ♦♦♦♦♦ Despite appearances, the Victoria's Secret fashion show is not really about fashion. Yes, the foundations of the runway getups are bras and panties that are available at your local Victoria's Secret store. But you can't buy Brazilian supermodel Alessandra Ambrosio's gold-plated wings festooned with 105,000 Swarovski crystals. Broadcast in more than 180 countries, the $12 million made-for-TV-event attracts the world's top models and features A-list musical guests. And it's all designed to burnish a brand that peddles fantasies to everyone from teenagers to suburban housewives of America. "It's become a performance-slash-lifestyle-slash-variety show and, of course, with models wearing intimate apparel," says Francois Lee of ad buying firm MediaVest. The special has shifted from "just an extension of a catalog to really showcasing the lifestyle aspect of the brand." "It's a marketing marvel," adds Bob Horowitz, president of reality production house JUMA Entertainment, who as the former head of IMG's U.S. television division has packaged his share of TV specials. The runway show started in 1995 as a modest proceeding at the Plaza Hotel in Manhattan and has been televised regularly since 2001, when ABC first put it on. CBS has had the show since 2002 but did not air it in 2004 -- a response to the national outrage over Janet Jackson's Super Bowl nipple flash on the network. The TV special is designed to send consumers to the web or the company's 1,000-plus retail outlets -- just in time for the holiday season. And it works: Victoria's Secret, founded in 1977, last year raked in net sales of $5.5 billion. "It's the only one-hour network show dedicated to a single brand," says Mitro. "It puts our brand in front of millions of people around the world during the crucial holiday period." CBS licenses the show from Victoria's Secret for slightly more than $1 million, well below the $20 million it pays for the Grammys. The show is not exactly a ratings blockbuster -- 9 million viewers tuned in last year, compared with nearly 27 million who watched the Grammys this year -- but it does bring younger viewers to CBS; more than half of the 2010 audience was in the 18-49 demo. "We are a big-tent broadcaster. We want everybody," says Jack Sussman, executive vp specials, music and live events at CBS, who oversees production of the show. "This diversifies our portfolio of specials." Although it has never drawn an FCC indecency fine, the show has intermittently raised the ire of watchdog groups including the Parents Television Council. But despite the copious amount of taut flesh on display, the TV special features no pixilated nudity. "There are the occasional issues that come up unexpectedly," says Sussman. "But that's the beauty of postproduction." And Sussman, who says the show's viewership is 60 percent women, the same as for most of broadcast TV, has his own decency filter: "Do my two teenage daughters want to see it? Will my wife watch it? And will my mother not turn it off? And this show gets through that filter." The special is a mashup of runway spectacle, musical acts, behind-the-scenes fodder and vignettes about some of the models. And it has increasingly lured top-tier musical guests, critical for creating buzz. The Black Eyed Peas, Justin Timberlake, Usher and Katy Perry have all been paid to appear. This year's show, held at the Lexington Armory in NY, featured performances from Nicki Minaj and Maroon 5 -- whose frontman, Adam Levine, dates Victoria's Secret model Anne Vyalitsina -- and headliner Kanye West. He was joined onstage by surprise guest Jay-Z; they performed "Niggas in Paris," an F-bomb-laced paean to fame and materialism, as Jay-Z's pregnant wife Beyonce sat in the front row. (It had yet to be determined if the song will make it into the broadcast.) Leslie Wexner, the septuagenarian billionaire CEO of Victoria's Secret parent Limited Brands, is a staple at the show, which is also known, and judged by, the hodgepodge of celebrities it attracts. Russell Simmons, Michael Bay (who has directed Victoria's Secret commercials), Debbie Harry, Donna Karan, Alexander Wang and former French Vogue editor Carine Roitfeld attended this year. Orlando Bloom, husband of Australian supermodel Miranda Kerr, could be seen cheering demonstrably when his wife, who gave birth to their son in January, sauntered down the runway wearing the collection's now iconic $2.5 million Fantasy Treasure Bra -- designed by London Jewelers and embellished with nearly 3,400 precious stones including 142 carats of diamonds. Haute couture it is not. Maryna Linchuk wore a bubble skirt that looked like a frosted pink donut and Shannan Click sported a bra festooned with a blinking heart on each breast. None of these outré items is available at Victoria's Secret stores. Still, the show gets more national media attention than anything on the runways at NY Fashion Week. "It's one giant PR stunt," says Linda Ong, president of branding firm Truth Consulting. "It's about getting people to keep this very mass-market brand top-of-mind. The celebrities, the million-dollar bra. They always have some model who just had a baby, and so it's all about how much weight she lost. It's a pseudo-event. But because of the PR machine, people cover it likes it's news." That exposure can be a career maker for models. Former Victoria's Secret spokesmodels Heidi Klum and Tyra Banks have parlayed that fame into media mogul status. "It puts millions of dollars of advertising behind you," says Ivan Bart, senior vp of IMG Models. Victoria's Secret spokesmodels can earn $5 million a year, while those who don't have contracts with the company pocket $10,000 or more for the runway show alone, say sources. IMG Models has nine women in the runway show including Kerr, Lily Aldridge and Candace Swanepoel, all of whom have lucrative contracts as Victoria's Secret spokesmodels. "By promoting the brand you're getting more experience doing publicity, events, speaking on camera, talk shows -- everything that it takes to be a brand ambassador," says Bart. "That gives you tremendous visibility and opportunities." ♦♦♦♦♦ The acrid smell of hairspray and burnt hair permeates a long, cavernous room on the fifth floor of the Armory. It is Nov. 9, the day of the runway show, and the bomb-sniffing dogs from Spartan Security Services have cleared reporters and photographers who have made their way into the hair and makeup rotation, a five-hour media op with a buffet. The models -- wearing matching short magenta satin robes -- mingle with the media mob while they are alternately assaulted by an army tugging at their tresses and dabbing lip gloss on pillow lips. (There are 21 makeup artists, 19 hair stylists and 50 dressers.) A paper sign clipped to a heavy blue curtain indicates the "bronzing" corner. And a peek through a crack in the drapes reveals dressers slathering spray tan on a topless model. "Make sure that the girls have no shimmer at all on the body," admonishes head makeup artist Tom Pecheux. In another corner, the $2.5 million Fantasy Treasure Bra is displayed on a form while security specialist Darren Pittman stands sentinel. ("I have to stay with the bra," he says.) It will appear in the Victoria's Secret holiday catalog, though it isn't likely to find a buyer. In fact, none of the multimillion-dollar Fantasy Bras has been purchased. They end up getting dismantled, say sources. But all of that bling is simply stitched onto the Victoria's Secret Gorgeous Push-up Bra. And that particular fantasy can be yours for about $50. BY THE NUMBERS 142: Diamond carats in Fantasy Bra 100: CBS production staffers 50: Dressers 36: Models 9 million: Viewers in 2010 3: Bomb-sniffing dogs PHOTO GALLERY: View Gallery Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2011 Related Topics Beyonce Jay-Z Nicki Minaj Adam Levine Adriana Lima

AMAs 2011: Chris Brown Grooves to Beyonce Song While Jennifer Lopez Takes note of Win at After-Party

Possibly probably the most truly sincere moments in the 2011 American Music Honours came when Jennifer Lopez won Favorite Latin Music Artist(her second time nabbing very good) and thanked her longtime manager Benny Medina. "Thank you... My creative soul-mate, my everything, my soldier round the front line," the singer mentioned within the stage.our editor recommendsAMAs 2011: Individuals who win and Nominees Complete ListHollywood's Property Deals every week: The famous host the famous host oprah Winfrey, Bruce Willis, 'Twilight' Honeymoon House, Justin Bieber's ManagerAMAs 2011: Katy Perry Surprised With Special Achievement AwardAMAs 2011: Inside Hot Chelle Rae's Red-colored-colored Carpet Style MeetingNext Generation 2011: LegalRelated Subjects•American Music Honours So that it only agreed to be fitting the 2 would celebrate in equal measure later on Sunday evening. The region: Greystone Manor Supperclub in West Hollywood, the newest late-evening hotspot within the continuously growing SBE Empire. PHOTOS: The Most Effective and Worst Moments within the AMAs There, Lopez and Medina held court and entertained industry pals for instance Epic Records chairman and X Factor judge L.A. Reid, who supervised the release of Lopez's Love? when he was running Island Def Jam, Attacking Youthful Boys manager Scooter Braun, attorney Aaron Rosenberg, Cougar Town showrunner Danny Rose, The The American Idol Show Show talent booker Steve Schillaci,Because Of Due To Jimmy Kimmel Live music booker Scott Igoeand various IDJ professionals. Nearby, Lady Antebellum's Charles Kelley, Lance Bass and Chaka Khan mingled while Chris Brown put his progresses display -- climbing atop a banquet and grooving for the appear of ex-girlfriend Rihanna's voice round the Kanye track "All of the Lights." Sooner or later, he even sang along for the chorus. Although wearing shades, Brown's bleach-blond hair made him instantly spottable in the corner in the club, especially when Drake's "Fancy" and West's "Energy" carried out. PHOTOS: AMAs Red-colored-colored Carpet Arrivals Things cranked up a notch after evening time each time a gaggle of barely-fitted males marched within the floor moving sparklers together with a duplicate in the AMA very triangular. The tune playing? Lopez's "On the floor,Inch 'natch, too as with her uncontainable excitement, the celebrity nudged her manager to sign up within the groove. The after-party was backed by Fiat, Lopez's corporate partner-switched-stage prop, and was one of several publish-AMA occasions in Hollywood on Sunday. LMFAO celebrated their evening at Playhouse Hollywood, where sooner or later Redfoo removed lower to his under clothes, according to experts. AMAs presenters for instance Adam Lambert and Matthew Morrison headed for the Moving Stone Restaurant And Lounge and Interscope mind Jimmy Iovinewas slated to host their very own small soiree within the Sunset Marquis Hotel. The condition AMAs publish-party is at a tent alongside downtown's Nokia Theater. Participants incorporated Bill Maher, Gavin Degraw and Robin Thicke. Twitter: @shirleyhalperin Related Subjects American Music Honours Adam Lambert Chris Brown Jennifer Lopez Antonio L.A. Reid

Sneak Look: Glees Troubletones Perform an Adele Mash-Up

Naya Rivera and Amber Riley The Brit has came back on Tuesday's Glee! While Adele's tunes are actually covered around the program before, The Troubletones' performance might really be the most effective yet.Santana, (Naya Rivera), Mercedes (Amber Riley), Brittany (Louise Morris) as well as the relaxation in the lately produced girl group to experience a mash-from "Rumour Has It" and "You.Inch The performance may also be the show's 300th musical number.Harry Potter, Glee lead People Choice Honours nominationsCheck the sneak look: The Glee episode titled "Mash Off" airs Tuesday at 8/7c on Fox.