Mel Gibson & Wife Finalize Divorce

First Released: December 23, 2011 5:41 PM EST Credit: Getty Images La, Calif. -- Caption Mel Gibson close to Darkness premiere in Madrid, The country, on Feb 1, 2010Mel Gibson has completed his divorce from his wife of 28 years. Lawyers for that Oscar champion andhis ex-wife made an appearance briefly inside a La courthouse Friday to submit a suggested judgment, that your judge signed hrs later. Robyn Gibson declared divorce in April 2009, just several weeks before Gibsons then-girlfriend delivered a daughter. The Braveheart star suggested for their own court filings the couple separated in 2006. The previous couples divorce continues to be more low-key than Gibsons custody of the children fight with Russian music performer Oksana Grigorieva. Gibson agreed in August to pay for Grigorieva $750,000 to stay a bitter dispute and split custody of the children of the daughter. The 55-year-old and the former wife have seven children together, however their 12-year-old boy may be the only minor. Copyright 2011 through the Connected Press. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Google acquires RightsFlow

Aiming to streamline payments to musicians and publishers, YouTube parent Google has acquired licensing and royalty reporting service RightsFlow.RightsFlow, launched in 2007, uses a 30-million-song database and proprietary technology to match songs to publishers and manage payment.Though featuring millions of musicvideos on its site, YouTube has occasionally had a contentious relationship with publishers over royalty payments, disbursement of which can sometimes be a Byzantine process."By combining RightsFlow's expertise and technology with YouTube's platform, we hope to more rapidly and efficiently license music on YouTube," wrote YouTube product manager David King on the company's blog, "meaning more music for you all to enjoy and more money for the talented people producing the music."Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

Chris Columbus Finds Jesus

Anne Rice's undertake him, anyway...No, we don't imply Christopher Columbus finds the facial skin of Jesus in the cake or perhaps the seed items from the tomato: he's aiding to create an adaptation of Anne Rice's tome Christ The Master: From Egypt.Cyrus Nowrasteh, who last made The Stoning Of Soraya M, is onto co-write and direct the film after Grain approached him about coping with the job. It absolutely was a quick leap next to Columbus, who made the decision to create the pic via his 1492 Pictures company.The plot follows a seven-year-old Jesus departing Egypt to return where you can Nazareth, where he discovers who his father is actually which his existence features a slightly different future compared to that of his pals."This film gets the potential to become film classic, a picture that will attract all ages, all over the world,In . Columbus mentioned in the statement acquired by Variety. "I am proud to sign up this incredible production." Thinking about the truth that Christmas is almost here, it may look like that filmmakers together with other creative types have become ideas inside their tights: furthermore, you will find Seth Grahame-Cruz working up a script based on his book Unholy Evening, which re-imagines another chunk in the youthful JC's existence.Columbus hasn't directed a film themselves since 2010's Percy Jackson, but he's been busy just like a producer, backing he likes in the Help. He's also got a good amount of projects on the move, getting a remake of Troll Hunter and several other novel adaptations like the Cypress House and Charles Yu' The Best Way To Live Safely In The Science Imaginary World, which was introduced only a couple of days ago.

'Deliverance' Actor Dies: Bill McKinney Dead at 80

Actor Bill McKinney has died at age 80. McKinney is better noted for playing the sadistic Mountain Guy within the 1972 film 'Deliverance.' McKinney would go onto star in movies for example Mike Peckinpah's 'Junior Bonner,' 'First Bloodstream,' and 'Back towards the Future Part 3.' He seemed to be in a number of Clint Eastwood films, including 'Thunderbolt and Lightfoot,' 'The Outlaw Josey Wales' and 'Pink Cadillac.' An argument on Bill McKinney's Facebook page states that, "Today our dear Bill McKinney died at Valley Presbyterian Hospice. An enthusiastic smoker for two-and-a-half decades of his more youthful existence, he died of cancer from the wind pipe. He was 80 but still sufficiently strong to possess shot a Dorito's commercial 2 days just before his passing, and that he ongoing to operate on his biography together with his writing partner. Hopefully 2012 brings a writer for that wild ride his existence was. He's made it by boy Clinton, together with several ex-spouses. R.I.P. Bill sept.12 1931 - 12 ,. 1 2011." [via EW and Facebook] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

Rare 'Empire Strikes Back' Interviews: Prequels, Sequels and also the 'Controversial' Ending

Should you loved our Billy Dee Williams/Harrison Ford photo from the 2009 week, then you are likely to love this. The State The Exorcist Blog lately published a press video from 1980, featuring rare interviews using the cast and crew of 'Empire Strikes Back.' A few of the highlights include Harrison Ford talking about the potential of 'Star Wars' sequels (Episodes 7, 8, and 9) director Irvin Kershner protecting that which was then considered 'Empire''s questionable cliffhanger ending and David Prowse, who performed Darth Vader, being unsure of concerning the finish from the movie since George Lucas actively gave him an imitation script (Mark Hamill was the only real cast member who understood what would happen). For your benefit, enjoy the best quotes below (although, if you are a 'Star Wars' fanatic, the entire factor is certainly worth watching). Mark Hamill on his infant boy "Everybody was thinking of getting him very plainly, because once they return and perform the tales which were two decades earlier, in [Episode 3] ... there's an 8-year-old Luke playing around and playing without anyone's knowledge, and that i stated, 'Wait one minute, one actor in the household is sufficient for me personally.AInch David Prowse on discovering Darth Vader was Luke's father "It surprised me, really, because I did not know anything about this until I had been occur the cinema last Saturday ... I practically flattened within the chair." Harrison Ford around the difficulty actor Anthony Daniels faced while playing C3PO "You've no clue the torture [he] suffered to experience that part ... It required such a long time to place him within the costume also it required such a long time to obtain him from it.Inch Harrison Ford around the potential 'Star Wars' sequels "The storyline we are involved in now really concludes itself within the next film, after which George progresses with similar milieu but different figures ... Our figures pretty much conclude their story in ['Return from the Jedi']." Billy Dee Williams on audiences thinking he's the "token black guy" "I do not consider individuals things really...I had been happy to become asked included in the 'Star Wars' cast." Irvin Kershner around the "questionable" ending "It was the ending. [It] may jar [audiences] only because once they saw 'Star Wars' ... there is a triumphant ending." [via Official The Exorcist Blog and io9] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

Write a Haiku, Win Tickets to the L.A. Premiere of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

Attention all spy genre enthusiasts, Cold War buffs and Gary Oldman fans: Movieline is giving away three (3) pairs of VIP tickets to the Los Angeles premiere of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy to the trio of readers who come up with the most clever haiku poems dedicated to one of the film’s stars. The thriller from director Tomas Alfredson (Let the Right One In) is set in 1973 and stars Gary Oldman as an espionage veteran forced out of semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet agent who has infiltrated Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service. Colin Firth, Stephen Graham, Tom Hardy, John Hurt, Toby Jones and Simon McBurney co-star. You have 24 hours to write a haiku in ode to any of the film’s stars to officially enter the contest. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy’s L.A. premiere will take place in Hollywood on Tuesday, December 6 at 7:00 p.m. Winners will have to pick up their tickets at will-call before 6:00 p.m. that day. Lastly, since Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy is rated R, only readers that are 18 and older can win. The official synopsis: The long-awaited feature film version of John le Carr’s classic bestselling novel. The time is 1973. The Cold War of the mid-20th Century continues to damage international relations. Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), a.k.a. MI6 and code-named the Circus, is striving to keep pace with other countries’ espionage efforts and to keep the U.K. secure. The head of the Circus, known as Control (John Hurt), personally sends dedicated operative Jim Prideaux (Mark Strong) into Hungary. But Jim’s mission goes bloodily awry, and Control is forced out of the Circus - as is his top lieutenant, George Smiley (Gary Oldman), a career spy with razor-sharp senses. Estranged from his absent wife Ann, Smiley is soon called in to see undersecretary Oliver Lacon (Simon McBurney); he is to be rehired in secret at the government’s behest, as there is a gnawing fear that the Circus has long been compromised by a double agent, or mole, working for the Soviets and jeopardizing England. Supported by younger agent Peter Guillam (Benedict Cumberbatch), Smiley parses Circus activities past and present. In trying to track and identify the mole, Smiley is haunted by his decades-earlier interaction with the shadowy Russian spy master Karla. The mole’s trail remains cold until maverick field agent Ricki Tarr (Tom Hardy) unexpectedly contacts Lacon. While undercover in Turkey, Ricki has fallen for a betrayed married woman, Irina (Svetlana Khodchenkova), who claims to possess crucial intelligence. Separately, Smiley learns that Control narrowed down the list of mole suspects to five men. They are the ambitious Percy Alleline (Toby Jones), whom he had code-named Tinker; suavely confident Bill Haydon (Colin Firth), dubbed Tailor; stalwart Roy Bland (Ciarn Hinds), called Soldier; officious Toby Esterhase (David Dencik), dubbed Poor Man; and - Smiley himself. Even before the startling truth is revealed, the emotional and physical tolls on the players enmeshed in the deadly international spy game will escalate… Entries must be received along with your name and an email address where you can be reached. You may enter in the comment section below or on Movieline’s Facebook or Twitter pages. Contest ends Friday, December 2 at 2:00 p.m. PT/5:00 p.m. ET.