Drew Barrymore On Her Fiance: Hes A Wonderful Man

First Published: January 21, 2012 10:39 AM EST Credit: Universal Pictures Caption The Final 45: Drew Barrymore Stars In Big Miracle (January 18, 2012) LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Drew Barrymore spent Friday morning in Los Angeles promoting her film, inspired by a true story, Big Miracle, in which she sets out to save a family of whales trapped by ice, but it was another kind of ice that caught Access Hollywoods Shaun Robinson by surprise the actress engagement ring. Hes a wonderful man, Drew said of her fianc, Will Kopelman, as Shaun admired her ring. He bought her a flashlight to put on it, Drews Big Miracle co-star John Krasinski who plays a news reporter in the film chimed in, referencing the sparkling qualities of Drews diamond. Its very sweet. Practical. Drew got engaged over the holidays while she and Will were in Sun Valley, Idaho. He is a very romantic and creative person, Drew told Shaun of Will. Hes wonderful. Drew said she loves the stability of her relationship with Will, something she opened up about in the February issue of InStyle magazine. Its funny, when I was younger, I used to say Id hate a flat linethat I want the ups and downs, the rollercoaster. But Im actually really enjoying the flat line, she told the mag. When asked about her quote, Drew expanded on her original thoughts, telling Shaun that she loves how her life has turned out. I think that you want so much sort of craziness and excitement when youre younger and then its actually just being with friends and family and having that quiet weekend together that is just the most ideal way to spend your time, she said. Totally, John chimed in with a smile. And he called and asked my permission first (laughs) Hes really sweet. Also sweet is Drew and Johns film, which allowed the actress to play a whale advocate who tangles with multiple governments on an emotional journey to save three whales. I like going to work and having to cry. I like having to go to work and be strong or feisty, and I got to do so many things as this amazing woman Drew said of her character, Rachel. I got to fight for something I completely love and believe in. And the story, in general, motivated the actress as well. I just loved the story. I like family oriented movies, I like if theres something for children, but I like if theres something for adults too, and this is environmental, and its political, and its heartfelt, and its emotional, she said. Its uplifting. I dont have a sad umbrella over my head. I want to see things that are inspiring. Big Miracle hits theaters on February 3. Copyright 2012 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Watercooler: When Idol Attacks

Amy Brunfield So American Idol is back. Yay.Maybe it's the lingering X Factor hangover, or the fact that The Voice does the early rounds so much better by limiting the tryouts to worthy talent, but Idol's overwrought and too-long auditions are just played. Seriously, for every wacky wannabe or über-confident ear-screecher during last night's opener, we got barely a passable possibility for the finals and a bunch of reasons to just wait for the performance shows.Sure, the judges are still fun and there is a certain joy in thinking (hoping) that a rejected contestant will go full-blown freak on Seacrest out in the hall, yet that's still not enough to make up for two-to-four hours a week of clearly staged scenarios like that "joy hopping" 28-year-old sales associate or the 15-year-old who just happened to have a former Major League pitcher for a father. And don't even get us started on the Tennessee "hippsie." Like we didn't know she was going through to Hollywood after being subjected to a fully produced backstory about her tent-dwelling life on what appeared to be the set of Deliverance. Please. Been there, done the whole homeless sob story...and it was called Season 7's Josiah.Still, the show will do killer ratings and we'll all watch with sick fascination and silent shame as one after another prepackaged cliché parades past the judges table, finally falling into an exhausted heap come Hollywood Week. Idol owns us and we just need to accept it. Now if you'll excuse us, we have to go warm up our texting thumbs, because those elimination episodes will be here faster than Steven Tyler can say something lascivious to an under-aged hopeful.Did you watch Idol last night, or are you done with this one?Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now!

AMC extends 'Walking Dead' order

AMC has extended its third-season order for ''The Walking Dead'' from 13 episodes to 16, citing its strength domestically and internationally. The cabler also said that series ''Mad Men'' and ''The Killing'' will each have two-hour season premieres a week apart, on March 25 and April 1 respectively. Meanwhile, sister network Sundance Channel renewed ''Iconclasts'' for a sixth season and ''All on the Line with Joe Zee'' for a third season, and also announced that ''Top of the Lake,'' the seven-part miniseries that reunites ''The Piano'' director Jane Campion with Oscar-winner Holly Hunter, will begin production in New Zealand on Feb. 7. Elisabeth Moss co-stars. Speaking at the Television Critics Assn. press tour Saturday in Pasadena, AMC senior veep of programming, production and digital content Joel Stillerman touted AMC's journey from two original series annually to nine (including three unscripted series) in two years' time. However, Stillerman was also contrite about polarized reaction to the loose ends left at the finale of the first season of ''The Killing'' last year. ''I want you to know that we learned a lot from your response to season one,'' Stillerman said. ''We heard you, and we clearly didn't sufficiently manage expectations.'' Stillerman said that after considering a number of options, the resolution of the Rosie Larsen murder set up in the series premiere would be revealed at the end of season two (as it was in the program's Danish forerunner), then added, ''Be nice,'' when the assembled media chuckled. The fifth season of ''Mad Men,'' which hasn't aired a new episode since 2010 because of protracted contract negotiations last year, will launch its first-ever two-hour episode at 9 p.m. before settling into its 10 p.m. slot the following week after the second season of ''The Killing'' unfolds with its own two-hour effort. ''Killing'' will normally air at 9 p.m. ''The Walking Dead'' is returning with a new episode Feb. 12, followed by the premiere of unscripted series ''Comic Book Men,'' exec produced by Kevin Smith. ''Walking Dead'' has the highest 18-49 rating of any basic cable drama ever and performs well on pay-TV for Fox International Channels' international markets. AMC added it will premiere unscripted series ''The Pitch'' in season two and ''JJK Security'' in the third quarter. Season five of scripted series ''Breaking Bad'' will bow in quarter three, and the next seasons of''The Walking Dead'' and ''Hell on Wheels'' in quarter four. Contact Jon Weisman at jon.weisman@variety.com

Seth Rogen developing spy comedy at Disney

RogenSeth Rogen is joining "The B Team," coming on as a producer on Disney's spy comedy with an eye towards starring.Disney had no comment about the project, currently in the development stage. Project's centered on a top secret agent being kidnapped, leaving his tech support team and researchers to rescue him.Disney set up the project three years ago at Charles Segars' Sparkler Entertainment after buying a pitch from the scripting team of Derek Guiley and David Schneiderman (Variety, July 11, 2008). Segars was tapped as the producer with Ilan Breil, manager of the scribes, exec producing.Rogen produced and starred in Summit's "50/50," which was nommed for a Spirit Award as best feature and a Golden Globe in the comedy/musical category. He's exec produced several movies that he starred in -- "The Green Hornet," "Superbad," "Pineapple Express," "Knocked Up" and "Funny People."Rogen will be seen next in Paramount's mother-son road-trip comedy "My Mother's Curse" opposite Barbra Streisand. He's exec producing "Curse."Segars received "story by" credit on "National Treasure" and exec produced that pic and its sequel.Rogen is repped by UTA and Principal. Contact Dave McNary at dave.mcnary@variety.com

Megaupload's Viral Music Video Is Back on YouTube as Dispute Raises New Issues

Prashant Gupta / FX FX and Sons of Anarchy creator Kurt Sutter have prevailed in a lawsuit filed by an ex-Hell's Angel biker who claimed the idea for the hit drama series was stolen.our editor recommends'Glee,' 'Sons of Anarchy' Added to Amazon Prime Instant Video Streaming Service'Sons of Anarchy' Creator Kurt Sutter on Season 4's Bold Finale and Season 5 PlansFurious 'Sons of Anarchy' Creator Tells DirecTV Viewers 'You're Getting F---ed Over'; Reveals Banned Script Chuck Zito sued FX for $5 million in June 2010 claiming he had developed a show called Nomads (later The Wild Angels) and had agents at ICM set up a pitch meeting in 2004 with FX chief John Landgraf, during which Zito says he discussed ideas for a show about a motorcycle club. FX passed on the project but later developed Sutter's Sons, which ICM packaged and which recently concluded its 4th season as a big hit for the network. "FX was obligated to pay Zito the reasonable value of his ideas, hire him to work on the series and afford him screen credit as creator," the lawsuit alleged. "Defendants breached an implied-in-fact contract with defendant." VIDEO: 'Sons of Anarchy': Ron Perlman Says Season 4 Was a Challenge At the time, Sutter took to his twitter account to blast the lawsuit, saying: "HAVING THE F***ING IDEA IS NOT THE SHOW. THERE HAVE BEEN DOZENS OF OUTLAW MOTORCYCLE TV DRAMAS PITCHED IN THE LAST TEN YEARS. NONE OF THEM HAS MADE IT TO SERIES, EXCEPT SOA. BECAUSE THEY SUCKED." STORY: 'Sons of Anarchy' Creator Kurt Sutter on Season 4's Bold Finale and Season 5 Plans Today a Los Angeles Superior Court judge agreed, ruling on summary judgment that Sons was independently created and Zito doesn't have a case. The judge relied on declarations submitted by Sutter, Landgraf and talent agent Matt Solo (now with WME), among others, showing Sutter's development process and the fact that Sons was pitched to several networks, including HBO and AMC, before arriving at FX, which bought the project in a bidding war. The judge saw no reason for the case to continue past the summary judgment phase. We've reached out to Zito's attorneys for comment. FX is represented by Scott Edelman at LA's Gibson Dunn firm and Rick Stone at Jenner & Block. Email: Matthew.Belloni@thr.com Twitter: @THRMattBelloni PHOTO GALLERY: View Gallery 'Sons of Anarchy' Red Carpet Premiere

Martin Scorsese on 'Hugo'

Martin Scorsese on 'Hugo'Although Martin Scorsese is renowned for pushing due dates when editing his films, the agenda for his first three dimensional feature, "Hugo," appeared exceedingly extended even through the veteran helmer's standards. When he spoken with Variety at the begining of November, he was still being trying out a couple of moments in "Hugo," and that he marveled at the length of time complicated moments needed to render."I did not understand what that meant until a couple of several weeks ago," he states. "In some instances shots may take, with respect to the complexity, 85 to 89 days to render. We began editing this picture in the center of The month of january. I've not seen anything I've not seen anybody. I do not know where I'm.InchIn dealing with his first family film, Scorsese did not always plan to turn John Selznick's highlighted novel "The Adventures of Hugo Cabret" right into a three dimensional film. It had not been until his 12-year-old daughter and her buddies started presuming the film could be in three dimensional he began testing techniques with cinemato-grapher Robert Richardson."I simply occur to like three dimensional a good deal,Inch Scorsese states. "I recall among the great encounters I'd growing up seeing movies was the very first wave of three dimensional: Warner Bros.' 'House of Wax.' Transpire here ended up being to use depth as narrative since most people thorough."The film ultimately works out to become a love letter towards the miracle of movies, a notion that Scorsese states is secondary to his initial aim of analyzing the energy of storytelling."Whether it was (about) a designer or perhaps a author, I'm not sure basically might have had exactly the same instinct to create the image,Inch the director states. "However it wasn't due to that. I like the thought the story resolves itself with the invention of cinema."EYE Around The Academy awards: THE DIRECTOR Helmers hot to globe trotWoody Allen Stephen Daldry David Fincher Michel Hazanavicius Terrence Malick Bennett Burns Alexander Payne Jason Reitman Martin Scorsese Steven SpielbergIn this mixture Contact Christy Grosz at christy.grosz@variety.com

Where Alec Baldwin Was Before He Boarded His American Airlines Flight (Video)

Paramount's Young Adult stars Charlize Theron as a not-so-grown-up grown up, Mavis, who writes YA novels. Soon after her divorce, she returns to her hometown on a desperate mission to rekindle a romance with her high school boyfriend Buddy Slade (Patrick Wilson), who is now a married man.our editor recommendsYoung Adult: Film ReviewNew Movie Reviews: 'New Year's Eve,' 'Young Adult,' Madonna's 'W.E.' Hitting Theaters Charlize Theron on Playing a 'Bitch' in 'Young Adult' (Video)THR's Awards Season Roundtable Series 2011: The Actresses Mavis also runs into Matt Freehauf (Patton Oswalt), a former high school classmate who was bullied back in the days of high school. PHOTOS: 'Young Adult' Premiere Red Carpet Arrivals The Paramount film reunites Jason Reitman and writer Diablo Cody, who were behind the smart comedy Juno. While the main character in that film was wise beyond her teen years, their current protagonist is in desperate need of gaining a few mental years to match her age. Critics received the film mostly positively, especially praising the work of Theron as Mavis and Oswalt as Matt. Many wrote that while the film is hard to watch with its blunt and often harsh humor, it's well worth seeing. "On a scene-by-scene basis, Young Adult entirely engages with its smart exchanges between characters who are well equipped with rough edges and raw nerves," wrote The Hollywood Reporter's Todd McCarthy. FILM REVIEW: Young Adult McCarthy went on to praise the performances of Theron and Oswalt, but added that the plot has a very short arc. "The result is an impression of vibrant character sketches rather than of full-bodied drama with depth and complexity, of two characters, specifically, who could easily warrant far more extensive treatment, so acutely and specifically drawn are they," wrote McCarthy. "Shorter than a bad blind date and as sour as a vinegar Popsicle, Young Adult shrouds its brilliant, brave and breathtakingly cynical heart in the superficial blandness of commercial comedy," wrote The NY Times' A.O. Scott. "Theron and Oswalt turn out to be a terrific odd couple," wrote Betsy Sharkey of the Los Angeles Times. "Not easy because Cody's screenplay calls for, and Reitman demands, that they both reveal a great deal, and a great deal of what they reveal is exceedingly ugly." "There is a brashness of style that both Cody and Reitman embody - almost demanding that we not only laugh at, but like the unlikable side of the human condition. That sort of bravado is fine if you've got the goods to back it up. In the cutting edginess of Theron and Oswalt, they definitely do," added Sharkey. VIDEO: THR's Awards Season Roundtable Series 2011 With The Actresses "Reitman and Cody have made a big studio prestige picture that provides a realistic look at the darkest impulses of an unlikable character," wrote The Atlantic's Robert Levin. "It trades in discomfort and unease, not catharsis. That's an achievement worthy of admiration, if you can endure it," wrote Levin. "By turns amusing and annoying, Young Adult could be the flip side, plus the sequel, of Juno, another film written by Diablo Cody and directed by Jason Reitman," wrote Richard Corliss of Time. "In a thorny role, Theron is splendid; she instinctively reveals everything Mavis doesn't know about herself and offers an intimate peek into a wayward soul," added Corliss. PHOTO GALLERY: View Gallery 'Young Adult' Premiere Red Carpet Arrivals Related Topics Charlize Theron Diablo Cody Jason Reitman Young Adult