Weekend Contrarianism: Rex Reed Hated '50/50' While using Fire of a single,000 Suns

It is not only your friendly Moviefone editors who enjoy the hell from '50/50': the dramedy featuring Ernest Gordon-Levitt as cancer-stricken Adam and Seth Rogen as his nearest friend presently has a 92 percent Fresh rating on Rotten Tomato vegetables, only three percentage points from where the considerably beloved 'Moneyball' rated the other day. That's great! The negative reviews aren't that negative -- well, except one. "Inside the pantheon of tastelessness designed that will help you laugh at diarrhea, monthly period, masturbation, candidiasis, fellatio and worse, you can now provide a stupid horror referred to as '50/50.'" Reveal how you sense, Rex Reed! Oh, yes it's true: You most likely did. In this movie, the doctors are stupid. Adam's oncologist is simply 24. 'What are you currently presently? Doogie Howser?' he asks incredulously. Physician: 'Who?' Adam: 'Doogie Howser. The teenage physician.' Oncologist: 'Does he work here?' Fundamental necessities jokes, folks. [Note: the "oncologist" stated above can be a counselor, but who's counting?] It is not only the film that Reed loathed -- his scathing pan inside the NY Observer also reserves a distinctive host to burning hate for Rogen. Can Seth Rogen play other activities? In my opinion they write disgusting moron parts for him just just in case Zach Galifianakis or Jack Black are busy playing other disgusting moron roles elsewhere, which he plays them exactly the same way. Yeahhhhhh. Clearly, Reed advocates walking from '50/50' rather than really which causes it to be through towards the finish. Guess it won't show on his year-finish best list. For further on '50/50,' have a look at Mike Ryan's 25 Queries about the film. (Spoiler: he loved it more than Rex Reed.) Photo: Summit Entertainment

How 'X Factor' Ratings Stack Up to Its Competitors (So Far)

Fox Four episodes in and Fox's The X Factor is settling into its new home. When X Factor bowed last Wednesday, the highly anticipated competition series from former American Idol judge Simon Cowelldidn't exactly measure up to Fox's Idol juggernaut. And Simon Cowell himself told The Hollywood Reporter that anything less than 20 million total viewers would be a "disappointment." In response, Fox entertainment boss Kevin Reilly told THR prior to the debut, "I don't know that we would put it in quite those same terms. But like he says all the time: Nobody goes out to win the bronze medal.Is the show capable of doing 20 million? It sure is." PHOTOS: Behind the Scenes of THR's 'X Factor' Cover Shoot Disappointment or not, the X Factor premiere didn't rewrite the record books. (In fact, Fox's reality boss Mike Darnell told THR following the debut, "Right now, I'm relieved. The expectations were ridiculous and we knew that.")Averaging an 8.7 household rating to its premiere, which lured 12.5 million and posted a 4.4 rating in the key adults 18-49 demographic, X Factor was nearly half of what the 10th season opener of Idoldid (16.4).But in its second episode, X Factor held up, averaging an 8.3 household rating, a mere 5 percent dip from the premiere; it also retained 100 percent of its debut audience, delivering 12.5 million, and dropping just one-tenth in the ad-coveted demo to a 4.3. PHOTOS: An 'American Idol' to 'X Factor' Timeline As is the case with new shows, X Factor settled into its Wednesday-Thursday home in its second week, with the last of its audition episodes hovering around the 12 million mark and a 4.0 rating. Wednesday's effort averaged 11.9 million viewers and a 4.1 rating, while the final audition episode on Thursday attracted 12.2 million and retained 98 percent in the demo from the previous night. What's more, the most recent episode growing in each half hour; from 8-8:30 p.m., X Factor averaged a 3.1 and from 9:30-10 p.m., improved to a 4.3, according to fast nationals. VIDEOS: Fox's Fall Launch Party Red Carpet Interviews Though The Voice only aired once a week until the top eight performed in mid-June, when X Factor is compared to the second week of NBC's breakout(which launched to a 5.1 rating among adults 18-49), X Factor is well behind in the demo. The Voice averaged 12.6 million viewers and a 5.7 among the adults 18-49 demo for the May 3 episode, the last of the blind auditions. (X Factor did best The Voice premiere earlier this year by about half a million total viewers.) Compared to the second week of the most recent season of Idol, X Factor is looking at overcoming a steep hill. That's becauseIdol drew 25.3 million and a 9.2 rating and 22.5 million viewers and a 7.7 rating to its Jan. 26 and 27 episodes, respectively. COVER STORY: What the X Is This All About? Thus far this season,X Factor has consistently topped Dancing With the Stars in the demo. Even so, Darnell is aware of the tough competition. "Right now, we won an extraordinarily competitive night with Modern Family and an endless stream of shows," Darnell said on Sept. 22, the day ratings came out for X Factor's debut. On that day,ABC bested Fox in the demo by about 7 percent from 8-10 p.m. When asked how Cowell reacted to the premiere ratings, Darnell said, "I haven't talked to him yet. He was up all night."He added, "I think he'll be happy that we won the night. And he'll be assuming that it will grow." Simon Cowell TV Ratings International Dancing with the Stars American Idol The Voice The X Factor

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EW Releases More 'Avengers' Images

Earlier today, we shown the cut-and-paste 'Avengers' cover within the new problem of Entertainment Weekly. When Illustrator special wasn't enough to whet your appetite, EW has released a few more behind-the-moments photos from next year's lengthy looked forward to superhero flick. The initial features Captain America (Chris Evans) and Tony Stark (Robert Downey Junior.) searching at something super important, the second (which you'll want to see below) has Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) and Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) firing weapons before a eco-friendly screen, as well as the third highlights Thor (Chris Hemsworth) and director Joss Whedon joking around on set. You can examine the second photo below. Mind onto EW, to look for the 3. [via EW]

Rock and Roll Hall reveals noms

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame rolled out a typically diverse field of nominees for 2012 on Tuesday, prefacing the induction ceremony on April 14 in Cleveland. Cutting across genres from folk-rock to rap, nominees include first-timers Freddie King, the Small Faces/Faces, the Spinners, Rufus with Chaka Khan, Heart, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, the Cure, Guns N' Roses and Eric B. & Rakim and returnees Donovan, Laura Nyro, War, Donna Summer, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and the Beastie Boys. Women are well-repped on the short list this year by ex-Runaway Jett, Seattle's rock sister act Heart, Khan's rocking R&B unit, singer-songwriter Nyro and disco goddess Summer. A cross-section of African-American talent is also up for induction, including bluesman King, R&B unit the Spinners, rock-soul-Latin crossbreed War and rap pioneers Eric B. & Rakim. A ballot of 500 industry voters will determine the '12 inductees. Next year's Hall of Fame induction week will include the grand opening of the facility's library and archives and unveiling of the redesigned museum exhibit space. Festivities will be back in Cleveland following a return to NY's Waldorf Astoria in 2011. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

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Hathaway's Full Catwoman Garb Revealed

Now with added earsWe usually avoid paparazzi shots round here, but pending any sort of official studio-sanctioned reveal (a la Bane) we thought we'd make an exception for Anne Hathaway in The Dark Knight Rises. We've seen the goggled, leathered, Batpod-riding version already, but the ears this time leave no doubt, despite her still having officially only been named as Selina Kyle, we are indeed talking about Catwoman...Not quite channeling the Jim Lee Hush version that the goggles might have suggested then (or are the "ears" the goggles being worn on the back of her head?), but certainly in keeping with Christopher Nolan's Bat-universe, in that it's black and reasonably functional. Aside from the heels. No sign of Michelle Pfeiffer's whip or Julie Newmar's whiskers though. Mwraow.The selection of pap shots also features some more Hathaway angles as well as Christian Bale fully kitted out as Bats, and Gary Oldman as Jim Gordon: click here for the rest.The DarkKnightRisesco-stars MichaelCaine,Morgan Freeman, Marion Cotillard, Tom Hardy and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and, as you'll be well aware by now, is out on July 20 next year.

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Thessaloniki sets tributes

Greece's Thessaloniki Film Festival, slated for November. 4-13, will screen tributes to American indie producer-helmer Sara Driver, Danish new wave filmmaker Ole Christian Madsen, Italo helmer-scribe Paolo Sorrentino and Greece's Constantine Giannaris, named a maestro of "new queer cinema." Alongside five photos including Jim Jarmusch's "Stranger Than Paradise" and "Permanent Vacation," each of which she created, Driver will show "You Aren't I," her very own film in line with the work of Paul Bowles. Pic was thought lost for many years until a duplicate she'd delivered to Bowles in Tangier appeared after his dying. Madsen can have seven photos spanning 14 years, including Dogma film "Kira's Reason: An Appreciation Story" and the first comedy, "SuperClasico." Sorrento will screen Sean Penn starrer "This Should Be the area,Inch together with four other lush character studies, including 2008's consider the corrupt administration of Giulio Andreotti, "Il divo." Gianarris' prolific work is going to be repped by 17 photos, many shorts shot on 8mm, that examine identity, alienation and intolerance. He authored and helmed "Guy at Ocean" this season, building on critical attention he's gained abroad since 1992. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

Three for Gotham tributes

Helmer David Cronenberg and thesps Gary Oldman and Charlize Theron will get career tributes in the Gotham Independent Film Honours this season. Trio of creatives will join formerly introduced Fox topper Tom Rothman, also set to consider home a tribute recognition in the Independent Film Project's 21st annual kudofest. The 3 recently added honorees have films looking for release within the coming several weeks. Cronenberg's "A Harmful Method," potential observed in a gala screening included in the NY Film Festival, bows November. 23 inside a The new sony Pictures Classics release. Theron topliner "Youthful Adult," helmed by Jason Reitman, will get a Vital release 12 ,. 16, while Focus' "Mess Tailor Soldier Spy," starring Oldman, lands in theaters 12 ,. 9. The Gothams also hands out seven competitive honours including feature, doc, helmer and thesping kudos. The 2010 edition is placed for November. 28 at Cipriani Wall Street. Contact Gordon Cox at gordon.cox@variety.com

At 50th Anniversary Screening of 'Breakfast at Tiffany's', Julie Andrews States Carol Golightly Wasn't Any 'Heavy Hooker'

The question of whether Carol Golightly -- the irresistibly difficult city girl carried out by Katherine Hepburn in 1961's 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' -- will be a mercenary call girl or simply a free of charge spirit who happened to just accept a lot of cash from wealthy males every time she used the powder room has vexed and intrigued audiences for any very long time. According to Mike Wasson's 2010 book 'Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.,' Paramount's P.R. department twisted itself into breakfast crullers trying to succeed the 2nd view, with strange claims like "The star is Katherine Hepburn, not Tawdry Hepburn." Truman Capote, who written the novella in which the film was based, may have offered the subtlest analysis. "Carol Golightly wasn't precisely a callgirl," Capote mentioned inside an interview with 'Playboy' magazine in 1968. "She'd no job, but supported expense-account males for the best restaurants and evening clubs, while using knowing that her escort was obligated to supply her some type of gift, possibly jewelry or possibly a cheque ... if she felt appreciate it, she typically takes her escort home for your evening." Now Julie Andrews, the legendary actress and widow of 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' director Blake Edwards, has added her voice for the debate. In the conversation with Richard Pena, director in the Film Society of Lincoln subsequently subsequently Center, at Thursday night's 50th-anniversary screening of 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' in NY, Andrews mentioned that it had been Hepburn's idea to recruit designer Hubert p Givenchy to produce all Holly's clothes. "If you have Katherine Hepburn and Hubert p Givenchy," she added, "I don't think anybody for just about any second thought this is huge hooker, for God's sake." The screening happened at Lincoln subsequently subsequently Center's Alice Tully Hall, a few steps in the venue where NY Fashion Week is showed up, as well as the audience of would-be Carol Golightlys as well as the males who love them gazed adoringly within the gorgeous new print, come up with with an anniversary Blu-ray edition that comes to a couple of days. As Pena noted, the film features a timeless quality that helps it be feel nearly as relevant today since it did in 1961. Specifically in NY, where attractive and sparklingly witty youthful people still come searching for their dreams, but nonetheless every once in awhile explore the daily look for booze, bread, and designer threads. The film's opening scene, in which a taxi shores up a obvious Fifth Avenue and deposits Carol before Tiffany's, where she ruminates inside the display home home windows while eating a Danish and consuming a coffee, remains one of the essential depictions in the city, and Andrews known to how lucky Edwards felt to capture the scene. He arranged the goal for beginning, wanting to acquire "a comparatively empty Fifth Avenue," but ultimately "there's not a little of traffic nearby.Inch After one take, Edwards switched for the crew and mentioned, "That's it, fellas. Let's proceed.In . Equally representational in the city, for a number of reasons, might be the party scene, where a motley crew of bohemian rebels and slumming wealthy males get gleefully drunk inside Holly's sparse walk-up apartment. "He cast all his pals and relations," mentioned Andrews. "It's fun to check out the party scene and know who's on the internet for.Inch Photo: Ray Busacca/Getty Images for Vital