Andy Rooney hospitalized

RooneyJust weeks after retiring from the regular spot on ''60 Minutes'' he'd occupied for more than 30 years, 92-year-old CBS newsman Andy Rooney has been hospitalized following complications from surgery. On Tuesday, CBS News Radio's White House correspondent Mark Knoller tweeted that ''Andy Rooney underwent minor surgery last week and suffered serious complications. He remains hospitalized.'' Knoller told followers that Rooney's condition was stable, but that CBS, ''at request of Rooney Family is making no other disclosures.'' Rooney's final ''60 Minutes'' broadcast was Oct 2. Contact Sam Thielman at sam.thielman@variety.com

AMC Renews Walking Dead For Season 3

After breaking cable rankings records using its second-season premiere, AMC’s zombie drama The Walking Dead continues to be rapidly compensated having a third-season pickup. “Today we're very happy to announce the dead shalllive once we proudlyrenew The Walking Dead fora third season on AMC and, globally, with this terrific partners at Fox Worldwide Channels,” AMC leader Charlie Collier stated.After starting its second season with 7.3 million total audiences and 4.8 million within the grown ups 18-49 demographic — probably the most ever for any fundamental cable premiere –The Walking Dead ended up only a little in Week 2 to six.7 million total audiences. The series is dependant on the comic series compiled by Robert Kirkman. Glen Mazzara can serve as the showrunner. Kirkman, Gale Anne Hurd, David Alpert and Frank Darabont, who left as showrunner half way through production on Season 2, are executive producers. Greg Nicotero is really a co-executive producer. Fox Worldwide Channels folded out its global launch forThe Walking Dead a few days ago, breaking pay-TV rankings records worldwide and drawing a lot more than ten million audiences in 122 nations for that season premiere.

Desplat named top composer at Ghent

DesplatFor the next year back to back, Alexandre Desplat was honored while using film composer of year kudo on the planet Soundtrack Honours on Saturday, the culmination in the 38th Ghent Film Festival in Belgium.The award is presented for just about any body at work over the prior year, too as with Desplat's situation, that incorporated his scores for "The King's Speech," "The Tree of Existence" and a pair of "Harry Potter" movies. Desplat, an Oscar nominee four of history five years, may also be in contention this year for his music in "The Ides of March" and "Carnage."Within a evening time devoted for the late publicist Ronni Chasen, her client Hendes Zimmer, received the first score award for "Beginning." Randy Newman won for original song, "We Belong Together," from "Toy Story 3," and Alex Heffes was given the invention of year kudo for "The Initial Grader" and "The Rite." A.R. Rahman was presented with everyone Choice Award for "127 Several hours." The Sabam Award for top Youthful European Composer visited Gabriel Heinrich. Contact Steve Chagollan at steve.chagollan@variety.com

Sony's 'Moneyball' legging out popular

Adult-oriented photos like 'Moneyball' and '50/50' often keep auds.'Moneyball'The summer time blockbuster formula of saturation releases and quick 2010 nfl playoffs has given method to the fall's crop of adult-skewing films, made to go the length.Sony's Kaira Pitt starrer "Moneyball" and cancer dramedy "50/50," from Summit, saw the weekend's best holds one of the top ten, lower 27% and 25%, correspondingly. Both photos saw decent if unimpressive openings, but B.O. commentators recommended the films' durability given playability of past adult-skewing photos throughout this time around period.Having a domestic cume of $59 million through March. 19, "Moneyball" already has made a lot more than three occasions its opening ($19 million) after just four days. In comparison, Sony's "The Social Networking," which opened up with $23 million coupled with dropped 29% in the 4th frame, had cumed $73 million by this time around this past year. "The Social Networking" wound up with almost $97 million locally.Summit's "50/50," meanwhile, arrived at $25.six million by March. 19, a 3-occasions multiple to date, though its opening bar ($8.six million) was reduced than "Moneyball's" and also the film just three days of play.This past year, the distrib's sturdy adult offering "Red-colored" opened up with $21.8 million half way through its third frame, that film had yet to cume a similar three-occasions multiple. "Red-colored" ended up grossing an outstanding $90 million, however.The present trajectory of both "Moneyball" and "50/50," put into the playability of comparable past photos, ought to keep bizzers positive. But more fall adult fare will make B.O. conditions competitive. Contact Andrew Stewart at andrew.stewart@variety.com

'Boardwalk Empire' Star Michael Pitt Signs With WME (Exclusive)

Cinemax Michael Pitt, star of Cinemax's Boardwalk Empire, has signed with WME for representation in many areas. On Boardwalk, Pitt plays James "Jimmy" Darmody, the protege ofEnoch "Nucky" Thompson (Steve Buscemi). Pitt'sfilm credits are the Village (2004), Murder by Amounts (2002) andFinding Forrester(2000). His television credits add a 15-episode stint on Dawson's Creek, and triggers Law & Order and Law & Order: Special Sufferers Unit. Pitt was formerly represented by UTA.He remains represented by managers at Untitled and Parseghian/Planco. Email: Daniel.Burns@THR.com Twitter: @DanielNMiller Boardwalk Empire

New Resistance Poster Online

Andrea Riseborough versus. NazisIn the kind of "let's sayInch likely to provide you with the wiggins, new film Resistance imagines what Britain may have been as with 1944 when the Nazis had switched back the D-Day invasion of Normandy and penetrated Blighty in exchange. And here, to ensure you get concept of what you are set for, may be the United kingdom quad for that film.The storyline concentrates on women within an isolated Welsh village in occupied GB who awaken one morning to locate their husbands gone. Dubious Nazi plan?Or possess the males all gone off and away to start fighting back? Whenever a German patrol marches directly into occupy the city and also the good deal get snowed in and also have to operate together to outlive, the problem will get a little more difficult.United kingdom QuadThe film stars up-and-come Brit star Andrea Riseborough, Enemy In The Gates' Tom Wlaschia and Michael Sheen. It's in line with the novel by OwenSheers and directed by newcomer Amit Gupta. Keep an eye out for this on November 25.

Fox Networks' Cable Channels May Go Dark on DirecTV

Fox Cable Networks, Direct TV Bad news for Sons of Anarchy fans: FX and the rest of Fox Networks' cable channels might be going dark for DirecTV subscribers, according to Entertainment Weekly. Fox said DirecTV sent the company a proposal on Thursday that said unless Fox agrees to their terms, DirecTV's 19 million subscribers will lose access to more than two dozen Fox cable channels including FX, National Geographic, and several regional sports networks beginning Nov. 1. Fox goes dark for Cablevision customers"They have given us no chance to respond before taking an unnecessarily aggressive posture and going public, a Fox spokesperson said. " It is disappointing that they have chosen bad faith tactics over meaningful negotiation. We have proposed to keep the Fox Networks on DirecTV for the same price, and on the same terms as they are currently carried while we attempt to work out a fair agreement. Unfortunately, DirecTV has decided that unless they get their way, they are going to pull the plug on their customers November 1." But according to DirecTV News Corp., which owns Fox Networks, is seeking a 40 percent increase in subscriber fees. "That's simply unfair andunwarranted," DirecTV CEO Mike White said. "We hope to resolve this situation before any action is taken, but we will do what's necessary to protect our customers from excessive and unwarranted fee increases." Fox said subscribers can get the latest on the negotiations at keepmynets.com.