'Leverage' Star Aldis Hodge Lands 'The East' Role (Exclusive)

Aldis Hodge is going East. The Leverage actor has been tapped for a supporting role in Fox Searchlight's The East, currently shooting in Louisiana. The eco-terrorist thriller is directed by Zal Batmanglij and centers around a contract worker who infiltrates an anarchist group, known as The East, and finds herself falling for its leader.our editor recommends'True Blood' Star Alexander Skarsgard in Talks to Join Thriller 'The East' (Exclusive) STORY: 'Leverage' Renewed for Fifth Season Hodge will play an ex-military member of the townspeople who is affiliated with the group. He is repped by Paradigm and The Priluck Company. The film also stars Ellen Page, Alexander Skarsgard, Patricia Clarkson and Brit Marling, who co-wrote with Batmanglij. Jocelyn Hayes and Michael Costigan are producing. STORY: 'RocknRolla' Actor Joining Fox Searchlight's 'The East' Hodge can be seen as Alec Hardison when Leverage returns to TNT on Nov. 27. His previous film credits include Die Hard with a Vengeance, Bed of Roses, The Stone House, The Lady Killers and Big Momma's House. Related Topics Fox Searchlight Pictures TNT

Former Bachelorette DeAnna Pappas Weds

First Published: October 24, 2011 11:16 AM EDT Credit: Getty Images LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Caption DeAnna Pappas and Stephen Stagliano arrive at the Swimming With Sharks Pool Party in celebration of Shark Night 3D held at Hotel Shangri-La in Santa Monica, Calif. on August 27, 2011 DeAnna Pappas can finally shake off her Bachelorette status! After a slew of whirlwind romances including rejecting Brad Womack and ending her engagement to Jesse Csincsak in 2008 the 29-year-old walked down the aisle with Stephen Stagliano over the weekend. According to People, DeAnnas wedding style was country meets fairytale the bride wore cowboy boots under a strapless wedding gown from the Disney Bridal collection and a birdcage veil. They were giddy with excitement, an observer told the mag. She looked incredibly happy. The couple was originally set up by Stephens twin brother, Michael, who appeared on Jillian Harris season of The Bachelorette, and his then-girlfriend, Holly Durst, who fans will remember from Matt Grants season of The Bachelor. The former couple, who since split, went on to win last seasons Bachelor Pad. Stephen, a high school teacher, proposed to DeAnna in August 2010. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Leah Remini Signs Talent Deal With ABC

UPDATE: 12:45 PM: The Sports Business Daily is verifying that Fox pays $450 million-$500 million for rights to a different two World Cups, and Telemundo pays $600 million. If true, people are massive markups within the last U.S. rights offer 2005, when ESPN paid out $100 million and Univision $325 million. PREVIOUS, 9:40 AM: Fox Sports has won the British-language rights to broadcast the 2018 and 2022 soccer World Cups in Russia and Qatar, correspondingly, and Telemundo has won The the spanish language language-language rights, after investing in an offer happened now in Zurich. No financial particulars were revealed, however the official announcement is predicted sometime today or at the start of a couple of days, according to Sports Business Journal the sale includes rights for the Women’s World Cup in 2015 and 2019. What this means is current rights-holders ESPN and Univision — whose deal in the last two World Cups cost them a combined $425 million — lost within the auction at FIFA headquarters, an unpredicted outcome that didn’t seem to become on anybody’s radar. ESPN, whose current deal includes the 2014 World Cup in South usa, mentioned today in the statement: “We developed a disciplined bid that might have been both valuable to FIFA and lucrative for the organization, while ongoing to build up our unequalled coverage around the world Cup and girls’s World Cup occasions. Have been aggressive while remaining prudent in the business perspective.” That language sounds pretty familiar: Fox folded out similar words if the lost the present Olympics TV-rights investing in an offer to NBC. Both Fox and ESPN are actually prominent systems offering soccer coverage inside the U.S., where the sport’s recognition is solid but nowhere near to large since it is in Europe both share rights for the States’ Major League Soccer games, and both show Fox features its own Fox Soccer Funnel cable network, that will certainly figure plainly on the planet Cup plans.

Fox, Mediaset ink Spanish pact

MADRID -- Fox and TV conglom Mediaset Espana have sealed a multi-year volume deal that will allow Mediaset's Spanish channel bouquet to air Fox-distributed feature films and new TV skeins. Pact includes TV series "Terra Nova," produced by Steven Spielberg, FX drama "American Horror History," "Bones" spinoff "The Finder" and midseason skein "Touch," with Kiefer Sutherland. In terms of feature films, the agreement covers Fox movies released theatrically in Spain over the period 2010-2012, such as "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps," "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader," "Gulliver's Travels" and "The A-Team." The pact also gives Mediaset Espana broadcasting rights to up to 50 library film titles. Deal marks Mediaset Espana's biggest TV programming alliance with a U.S. studio since 2003, when a Disney output deal expired. Mediaset Espana had been reluctant to pact with the U.S. studios in the past, but in recent years it has clinched programming deals with NBCUniversal, CBS Paramount and Disney. The main reason for this is Mediaset Espana's need to provide fiction content to its large number of digital terrestrial TV services, which encompasses core channel Telecinco, Cuatro, Factoria de Ficcion, Divinity, La Siete and Boing. Mediaset Espana's channel bouquet led the Spanish TV market in September with a combined 26% aud share. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

VIDEO: The One Homemade Pixar Costume Not to Mimic for Halloween

Because it looks complicated to make, has very limited mobility, and is kind of super creepy, this homemade Pixar-inspired costume — a full-body reconstruction of the anthropomorphic Pixar Luxo lamp logo — may not be the best costume idea for your Halloween movie-related revelries. But you’ve got to see it in action. Shivers. Check it out and stick around for your daily Buzz Break. [The Daily What] Anne Hathaway is indeed confirmed for Les Miserables, in which she’ll play Fantine to Hugh Jackman’s Jean Valjean and Russell Crowe’s Inspector Javert. Huzzah? [Deadline] Sorry, everyone: Salman Rushdie hates Game of Thrones. And he’s won the Booker Prize and was married to Padma Lakshmi, so he knows a thing or two about books and hot women. [Pajiba] Scott Derrickson (The Day the Earth Stood Still) co-wrote and will direct Charlize Theron (who will also produce) in a remake of the Dutch horror pic Zwart Water (AKA Two Eyes Staring, which played last month at Fantastic Fest), a ghostly tale about a little girl with an invisible friend who knows things about her mother (Theron). [Heat Vision] Wrap up your coffee break by marveling over these five things predicted by The Simpsons, including the fact find ourselves on movie dates to see an unabashedly silly big screen Three Musketeers movie again. [The FW]

IFC gets slice of latenight

'Human Centipede: Full Sequence' literally out-grosses the original. It ain't no "Paranormal Activity," but IFC's continuation of the "Human Centipede" franchise, "Full Sequence," certainly scared its fair share of auds opening weekend -- at least for a limited latenight release from a non-studio entity."Full Sequence," which screened only at latenight shows on Friday and Saturday, grossed $49,456 from a total 18 locations, for a solid $2,748 per-screen average, selling out midnight screenings in NY and Los Angeles while appealing to hardcore horror fans as well as enthusiasts of the original. The first film, while not a huge B.O. success -- cuming only $181,467 domestically -- nevertheless earned headlines and cult status for its gross-out storyline. "Full Sequence" centers on a disturbed fan of the original "Centipede" who attempts to re-create that film's grotesque biological procedure.IFC launched the film theatrically via its genre label IFC Midnight, with an added video-on-demand component Oct. 12. The distrib relied heavily on word of mouth and a grassroots marketing campaign -- as well as the cult status of the first film."Full Sequence" will expand into other Stateside markets throughout October, and should continue to do well latenight. IFC hopes the pic can build buzz leading up to Halloween, though its following may be limited to indie auds, as higher profile scarers (i.e. "Paranormal Activity 3") also launch mid-October. "Paranormal 3," which bows Oct. 21, should dominate the pre-Halloween marketplace; the holiday itself typically isn't a big moviegoing weekend. Contact Andrew Stewart at andrew.stewart@variety.com

This Means War Trailer Fills Up Online

It's Sturdy versus Pine!The ultimate time Tom Sturdy was associated with espionage, it absolutely was for your rather excellent Mess Tailor Soldier Spy. Now he's within the spy game, although for your slightly less classy-searching This Means War, co-starring Reese Witherspoon and Chris Pine. A clip has turned up at Apple.Getting chuntered through development for quite a while and employed (then lost) the type of Mike Worthington, Seth Rogen and Justin Timberlake, This Means War takes a Mr & Mrs Cruz-style have a look at bromance gone sour when romance rears its lady-created mind. Sturdy and Pine are a handful of the CIA's finest agents, never more comfortable than when they're cooperating to think about lower terrorists or rogue nations.However friendship is shattered after they uncover both are dating the identical lady (Witherspoon). Jealousy and competition dominate, and very soon they're employing all the high-tech techniques from the trade to ruin one another peoples chances. You understand, the trade secrets that should be trying to stay all safe. Tch... Boys will probably be boys.Coming initially from from Micrograms, this frankly seems as being a backward answer to the enjoyment activity of Charlie's Angels. Still, you understand things will probably inflate real good when he's around even if the gags here appear decidedly stale. We'll obtain the chance to judge properly when the film hits on February 17 next season.