Exclusive: Finola Hughes Returns to General Hospital

Finola Hughes Great news...or a sign of bad things to come? TV Guide Magazine has learned exclusively that suds superstar Finola Hughes is returning to General Hospital as Anna Devane, the globe-trotting mother of Dr. Robin Scorpio (Kimberly McCullough). The Emmy-winning actress starts shooting the ABC soap in mid-to-late January and will hit the air during February sweeps. A GH spokesperson tells us the gig is "recurring, but front and center. Finola will be on our canvas for a while and be very involved with Robin and Patrick [Jason Thompson]." McCullough recently announced she'll be leaving GH to pursue a career in directing and it triggered a report on Showbiz411.com that her landmark character, an HIV survivor, may be killed off with AIDS rather than recast. Is this why Anna is coming back? "Mum's the word on that," says the spokesperson. "The writers are still working that out. Everyone is very aware of Robin's history of living with HIV and wants to do the right thing. I will leave it at that." Hughes, who came to fame in 1983 as John Travolta's leading lady in Staying Alive, the sequel to Saturday Night Fever, joined the cast of GH in 1985. She has also appeared as Anna on All My Children and the GH late night spinoff General Hospital: Night Shift. She was last seen in Port Charles in 2008. Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now!

CinemaCon honors Bekmambetov

CinemaCon has drawn on Timur Bekmambetov because the person receiving its Worldwide Filmmaker of the season award. Mitch Neuhauser, controlling director of CinemaCon, made the announcement Friday. The kudo will be provided on April 23, the outlet day's the 4-day event at Caesars Structure in Vegas. Bekmambetov is presently pointing and creating the live action adaptation of Seth Grahame-Smith's "Abraham Lincoln subsequently: Vampire Hunter," slated for any June 22 release from Fox. Born within the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic, Bekmambetov started his career among the company directors of Bank Imperial's "World History" advertisements before founding the Bazelevs Group in 1994. He earned his feature film debut with "Peshavar Vals" and directed "Evening Watch" and "Day Watch" prior to making with Hollywood directorial debut with "Wanted." Bekmambetov is also a producer on "The Pitch-dark Hour," which is launched 12 ,. 25. Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com

Serta Gilroy Signs Onto Pen Stan Lees Chinese Superhero Pic

Film author Serta Gilroy originates aboard to pen china superhero project The Annihilator (working title) for Miracle Storm Entertainment. CEOEric Mika mentioned Gilroy would write the script presenting theStan Lee superhero to global audiences like the Chinese market asthe first film project in the global film-financing partnership produced by Stan Lee Bang! Entertainment and Ricco Capital-Fidelis Entertainment.Thestory concerns a young guy who becomes a hero who returns to his homeland to mete out justice.Gilroy’s credits include Real Steel, The Bourne Legacy and a pair of For The Investment. Lee known towards the Annihilator as “the most incrediblyoriginal and various superhero Ive created in the very very long time and mentioned recognized who added “it’s a pleasure to experience a submit getting this for the screen.” Gilroy is repped by CAA.

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The Weinstein CompanyMeryl Streep in "The Iron Lady" The Iron Lady star Meryl Streep and director Phyllida Lloyd will be a part of an active Q&A on Tuesday evening that'll be live-streamed around the Hollywood Reporter's honours blog The Race.our editor recommends'Iron Lady' Star Meryl Streep Celebrated By Past Co-Stars at Kennedy Center Honors'Iron Lady' Director Responds to Uproar Over Meryl Streep's 'Over-Emotional' PerformanceThe Iron Lady: Film Review'The Iron Lady' Star Meryl Streep is Under-Appreciated... Yeah, You Heard Me Right! (Analysis) The big event, happening after funding screening from the Weinstein Co. movie, will start around 8:45 p.m. ET in the DGA Theater in NY. THR's honours analyst/blogger Scott Feinberg will moderate. PHOTOS: Meryl Streep and Hollywood's 10 Greatest-Compensated Stars Film fans across the nation will have the ability to submit inquiries to Streep and Lloyd about the building of the film via IronLadyMovie.com and Facebook.com/TheIronLadyMovie. Within the movie, opening in choose U.S. theaters 12 ,. 30 and growing Jan. 17, Streep shows Margaret Thatcher, the foremost and only female pm from the Uk.The actress continues to be generating honours buzz for that role. Jim Broadbent, Harry Lloyd, Olivia Colman and Alexandra Roach co-star within the movie, that was compiled by Abi Morgan and created by François Ivernel, Damian Johnson, Adam Kulick, Cameron McCracken, Anita Overland, Tessa Ross and Colleen Woodcock. PHOTOS: Best Presidents in Movies and television The Weinstein Co. stated it located an identical event this past year for that King's Speech -- which continued to win best picture in the Academy awards -- that saw a lot more than 20,000 questions posted inside a 30-minute period throughout the Q&A. Watch the live stream, beginning at 8:45 p.m. ET, below. PHOTO GALLERY: View Gallery THR's Honours Season Roundtable Series 2011: The Stars Meryl Streep Academy awards The Weinstein Company Academy awards 2012 The Iron Lady

Hugh Grant To Give Evidence On Privacy

First Published: December 5, 2011 10:45 AM EST Credit: Getty Images LONDON, U.K. -- Caption Hugh Grant steps out at the premiere of Fire In Babylon at the Odeon Leicester Square in London on May 9, 2011Hugh Grant and former Formula One chief Max Mosley will give evidence to British lawmakers about privacy laws and injunctions. The lawmakers are gathering evidence about the efficacy of privacy laws and the use of legal gag orders that have been accused of stifling the media. Media outlets have expressed alarm at the increasing use of injunctions or so-called super-injunctions, court orders which not only ban reporting of details of a specific case, but often forbid any public mention that an injunction exists. Mosley and Grant have both had details of their private lives published in several newspapers and both gave evidence last month at Leveson inquiry on media practices. Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

11 Children's Movies With Political Agendas? You Betcha, Say Conservatives

After allegations of an extramarital affair and sexual harassment charges, Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain announced Saturday that he was suspending his bid for the White House.our editor recommendsHerman Cain Cancels Private Dinner With Media A-Listers Including Barbara Walters, Matt Lauer (Report)Herman Cain Hits Cable News Rounds as Woman Alleges 13-Year Affair (Video)Jon Stewart Compares Herman Cain to Buffering Computer on 'Daily Show' (Video)Clint Eastwood Praises Herman Cain and Chris ChristieHerman Cain's Accusers Might Join ForcesHerman Cain Faces Reporters on Live TV and Agrees to Lie Detector Test (Video) "Becoming president was Plan A. Before you get discouraged, today I want to describe Plan B," Cain said. "As of today, with a lot of prayer and soul searching, I am suspending my presidential campaign because of the continued distraction, the continued hurt caused on me and my family, not because I'm not a fighter." PHOTOS: 10 Hollywood Players That Will Make a Difference in 2012 Elections Cain said later that other factors played roles in the decision to stop the campaign, including the pressures of finding funding to remain competitive with his fellow Republican hopefuls. In a passionate speech to supporters that introduced a "Plan B," Cain also addressed the various allegations that have clouded his presidential campaign, calling them "unproven" and partially blaming the media for their role. "That spin hurts. It hurts my wife, it hurts my family, it hurts me and it hurts the American people because you are being denied solutions to our problems," Cain said during the event, which prompted "Herman" chants from the crowd. PHOTOS: Democrats and Republicans' Favorite Movies He continued: "My wife, my family and I, we know that those false and unproven allegations are untrue so one of the first declarations that I want to make to you today is that I am at peace with my god. I am at peace with my wife and she is at peace with me." Cain didn't hold back when addressing the media. "The pundits would like for me to shut up, drop out and go away but as my grandmother who lived to be 104 years old used to say, 'When somebody was dead wrong, bless their little hearts,' " he said. I am not going to be silenced and I am not going away." Plan B, as he called it, is a new website: TheCainSolution.com. "The people will choose, not the media, not the politicians," he said, adding that the people will show that they are still in charge. "I am disappointed that it came to this point, that we had to make this decision [to drop out]," Cain said. His original intent was to "change Washington D.C. from the inside. Plan B is that we're going to have to change it from the outside. It'll take a little longer and we'll have to work a little harder." Cain revealed near the end of his speech that he would be making an endorsement "in the near future." "I can tell you right now, it will not be the current occupant of the White House," he said. PHOTO GALLERY: View Gallery Box Office Politics: The Movies and Stars Dems vs. GOPers Love (and Love to Hate) Related Topics Politics Herman Cain

West Memphis 3 Sufferers Want Cinemax Documentary Excluded From Oscars

The 2009 August, Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley -- better known to as West Memphis 3 -- were released from prison. The trio happen to be billed with killing three youthful boys in 1993, however questions came into being through the trial and many wondered once they were wrongfully accused. These discrepancies were elevated in many Cinemax documentaries referred to as 'Paradise Lost,' which have been later credited with helping spring the three from prison. All the these films, 'Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory,' remains published for Oscar consideration inside the Best Documentary category. However, not everyone's happy with the options from it winning an award. Among victim's parents are presently lobbying the Academy to exclude 'Paradise Lost' from consideration. In the letter sent on November. 22, Todd and Dana Moore pointed out that, "Because of public pressure that skyrocketed due to gross misrepresentations of fact inside the two previous documentaries, [our boy] Michael's killings were unjustly in a position to initiate a plea agreement, were released from prison now pose additional risks to society. We implore the Academy not to reward our child's killings as well as the organization company directors who've are earning money from the most effective frauds ever perpetrated beneath the guise from the documentary film." In the response, 'Paradise Lost' co-creator Joe Berlinger pointed out the filmmakers "feel tremendous sorrow for [the victim's families]. We understand why a film which involves another conclusion in comparison to the things they're doing can make them feel using this method. We uphold our films. We fervently believe free air travel Memphis Three are innocent." The Oscar nominations will probably be introduced on Jan. 24, 2012. [via EW] [Photo: AP] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook