Andrea Wong Tapped As President Of Intl Production At Sony Pictures TV & President International At Sony Pictures Entertainment

EXCLUSIVE: After a year and a half away from the spotlight, Andrea Wong is rejoining the executive ranks with top international positions at Sony Pictures Entertainment. The former CEO of Lifetime, who had been rumored for virtually every high-profile TV executive job that became available in the past 18 months, has been named President of International Production for Sony Pictures Television and President of International for SPE. She will be based in London. In her SPT position, Wong will head the studios international TV production business, reporting to SPT president Steve Mosko. She will oversee SPT’s 15 owned and joint venture international production companies. Wong will shepherd the development of new formats as well as the local adaptations of SPT-owned formats, primarily on the unscripted side. The studio’s library of reality formats, which was boosted by the 2008 acquisition of Dutch company 2waytraffic, includes Who Whats To Be A Millionaire?, Dragon’s Den and Pyramid. Additionally, SPT has been setting up local versions of its daytime talk show Dr. Oz and some of its library sitcoms, including The Nanny, Married… with Children and Everybody Loves Raymond. It was Wong’s successful tenure as head of alternative and late night at ABC, where she developed such hit franchises as The Bachelor, Dancing With the Stars and Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, that was key in landing her the SPT job, which is skewed heavily towards reality. Andreas business acumen and her role in developing successful unscripted programming like Dancing with the Stars, and The Bachelor, make her a perfect fit for SPT, Mosko said. Wong replaces Kees Abrahams who is stepping down as president of international production for SPT. Abrahams, former CEO of 2waytraffic, had been overseeing SPT’s international production operations since 2waytraffic’s acquisition. Kees’ entrepreneurial spirit has been instrumental to the growth of our television production business internationally and we thank him for all of his efforts, Mosko said. Added Kees, “I think it is now time for me to pursue some new commercial opportunities, and I wish Sony well.” As President of International for Sony Pictures Entertainment, a newly created position, Wong will serve as SPE’s liaison oversees on matters related to international production, reporting to SPE chairman and CEO Michael Lynton and co-chairman Amy Pascal. SPE currently has offices in 39 territories. Wong will be tasked with championing internationally SPE’s business and political agendas, working closely with various corporate groups such as Government Affairs group based in Culver City as well as SPE’s other business units. “Andrea will be an important ambassador for Sony Pictures in the international marketplace, Lynton said. Added Wong, “There has never been a better time to be globally focused and I look forward to collaborating with Sony’s strong creative team to build and produce great programming worldwide.” Wong, who serves on the board of Liberty Media Corp., segued from her highly successful turn as EVP alternative programming, specials and late night at ABC to a rocky 3-year stint as president and CEO of Lifetime Networks, which ended when the company was taken over by A&E Television Networks last year. During her tenure there, Wong oversaw the launch of Lifetime’s flagship drama series Army Wives and orchestrated the high-profile acquisition of Project Runway, but wasn’t able to stem the cable network’s ratings erosion.

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Bizzers ready for Emmy's last lap

The limos are warming up, hair is being coiffed and makeup applied as bizzers gear up for the last lap of Emmy season.Making the rounds of pre-Emmy parties on Saturday, Emmycast exec producer Mark Burnett promised that tonight's three-hour show from the Nokia Theater will be unlike any of the previous 62 Emmy fetes."It's looking a lot like the MTV Video Music Awards," Burnett said with a mischievous grin Saturday night at theEvening Before before fundraising event in Century City.Expect a youthful infusion of talent and plenty of stunts that will be talked about into the wee hours of Monday, Burnett added. As for those Internet rumors that Charlie Sheen will be making a surprise appearance on the telecast, Burnett would only say: "You know me. What do you think?"In a sign that the showbiz economy is on the upswing, Emmy weekend was definitely busier than it has been in the past few years, and the mood among industryites is hopeful. WME packed 'em in on Friday night at its sprawling party at Milk Studios in Hollywood, which marked the percentery's first large-scale pre-Emmy bash since WMA and Endeavor tied the knot in 2009. With so many top execs, agents and creatives together under one (spacious) roof, undoubtedly some business got done, or at least started, there.ICM hosted an intimate gathering Friday on the roof the London West Hollywood (even the balmy weather cooperated). "Modern Family's" Eric Stonestreet and Jesse Tyler Ferguson had quite the receiving line of fans who wished them well as they go up against each other and fellow co-stars Ty Burrell and Ed O'Neill for supporting comedy actor honors.Saturday's soirees included Showtime's poolside party at Skybar and NBCUniversal's blow-out at Spago, which served up enough Godiva chocolates to sink a battleship and macarons in every color of the Peacock's plume (and then some). Contact Cynthia Littleton at cynthia.littleton@variety.com

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Damsels in Distress

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Dedicated to creating Seven Trees U., their alma mater, an even more aromatic and enjoyable place, they goal to combat the Neanderthal male populace's body-odor problem by marketing good hygiene, and stoically accept it's their lot around so far frat boys a lot more stupid and less good-searching than themselves. Ultimately, as Crimson states inside the pic's many quotable lines, "The inclination, common, to constantly seek someone 'cooler' than yourself (is) always a stretch, frequently a sizable stretch. Why not rather hire a roofer who's frankly inferior?" Among their other projects (Violet's long-term ambition is always to invent a completely new dance craze) and philanthropic companies, they run the suicide-prevention concentrate on campus where the raspberry braid cost nothing, but merely to anybody verifiably depressed. 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Due to the pic's retro feel, it's entirely appropriate the climax tips its hat to Fred Astaire getting a dance scene patterned concerning the Astaire-Joan Fontaine rug-cut from "A Damsel in Distress" (1937). One can't help but question what Stillman would do while using arrange for an entire-on musical, but even though this originates inside the same well-heeled milieu he's formerly looked into, there's an excellent here that signifies his 13-year hiatus from pointing hasn't done him any harm. People inclined to dislike Stillman's work won't be convinced otherwise by "Damsels," but fans may well be more than satisfied. Shot on HD, the pic doesn't have an identical glossy, glassy prettiness of Stillman's earlier film-shot work like "Metropolitan," "Barcelona" and "The Ultimate Occasions of Disco," but it's still carried out with professional polish by lenser Doug Emmett. Extra credit arrives costume designer Ciera Wells and "special styles" by Kristen Blomberg for kitting Crimson and her pals within the perfect kind of prim but interesting A-line frocks and neat add-ons that endow these with a pleasant combination of glamour and ladylike dowdiness.Camera (color, HD), Doug Emmett editor, Andrew Hafitz music, Mark Suozzo, Adam Schlesinger production designer, Elizabeth J. Manley art director, John Goodwin set decorator, Emmanuelle Hoessly costume designer, Ciera Wells appear, Mikhail Sterkin re-recording mixer, Tom Paul choreographer, Justin Cerne special styles, Kristen Blomberg stunt coordinator, Anthony Vincent line producer, Jacob Jaffke assistant director, Curtis Cruz casting, Kerry Barden, Paul Schnee, Amy Britt, Anya Colloff. Examined at Venice Film Festival (closer, noncompeting), Sept. 10, 2011. (Also in Toronto Film Festival -- Special Presentations.) Running time: 99 MIN. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

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Rare 'Indiana Jones' Footage With Barbra Streisand as a Dominatrix Surfaces Online (Video)

Remember the scene in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom where Barbra Streisand, dressed in a leather dominatrix outfit, whipped Indiana Jones until Carrie Fisher stepped in to protect him? Probably not. Until now, the scene, which was part of a practical joke on star Harrison Ford, was a rumored bit of Indy history. But grainy footage, which reportedly existed as part of director Steven Spielberg's private blooper reel, has finally surfaced online. The scene features Streisand, who showed up unexpectedly on the Temple of Doom set one day in 1983, torturing Ford for Hanover Street and "for all the money you're going to make on Return of the Jedi." Fisher then appears, quoting her Jedi line, "Someone who needs you!" Empire Strikes Back director Irvin Kershner then steps out and complains "I don't believe one word you're saying. Now come on, do it again." The clip, originally posted by JoBlo.com, ends with Streisand saying, "I feel like a faggot..." Barbra Streisand Harrison Ford Carrie Fisher