Mo'Nique Suit? Oscar-Winning Actress Apparently Sues Land lords Over Foul Living Conditions

And also you thought your landlord was poor. Based on TMZ, Mo'Nique is suing her land lords to get away from the $22,000 monthly lease she signed because, amongst other things, her house has the aroma of dog poop. Apparently, the Georgia residence that Mo'Nique calls home smells of feces, wet dog, urine (of the items TMZ describes being an "unknown origin"), boasting an overflowing septic tank. Apart from that, it is a steal! The Oscar-winning actress's legal move is at reaction to the suit filed by her land lords, which claims that Mo'Nique bailed on her behalf two-year lease and owes $370,000 in delinquent rent along with other charges. The 'Precious' star states she only were built with a verbal agreement using the land lords coupled with two months to alter her mind. Neither Mo'Nique nor the land lords (or even the dog) might be arrived at for comment. [via TMZ] [Photo: Getty] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

Attacking Young Boys Acting: Mark Wahlberg Will 'Extract' Talent If Singer Stumbles in Basketball Drama

Before the finish of days comes an update on that Mark Wahlberg-Attacking Young Boys feature film that you have been awaiting because it was introduced in April. Will still be most likely happening! And Wahlberg continues to be looking forward to his option to team with Bieber. "I am prety intuitive," Wahlberg stated about his decision to cast the voice-altering pop celebrity inside a dramatic role being an inner-city youth basketball player. "I begin to see the guy and stayed with him and also you see what he is doing and just how he is doing it, and you really possess a conversation with him and it is there. [...] Otherwise, I'll extract it." Referred to being an amalgam of 'The Colour of Money' and 'The Karate Kid' (clearly), the untitled film would target the relationship created between Biebs's character, a street basketball player, and Wahlberg's, his reluctant mentor. That relationship could extend off-screen too in the end, Wahlberg used to be referred to as Marky Mark, though he eventually cast off the Funky Bunch being the Oscar-nominated actor and producer you are aware of love today. Might Bieber consume a similar path? Based on Moviefone's soothsaying Miracle 8-Ball, "Do not let you know now." Oh, 8-Ball you so crafty! [via MTV] [Photo: Getty] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

Harrison Ford Joins Asa Butterfield, Abigail Breslin and Hailee Steinfeld For Ender's Game

Exciting news for fans of Orson Scott Card’s sci-fi series Ender’s Game: Harrison Ford has officially joined the cast as Hyrum Graff, the manipulative colonel responsible for training students in a futuristic military academy called Battle School. Harrison joins fellow cast members Abigail Breslin, Hailee Steinfeld and Asa Butterfield, who will star as Ender, a gifted strategist hired by the government to help combat an alien race in the film adaptation from Wolverine director Gavin Hood. Breslin will play Ender’s older sister and Steinfeld will assume the role of Petra Arkanian, Ender’s trusted confidante and mentor. The expected blockbuster is slated for a 2013 release. Ender’s Game fans, do you approve of this casting? · Harrison Ford locked for ‘Ender’s Game’ [Variety]

Can 'Bridesmaids' Earn a Best Picture Nomination?

It has been rumbling like the after-outcomes of some bad Brazilian barbecue throughout the final 2 days: a ongoing push and groundswell of support for 'Bridesmaids' to earn a Best Picture nomination within the 84th annual Academy awards. Does the Paul Feig-directed comedy -- one of the handful of original films within 2011 that connected with both audiences and experts alike -- plenty of gas (sorry) inside the tank making it to the rarified air of Oscar nominees? It might! At GoldDerby.com, nine in the 29 Oscar experts (including, ahem, me) have placed 'Bridesmaids' by themselves top-ten report on potential nominees. That doesn't mean anything inside the grand plan of things -- as well as, since there can be between five to ten nominees this year for top Picture, the options good 'Bridesmaids' won't increase the risk for final cut -- nevertheless it does showcase an growing movement for your Kristen Wiig-introduced comedy. Reasons for the 'Bridesmaids' surge? Well, that SAG nomination for top Ensemble didn't hurt. Neither does the the cast of beloved stars, a company-respected producer and one of the handful of performances everyone remains talking about in a few regard: Melissa McCarthy. There can be one other reason for your 'Bridesmaids' push, too. 'Bridesmaids' gets the box-office clout being the 'Inception' Exception, and -- unlike 'Harry Potter' -- has something extra: relevance in our cultural landscape. Every year that is appreciated for funny women (from 'Bridesmaids' to 'Bad Teacher' to just about every show round the NBC Thursday evening comedy block), possibly some Oscar voters may decide to embrace the zeitgeist with each of your arms. Clearly, that's the finest problem for 'Bridesmaids': comedy is a genre the Academy has almost willfully overlooked. "I certainly think there's some type of prejudice there," 'Bridesmaids' producer Judd Apatow told Variety. "Lots of people think a really intense devastating sad movie of a tragic subject is a lot more tough to make than 'Blazing Saddles.' And the fact remains, it's just as difficult to make 'Blazing Saddles.' My days might be much shorter essentially didn't have to add jokes." That's probably why a guy like Stephen Daldry has not developed a comedy. For further round the Oscars, mind to GoldDerby.com [Photo: Universal] The Most Effective 11 Movie Quotes From 2011 11. <a href="http://internet.moviefone.com/movie/evening time-in-paris/10036438/primary"> 'Midnight in Paris' </a>10. <a href="http://internet.moviefone.com/movie/tower-heist/52240/primary">'Tower Heist'</a>9. <a href="http://internet.moviefone.com/movie/attack-the-block/10056611/primary">'Attack the Block' </a>8. <a href="http://internet.moviefone.com/movie/the-hangover-2/38948/primary">'The Hanogver Part 2' </a>7. <a href="http://internet.moviefone.com/movie/5050/1417783/primary">཮/50' </a>6. 'Harry Potter as well as the Deathly Hallows: Part IIƋ. <a href="http://internet.moviefone.com/movie/hobo-with-a-shotgun/10038378/primary">'Hobo Getting a Shotgun' </a>4. <a href="http://internet.moviefone.com/movie/horrible-bosses/10038375/primary">'Horrible Bosses' </a>3. <a href="http://internet.moviefone.com/movie/crazy-stupid-love/10052074/primary">'Crazy, Stupid, Love.' </a>2. <a href="http://internet.moviefone.com/movie/the-muppets/1390395/primary">'The Muppets' </a>1. <a href="http://internet.moviefone.com/movie/bridesmaids/10035125/primary">'Bridesmaids' </a> See All Moviefone Galleries » Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

New Hobbit Picture Online

Bilbo can get Mirk'edIt's pretty sure that 2011 is venturing out immediately. But one of the most recent Gotham goings-on, with Ridley Scott verifying in within the less audible corners of space, you can forget that somewhere in Middle-earth, Bilbo Baggins and also the crew of footsore dwarves are Mirkwood-bound by having an epic pursuit to locate treasure and slay some serious cave troll inside the Hobbit.Well, call us over-caffeinated Tolkien fans over-blown on pipe-weed and christmas spirit, but we're able to not be thrilled about that certain once we were living in Smaug's larynx. Really, we're so excited that individuals sent our top guy to Wellywood, Nz, to obtain the latest within the number of Peter Jackson's new Tolkien two-parter."The initial factor I shot was finding the ring in Gollum's cave," Martin Freeman told us nonchalantly, giving a consider his approach to hobbiting. "It's good to know, while not play, the value of the Ring," he referred to. "I'm trying to place a bit more heaviness inside it. It is not all comical."Get the completely new problem of Empire for further within the set. The Hobbit: An Unforeseen Journey is going on December 14.

ROLL CALL: Kevin Federline Really Happy For Britney Warrior spears On Her Behalf Engagement

First Released: December 19, 2011 2:11 PM EST Credit: WireImage La, Calif. -- Caption Kevin FederlineK-Given Shows BritBrit Some Love: There does not seem to be any ex bitterness between Britney Warrior spears and Kevin Federline. Following a announcement of her engagement to Jason Trawick, the guy who gave us Popozao, spoke out concerning the celebrities approaching wedding. Im really happy on her I believe hes an excellent guy, K-Given told apparently told Australias TV Week. Shes happy shes doing very well. I wish to say shes inside a great place. I havent spoken to her much since Ive been right here (K-Given is Here filming the load loss reality show Excess Baggage) the two of us happen to be busy together with her standing on tour but I know from speaking towards the kids and speaking towards the kids instructors that theyre doing great. Its a great part of the best direction. Im totally happy on her. Could this suggest that K-Given, who split using the pop star in 2007, might possibly have an invite to Brit and Jasons wedding? Shiloh Steals The Show!: The Brangelina clan celebrated Brads 48th birthday a few days ago in Vegas (Get more information at all of the particulars!), nevertheless its the expression on Shilohs face while relaxing in the crowd that stole the show for all of us! Begin to see the always adorable Shiloh, HERE! Just In Case You Skipped It!: Host Jimmy Fallon, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler and Seth Meyers reminded us how good Saturday Evening Live could be a few days ago throughout a Weekend Update Joke-Off. See who had the very best point for any story in regards to a strip club getting a toy drive, HERE! Just In Case You Skipped It Or Wondered Who Broke Wind!: On Fridays The Vista there is a strange noise throughout a job interview with Homeland star Claire Danes. The noise, which made an appearance to emanate from Whoopis region, triggered the host to express, Pardon me, I simply let a frog from there. However, TV executives told The Huffington Publish, It had been a tale. Each time there's an enjoyable noise she pretends it had been her. Browse the possible wind break, HERE! Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

REVIEW: Corman's World Lovingly Sketches the Inner Life of a Movie Maverick

Director, producer and distributor Roger Corman’s world seems suspended between magnetic poles: At true north he could be described as the godfather of independently produced and independent-minded film; way down south is the Corman who looks more like the godfather to Don Simpson, a crude flipper of hot cake flicks who originated the high concept, sensation-pummeling mainstream cinema we’re stuck with today. Corman’s World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel, director Alex Stapleton’s annotated filmography of the filmmaker’s wildly tentacular career, is less an attempt to reconcile those poles than to show how neatly and necessarily they are bound together, by both the financial nature of filmmaking and the stubborn question of taste. “Taste,” says former protg Martin Scorsese of Corman’s workshop, “was out of the question.” By 1972, the year he financed Scorsese’s first movie (Boxcar Bertha), Corman had been in the business for over two decades, made dozens of movies (10 in 1957 alone) and — as the title of his autobiography notes — never lost a dime. Much like Woody Allen, one of the many talents he goosed on to renown, Corman realized quickly that nose-to-tail filmmaking is only tenable when one has complete control. Corman’s business savvy balanced a keen sense of audience appetite with the carnal imagination (a “boiling inferno” in his description) beneath his gentlemanly persona. Stapleton chocks the film with money clips from the Corman archives, a mix of curdled rape fantasy films like The Woman Hunter, eccentric brow-lifters like the series of Poe adaptations starring Vincent Price, and chips of campy gold like Little Shop of Horrors or The Fast and the Furious. Eye opening here and there, the footage is mostly fan candy. Though Corman mentions moving toward camp, little time is spent examining his aesthetic, as it were, or sweating at the gates of that raging inferno; the B-maestro’s personal contradictions remain pristine. More sorely missing is any sense of the enormous and fluctuating market for Corman’s work over several eras of exhibition. We know his films are gauged to be exactly as successful as they need to be, but outside of the actors and directors drawn into his stable, intimations of Corman’s core audience loom large but invisible over the story of an astonishingly robust and still active career (part of Corman’s World is spent on the set of what appears to be yet another sweded version of Jaws). Such complaints feel unavoidable and therefore relatively minor: To tell Roger Corman’s story is in some sense to tell the story of last 60 years of filmmaking; some ruthless cutting was required. Stapleton wisely homes in on the emissaries Corman has sent into the moviegoing consciousness — Jack Nicholson sits for a rare and ultimately moving interview, as do Ron Howard, Jonathan Demme, Scorsese, Peter Bogdanovich, Joe Dante, Peter Fonda, Pam Grier and William Shatner — and elucidates their B-movie roots. And while we can all be thankful that Scorsese refused Corman’s offer to finance Mean Streets, should he reframe it as a blaxploitation epic, again and again we are shown that along with the rsum-bulking services it is Corman’s fearless (as with his 1962 segregation drama The Intruder) and agile sensibility (as with Easy Rider forerunners The Trip and The Wild Angels) that define the terms of his influence. Stapleton’s was clearly a labor of love, shot over what must amount to like 25 Corman years. In the press notes the director admits that she waited two years for Nicholson to agree to an interview; both David Carradine and George Hickenlooper have died since filming theirs. Time trudges on, within the film and without. Indeed, the arrival of Jaws and Star Wars are framed less as the beginning than the end of an era. If the summer blockbuster turned Corman’s beat into huge business, their “fully imagined worlds” are rarely noted for what little imaginative work they leave for the viewer. And where’s the fun — the risk — in that? If the first half of Corman’s World doubles as a lobbying campaign for a lifetime achievement Oscar, the second, more elegiac half offers the vindication of that award’s receipt in 2009. But then the director who uses bare breasts as props thinks it immoral to spend more than a million dollars making a movie; the distributor who showed Bergman at the drive-in was never in it for the accolades. Having preferred the game and the gamble of the movie business, as his colleagues and loved ones attest, Corman’s most fully realized work may have been quietly done in his personal life. The most poignant idea to emerge from Corman’s World is that in fact neither man nor mogul can control quite everything, perhaps nothing less than his legacy. Follow Michelle Orange on Twitter. Follow Movieline on Twitter.

'Dragon Tattoo' to spread out each day early

The new sony will release 'The Girl Using the Dragon Tattoo' each day early, on 12 ,. 20, at 7 p.m.The new sony will kickstart a crowded Christmas frame by starting countrywide "The Lady Using the Dragon Tattoo" each day early, on 12 ,. 20, at 7 p.m.Pic was initially skedded to bow Wednesday, 12 ,. 21, within 24 hours as Vital pair "The Adventures of Tintin" and "Jason Bourne: Ghost Protocol." A trio of more wide records launch within the lengthy holiday weekend, including Fox's "We Purchased a Zoo" on 12 ,. 23, in addition to Disney's "War Equine" and Summit's "The Pitch-dark Hour," each of which bow Christmas Day."Dragon Tattoo," an British-language adaptation from the first entry in Stieg Larsson's global best-selling series, continues to be monitoring continuously within the last week, with solid awareness and definite interest among potential moviegoers.Shaun Blake, The new sony chairman of worldwide marketing and distribution, stated the first launch is supposed to attract first-responders. "We're feeling that by opening for night time shows on 12 ,. 20, fans from the book will be presented an ideal chance to obtain a jumpstart around the discharge of a great film," Blake stated.The new sony has stored particulars of David Fincher's "Tattoo" treatment under tight control pic's trade review embargo was lifted night time Monday. Contact Andrew Stewart at andrew.stewart@variety.com

First Men in Black 3 Trailer: Whatever

If you thought that Will Smith’s trailer on the set of Men in Black 3 was ridiculous, wait until you see the actual trailer trailer for the film itself. The nonsensical first preview for the series’ third installment is officially released, prompting the tired sighs of millions still reeling from the garbage-strike pile-up known as New Year’s Eve. A perfectly fine way for Hollywood to further bruise your memory of a perfectly fine blockbuster and remind you beyond the shadow of a doubt that it’s Monday. Submit. Smith’s first film in more than three years features him reprising his role as Agent J, traveling back through Chrysler Building gargoyle suicide-jump time machine to meet the young version of his partner Agent K, which is basically Josh Brolin doing an out-of-practice Tommy Lee Jones Impression form the set of No Country for Old Men. Jones is here, too, squirming through dead-faced line readings as though the piles of money beneath him have met their match in a fierce outburst of hemorrhoids. And there’s Emma Thompson, and there’s… enh, whatever. Life’s too short. Good luck. VERDICT: Try harder, team.

About 'Eve'

Zac Efron and Michelle Pfeiffer Toby Emmerich, Sue Kroll and Rob Robinov preem "New Year's Eve." Katherine Heigl and Sofia Vergara celebrate with Garry Marshall.Jum Michele and Ashton Kutcher join the party within the Chinese. Nostalgia pervaded Monday's preem of Warner/New Line's "New Year's Eve" within the Chinese since the key players appreciated the truly amazing, bad and ugly. "My best New Year's Eve was once i stopped trying to find a perfect New Year's Eve," mentioned Hilary Swank within the after-preem party at Hollywood & Highland. "My worst was once i was trying they are driving for the perfect party and didn't make it quickly.Inch Film author Katherine Fugate recognized that her worst New Year's Eve came when she was nearly billed with speeding -- even though she handled to talk her way in the ticket. "In my opinion my best will probably be that certain since i have am for one another,Inch she added. Garry Marshall opined earlier this New Year's Eve was his favorite because his boy, Scott Marshall, was shooting footage just like a second unit director sometimes Square. "I used to be there in 1956 and 1959 because I had been elevated inside the Bronx, however it was the most effective since all I desired to complete was sit in the room watching 14 cameras and say, 'Well, that particular looks excellent,A " quipped the helmer. Marshall will probably take his family to Hawaii for completely new Year's Eve, a knee alternative operation. "I've been controlling about it since i have have couldn’t direct this movie on crutches," he added. Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com

Georges Mlis and also the Miracle of 'Hugo'

The very first time I entered pathways with French filmmaker Georges Méliès was at age eleven, as you're watching a music video through the Smashing Pumpkins. It had been for that song 'Tonight Tonight,' in which a couple travels towards the Moon, will get assaulted and kidnapped by several aliens, escapes via rocket ship after which crashes in to the ocean. In the finish, a ship sails by using the words S.S. Méliès quietly. I'd no clue who Méliès was at that time, nor that his video clip -- 'Le Voyage Dans La Lune' (a.k.a. 'A Visit to the Moon') -- inspired the Pumpkins's video. Actually, I wouldn't find this out until fifteen years later, after i saw Martin Scorsese's, 'Hugo.' The director's new film, in theaters now, includes a youthful orphan who finds out the job of Georges Méliès (performed by Ben Kingsley) via a mysterious automaton left out by his deceased father. Through the movie, Scorsese recreates a number of Méliès' shorts, such as the legendary 'Le Voyage.' Although his last project is made greater than a century ago, George Méliès continues to be one among the pioneers of cinema, credited for his improvements in effects and film technique. So when artists as varied as Scorsese and also the Smashing Pumpkins happen to be inspired by his work, you realize it needs to be somebody worth looking at. (The truth that 'Hugo' just won Best Picture in the National Board of Review only contributes to this intrigue.) So, who's Georges Méliès, why is he one among the godfathers of filmmaking? Born in Paris in 1861, Méliès was the boy of the couple who went a effective shoes business. In 1884, he traveled to London, where Méliès grew to become intrigued with miracle, having seen a show through the masters of magic Maskelyne and Cooke. When he came back to France, Georges started carrying out their own illusions. However, his film breakthrough came while attending the premiere of the Lumières siblings show. The Lumières were credited with using among the first film cameras, a cinematographe following the premiere, Méliès attempted, but unsuccessful, to purchase one in the siblings. Not just one to stop easily, he opted for the following smartest choice, and built a camera by himself. Méliès soon started making short films, that have been a few of the first to make use of substitution (an impact in which a person or object seems then vanishes or changes into another thing within the blink of the eye). Méliès eventually bought their own studio in Montreuil, which offered as his workshop for nearly 30 years. He directed, created, authored, designed and often starred in the films, which grew to become popular, especially overseas. Méliès would go onto redesign 500 movies in the career, a couple of that are considered a few of the to begin their genre ('Le Voyage' for sci-fi and 'The Haunted Castle' for horror). However, by 1909, the novelty of his work started to put on off. Méliès would eventually go under and have to sell his studio. A lot of his films were destroyed and accustomed to make shoe heels (for this reason numerous Méliès' works no more exist today). The planet soon didn't remember about Georges Méliès, because he began inside a toy store in Gare Montparnasse stop in Paris (that is where the majority of Scorsese's 'Hugo' happens). However in the 20's, things started to alter. French surrealists discovered the director's old work, and Méliès was eventually granted the Legion of Recognition. Seven years later, he died. The final movie he earned was 'The Dark night from the Snows,' in 1916. Scorsese does an attractive job re-creating the flicks of Méliès, with unique figures and layered set designs full of color. Obviously, these particulars were never very obvious around the originals, however, you can continue to feel Méliès' energy and inventive passion behind all of them. He loved dazzling audiences of any age, much like he'd done when he would be a magician. It's not hard to realise why, in the turn from the last century, moviegoers were fascinated by them. It's interesting to return and appear through a number of Méliès films and do a comparison as to the Scorsese did in 'Hugo.' A number of Georges old movies are even available on the web: a fast YouTube search will yield not just 'Le Voyage,' but 'Un homme p têtes' ('The Four Difficult Heads') where Méliès pulls his mind off his shoulders and sets it up for grabs, 'The Haunted Forts,' featuring a demon who summons skeletons and ghosts, and 'Conquête du Pôle' ('Conquest from the Pole') where balloonists visit its northern border Pole, simply to be chased with a guy-eating frost giant. It is possible that present day audiences, particularly children, will probably find these original shorts a little boring and cheesy. Most are lacking of color, don't have the typical narrative structure we have seen in modern films and don't feature the CG we have come to anticipate from present day blockbusters. However, this will make Scorsese's 'Hugo' even more poignant. Here is among the finest company directors ever, searching introducing the question of Méliès to another generation (and, yes, which includes grown ups). Before I saw 'Hugo,' I simply did not worry about Georges Méliès now I actually do, and that i understand his contribution to film. It absolutely was years since i have saw the Pumpkins 'Tonight Tonight' video, then when I finally discovered the Méliès' connection, I viewed it again, with a mixture of nostalgia, enthusiasm and fascination -- a reaction Scorsese, Méliès and each other filmmaker continues to be searching to produce in excess of a century. [Sources: 'The Hugo Movie Companion: A Behind the curtain Take a look at The way a Beloved Book Grew to become a significant Motion Picture' George Méliès Official Website] [Photo: YouTube] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

'Shame' Director Steve McQueen on Making His NC-17 Sex Addiction Drama (Video)

Ray Mickshaw / FOX Two hours after the credits rolled on Thursday's X Factor, Drew Ryniewiczwas back to her usual bubbly teenage self, the sting of elimination behind her -- at least for a moment -- a lifetime of opportunity ahead. "I kind of had a weird feeling about tonight in the first place," she confessed, "so I was dreading the results all day. When I was on stage, I finally let it out."our editor recommends'X Factor's' Astro: 'I'm Just Ready to Work' (Q&A)Justin Bieber Tweets Eliminated 'X Factor' Contestant Drew: 'This is Just the Beginning''X Factor' Swap: Nicole Scherzinger, Kelly Rowland Switch in the Works? Did she ever. Clearly overwhelmed with emotion, Drew couldn't hold back her heaving sobs upon hearing judge Paula Abdul's verdict. Moments later, it was Abdul who kept repeating a mantra to the 15-year-old Chino Valley, Ariz. native: "This is the beginning. This is just the beginning." PHOTOS: Get to Know 'X Factor's' Top 17 Finalists So what went wrong for the girl who many considered to be a frontrunner? "My save me performance sucked," Drew told reporters late on Thursday. "It was so bad. I forgot there was a key change involved so I started going all over the place. That's when I knew that Marcus [Canty] deserves to make it [through] based off his save me song. It was not only hard to sing to save my life but it was hard to compete one-on-one with him." And like many alums of singing competitions have experienced, Drew says she "had a feeling" it wasn't going to work out. "I was in a weird place because it was my best vocal but the performance wasn't that great," she offered. "I just wasn't feeling entirely comfortable sitting down on Michael Jackson week and I was disappointed, but as the night's gone on, I realized that this has been the greatest experience of my life. It's an honor just to be able to say that I've worked with Simon Cowell, that I'm best friends with Melanie Amaro and Rachel Crow -- the people who are still on the X Factor!" Indeed, how many high school students can claim nearly 100,000 followers on Twitter (among them: Drew's own idol Justin Bieber) along with a global audience of untold millions? And how few can call Cowell a mentor and friend? PHOTOS: 'X Factor' Behind the Scenes: The Top 11 Work Out the Week's Performances The head judge's faith in his girl was painfully displayed in his face and demeanor once she was voted off. "Simon did feel very bad, but I came to a peace about going home," Drew said. "I don't think Simon came to that same peace because he was really confident in the chair idea and the whole song. Simon told me at the beginning of the week, 'This is going to bring you back to the top.' That's not only echoing through his mind, but he feels guilty. I don't think he should feel guilty at all because I got to the Top 7 and not everybody can win this show. I just wish I could have showed the teenager side of me who dances around -- the fun side." So what was said in between tears and mascara rubs? Drew shared: "I said [to Simon], 'Don't worry about it, it's ok.' And he was, like, 'I'm just sorry. Drew, in a few weeks time, this is going to be all different and I will let you be the Drew you started out as -- the fun Drew. Just wait.' So that brings up my hopes." PHOTOS:An 'American Idol' to 'X Factor' Timeline And Drew bears no grudge against the two female judges who sealed her fate. "I don't feel anger against them," she said. "I could see that it was hard for them to base it off of the save me song... But they both told me, 'Don't even worry about it, you're coming right back. You're going to be on this stage again next year for the finale.'" No hard feelings when it comes to her mentor, either. "No matter what my song choices were, that doesn't define that fact that I want to be a singer and that Simon saw my good voice. Honestly, he has the biggest heart and he hides it very well with being negative or being so truthful. But to see Simon tell me that I'm good or that I'm great knowing how truthful Simon is, that build me up. I will never forget that. I will always be Team Simon." Twitter: @shirleyhalperin PHOTO GALLERY: View Gallery Inside Simon Cowell's 'X Factor' Trailer (Exclusive) Justin Bieber Nicole Scherzinger Paula Abdul Simon Cowell Rachel Crow Melanie Amaro Drew Ryniewicz The X Factor

REVIEW: Dane Cook Is the Most Sympathetic Presence in Answers to Nothing, Which Tells You a Lot

Movies with multiple intersecting storylines aren’t exclusive to Los Angeles, but it’s a city for which they seem ideally suited, perhaps because it’s one in which incidental contact with the lives of strangers is less common and therefore more weighted with meaning. (Or maybe it’s just that L.A. has such an abundance of screenwriters sitting in coffee shops projecting potential narratives on passers-by.) Out of disparate threads we’re meant to draw common themes or emotional resonances, from Crash’s “everyone’s a little bit racist” to Magnolia’s ideas about loneliness and coming to terms with the past. Answers to Nothing, written and directed by Matthew Leutwyler (Dead & Breakfast), follows a group of linked lost souls navigating personal obstacles against the backdrop of a missing neighborhood girl, as they all come to discover that it’s OK to be an awful person, as long as you don’t tell anyone about it. That’s no exaggeration. A Short Cuts full of self-pitying sociopaths, Answers to Nothing follows its characters toward a succession of increasingly queasy conclusions it tries to pass off as heartfelt and human. One offers a blessing to delusional vigilante justice, another suggests it’s the kind thing to do to not tell one’s wife about the extramarital affair she’s already pretty sure is going on, and a third presents pretending to be nice as the answer to self-loathing racism. Either Leutwyler has an incredibly dark view of human nature and this film is a kind of twisted poke at a genre that stresses shared connections, or his sense of empathy is very, very off. Signs, alas, point to the latter, especially in the film’s treatment of Ryan (Dane Cook), the closes thing it has to a central character. Regardless of one’s stance on Cook as a stand-up, when it comes to film he’s struggled to find a place for himself. (His greatest dramatic role to date has been playing a variation of himself on Louie). But he’s actually very convincing as a callous, dissatisfied, dead-eyed jerk here, so much so that when the time comes for him to turn things around and earn back some kind of emotional investment, it proves impossible. Ryan is a shrink, and he and his wife, Kate (Elizabeth Mitchell), are undergoing fertility treatments — though the first time we see him he’s getting a blow job from his mistress, Tara (Aja Volkman),while Kate waits for him alone at the doctor’s office, crying. Tara is the lead singer in a rock band (as is Volkman in real life, where she fronts the group Nico Vega), and how she ended up as half of this mismatched extramarital pairing is left unexplored. Ryan doesn’t treat her any better than he does his wife, leaving her abruptly after he’s achieved orgasm and ditching her show out of late-breaking guilt. But it’s OK, we learn, because Ryan comes from a fucked-up family — his dad left his mom (Barbara Hershey) to run off to France nine years ago, but they both still act like he’s only jaunted off for a weekend and will be back soon. There are other characters, many defined by an aggressive quirk: Erik Palladino plays Jerry, a cop who goes to the funerals of strangers he finds listed in the obit section of the newspaper. Mark Kelly is Carter, a teacher who spends all of his time at home immersed in a MMORPG. Miranda Bailey is Drew, a recovering alcoholic fighting for custody of her paralyzed and possibly brain-dead brother Erik (Vincent Ventresca) and training to run a marathon with him, because he loved to race. Julie Benz is Frankie, a single mom and the lead detective in charge of the search for the missing girl. Greg Germann plays neighborhood man and prime suspect Beckworth. Zach Gilford is Evan, a sound tech who finds a lost dog, and Kali Hawk is saddled with the most potentially interesting and terminally underdeveloped role as Allegra, the only black writer on the show for which she works, struggling through feelings of resentment toward others of her race she assumes are judging her for selling out. These characters are all linked — Tara’s band works with Evan, who asks Allegra out on a date, who’s a client of Ryan’s, who married to Kate, who’s working with Drew and is friends with Frankie, who’s investigating Beckworth, who’s the object of obsession for Carter, who lives in the same building as Jerry. But moreover, they’re linked in moral equivocation. Drew insists on the right to care for her brother to assuage her guilt for being the one who crippled him; Carter projects his online quest to rescue the princess onto the kidnapping case; Allegra likes to tell those she’s with she hates black people in order to push them away so that she can resent them for their remove; and Jerry is hiding a secret that could put those around him in danger. “I wonder why we try so hard when we’re so clearly outnumbered,” one character sighs in reference to all the bad people in the world. But if the folks in Answers to Nothing are supposed to be on the side of good, then by the cross-cut ending, anyone watching this film will be ready to surrender. Follow Alison Willmore on Twitter. Follow Movieline on Twitter.