Andy Rooney Exiting an hour or so This Sunday

NEW You'll be able to, N.Y. -- With 1,096 essays to have an hour under his belt, Andy Rooney will deliver his 1,097th weekly broadcast. And will also be his last just like a regular contributor. The 92-year-old Rooney will announce his departure within the finish in the program, whether they have been featured since 1978, CBS News introduced on Tuesday. It'll be preceded having a segment through which Rooney looks back on his career by having an hour correspondent Morley Safer. Theres nobody like Andy there will not be, mentioned Rob Fager, chairman of CBS News as well as an hour executive producer. He referred to as Rooneys contributions for the program immeasurable, and added, Its harder for him to make it happen every week, but he'll always manage to speak his mind with an hour when the urge hits him. Rooney began speaking his mind with an hour within this summer time 1978 by getting an essay about misleading verifying of automobile deaths round the Independence Day weekend. Vehicle for vehicle, contended Rooney, its one of the most secure weekends of year being going somewhere. Really, less people die of causes on that weekend than typically in some cases, his research told him. As well as, since less people are watching television inside the fourth, he added, I suppose less die of monotony. He will be a tender 59 years old, and, that fall, he increased to become normal contributor, delivering sometimes folksy, sometimes peppery findings on regular existence beneath the title, A few momemts With Andy Rooney. Rooney happen to be a contributing factor to an hour or so since the shows debut. Throughout its first season in 1968 he came out a few occasions in silhouette with Palmer Williams, an hour or so senior producer, in the short-were living segment referred to as Ipso and Facto. More youthful crowd produced an hour or so segments through the broadcasts initial few seasons. Rooney grew to become an associate of CBS in 1949 just like a author for Arthur Godfreys Talent Scouts, popular show of the day. More youthful crowd written for your Garry Moore Show (1959-65), a common variety show. Concurrently, he was writing for CBS News public-matters broadcasts such as the 20th Century and Calendar. He written his first television essay in 1964, An Essay on Entrance doors. Ongoing the collaboration with CBS News correspondent Harry Reasoner as on-camera narrator, Rooney composed contemplations on such subjects as bridges, chairs and girls. By Getting An Essay on War, which broadcast on PBS in 1971, Rooney made his first appearance delivering his words. But his capabilities just like a author and producer, minus the speaking mind more youthful crowd infamously increased being late around, were the roles he mentioned he always valued most. I clearly use a knack to make paper what lots of people have thought and didnt realize they thought, he reflected inside an interview while using Connected Press in 1998. And so they say, Hey, yeah! And so they such as this. Copyright 2011 by Connected Press. All rights reserved.These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Schmidt to appear at Senate Judiciary Committee

When Google's Eric Schmidt appears before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday to answer antitrust questions, the entertainment lobby will be watching -- and it's likely that more than a few in the biz will harbor a feeling of satisfaction in seeing him in the hotseat.Google's relationship with Hollywood has at times been chilly, but among lobbyists in Washington it's often more like permafrost, as the industry lobby complaints that the search giant hasn't done nearly enough to combat piracy, or in some cases is aiding and abetting it. Industry lobbyists are making some effort to persuade lawmakers on the Senate antitrust subcommittee to query Schmidt about copyright issues, but the session is focused on concerns that Google has grown to a point where competitors are at a disadvantage.Schmidt is scheduled to speak first, followed by a panel that includes Jeff Katz, CEO of NexTag, and Jeremy Stoppelman, co-founder and CEO of Yelp."Anybody in the larger entertainment industries has had to deal with antitrust issues," said Chris Castle, a music and technology lawyer. "They have had their mergers and acquisitions scrutinized. We have a long history in the entertainment business of dealing with government. So the idea that a company could amass a fortune without having to account for what a lot of people see are pretty egregious shortcomings is frustrating." "The fact that he has agreed to testify...I think is the beginning of something, but it is only the beginning," he added.In advance of the hearing, Google has set up a blog page refuting the notion that it's the omnipresent gateway to the web. "Using Google is a choice. Sure, Google has lots of users, but Google is more like a GPS for the Internet -- a helpful guide, but not necessary to get around," the post stated, noting that sites once-thriving AOL and MySpace were also once called "gatekeepers."Schmidt is opposed to the most significant piece of Hollywood-backed legislation to come before Congress this year, the Protect IP Act, which is aimed at the cutting off support for "rogue" sites that are devoted to trafficking in pirated content. The Senate version has a provision that requires that "information location tools," like search engines, take measures to remove or disable access to "rogue" sites and to remove hypertext links, But Schmidt has called the proposed legislation "simple solutions to complex problems," and said that the bill's method of cutting off illegal sites' access to the domain name system had free speech implications.Nevertheless, for some time Google has been well aware that it is an increasing target, and has expanded its lobbying presence in the Capital. In April, Google's general counsel Kent Walker faced a House hearing in which he had to fend off criticism from some lawmakers that the company had not done enough to limit listing of pirated content atop search results and in its autocomplete feature. Walker insisted that Google has been playing "the Whac-A-Mole game" as much as other companies, but he cautioned Congress to not go overboard in mandating what search engines can and cannot do.Late last year, Google announced a series of steps to combat online infringement, including a vow to act within 24 hours on takedown notices it receives from copyright owners and deleting terms closely associated with infringement from appearing in autocomplete. On Sept. 2, Walker posted a progress report on a Google blog in which he said, among other things, that they have improved procedures to make sure that its AdSense program doesn't appear on sites with pirated content, and that legitimate music sites are getting greater visibility. "There is plenty more to be done, and we look forward to further refining and improving our processes in ways that help both rightsholders and users," Walker wrote.The Recording Industry Assn. of America, however, found the progress wanting. "We appreciate that Google is working with us to develop a system to send Google bulk notices about the use of AdSense on sites that facilitate online theft," wrote Steven Marks, the RIAA's executive vice president and general counsel. "However, given the significant benefits Google receives from these services and its commitments via the official guidelines that regulate advertisers, Google should do more to ensure that it does not place and profit from ads on sites that offer illegal content." He added that Google continues to list unauthorized sites before legitimate ones in search results, and, while it has improved the speed with which it responds to takedown notices, it hasn't been "effective in terminating repeat offenders." Contact Ted Johnson at ted.johnson@variety.com

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Spartacus Star Andy Whiftields Final Words To His Children

La, Calif. -- Vashti Whitfield, the wife from the late Spartacus: Bloodstream and Sand star Andy Whitfield has shared the stars touching words he stated to his two children before he lost his fight with cancer, just a little over the other day. I will fall asleep now as my body system wont work any longer. I'm just like a butterfly with damaged wings, Vashti told Australias The Telegraph, remembering the stars last words to children, Jesse Red-colored, 6, and Indigo Sky, 4, before he died from non-Hodgkin Lymphoma. Younger crowd told his two children, I will be along with you and will be watching over you. I really like you. Vashti also remembered as soon as they learned the stars cancer had came back in September 2010 once they initially thought his chemotherapy was effective. Our hearts were damaged, she told The Telegraph. Everyones language transformed. They stated it meant he'd never really beaten it the very first time. Adding, However the children look just like him. Plus they look within the mirror every single day and find out their father. As formerly reported on AccessHollywood.com, the Australian actor died on September 11, 2011 in Sydney. He was 39. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All privileges reserved.These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Happy 45th Birthday, Adam Sandler! What's His Finest Onscreen Moment?

Forty-five years ago today, a baby boy named Adam Richard Sandler was born to an electrical engineer and a nursery school teacher in Brooklyn. After breaking big on Saturday Night Live at the age of 24, Sandler would go on to become one of the most successful actor-comedians of our generation and an even more successful movie producer. In spite of the scathing reviews that his films generate, we still love him as an entertainer, laugh maker and occasionally dramatic actor. So gather around the cake, sing-squawk a few off-key bars of “Happy Birthday” and let’s name Sandler’s finest onscreen moment. So many movies to choose from! Although the Saturday Night Live alum has had some funny — adorable even — moments in legitimate comedies like Happy Gilmore and The Wedding Singer, showed some dramatic range in Spanglish and Reign Over Me, and you know, successfully fit into a pair of tight jean shorts in You Don’t Mess with the Zohan, I think his finest moment onscreen occurred in Paul Thomas Anderson’s 2002 drama Punch-Drunk Love. In an unlikely turn for Sandler, the actor provided depth, darkness and sadness as Barry Egan, a lonely, harmonium-tapping executive who flies into occasionally violent bouts of rage. In the following [NSFW] scene, watch as Sandler’s character is pushed to his limit after being scammed by a phone-sex company and demands to speak with a supervisor (Philip Seymour Hoffman). For this role, Sandler earned his first and only Golden Globe nomination. Now, what do you consider to be Sandler’s finest onscreen moment?

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TNT buys 'Wasteland' script from Davis

TNT has bought a script from Mick Davis and is in development on his action-adventure drama "Wasteland." From FremantleMedia North America and Landscape Entertainment, show will be set in the American Southwest. Logline involves a U.S. marshal who is charged with hunting down the supernatural escapees on the run following a federal prison break. Davis was an exec producer and writer on CBS' Rufus Sewell starrer "Eleventh Hour," which ran for one season. He'll exec produce "Wasteland" with Robert C. Cooper and J.J. Jamieson. Jordan Helman will serve as co-exec producer. Cabler has been quite busy of late on the development front (Daily Variety, Aug. 31). Among the handful of shows in the pipeline are dramas "H.I.K.E.,' exec produced by Forest Whitaker, about a cop who deals with kidnappings in Phoenix; "The Order," about an archeologist professor who ends up working in Israel engaging in various digs that explore life's real questions of faith and meaning; and "Rush," a Rashomon-style hospital drama about life in the ER. On the reality front, TNT is in development on "The Great Escape," from Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and "The Amazing Race" exec producer Bertram Van Munster, as well as "Search and Rescue," from reality uberproducer Thom Beers ("Ice Road Truckers") and his Original Prods. unit. Contact Stuart Levine at stuart.levine@variety.com

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