'Mission: Impossible' on track to win holiday B.O.

'Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol' should gross north of $9 million Friday for a weekend gross of around $35.5 million between now and Monday.Warner Bros.' 'Sherlock Holmes' sequel is currently in the No. 2 spot, with an estimated Friday gross of $7 million."Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol" is looking to beat the holiday crowd this weekend for the No. 1 spot at the domestic box office.Based on early Friday afternoon numbers, box office watchers estimate the Par pic to earn just north of $9 million for the day, putting the Tom Cruise-starrer in line to gross at around $35.5 million between now and Monday. Pic's domestic cume as of Thursday is $32.4 million, including the film's exclusive large-format bow last weekend.Warner Bros.' "Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows" should follow in B.O. standing, with early projections putting the film's Friday-Monday total between $28 million to $30 million. Analysts say that's based off of a Friday gross estimated at around $7 million."Sherlock" has cumed domestically $58.8 million through Thursday.Pundits caution, however, that projecting box office grosses is difficult enough without the complications of a holiday weekend, especially one where Christmas Eve falls on a Saturday. Similar comparisons have to go back to 2005, when five films opened wide over the holiday weekend.Fox's family holdover "Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked" is looking to earn at around $4.6 million Friday, with B.O. observers projecting the film to tally between $19 million and $20 million in four days. "Alvin's" current Stateside cume stands at $36.9 million.Tracking to do slightly less business, Sony's "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" is expected to earn roughly $18 million over the four-day weekend; pic's projected to make $4 million Friday, with a cume of $8.4 million domestically.Pundits insist that "Tattoo" should fare best on Christmas Eve, as it has the most appeal with adult auds.Meanwhile, Fox newcomer "We Bought a Zoo" is likely to earn today just north of $3 million, yielding a four-day estimate in the $13 million-$14 million range. That would put it just a hair ahead of Par's "The Adventures of Tintin," which looks to make between $3 million and $4 million on Friday. Pic could earn about $13 million to $14 million over the long holiday frame, and has cumed $8 million domestically.Though Christmas Eve is a traditionally dead time at the multiplexes, Sunday by mid-afternoon should see a major pop in theatergoing that will continue throughout next week. Contact Rachel Abrams at Rachel.Abrams@variety.com

Redstone foundation gives $100K to L.A. org

Sumner Redstone's charitable foundation has led $100,000 with a Place Referred to as Home, a non-profit org that can help underprivileged youth in South-Central L.A. Some in the gift will offer you the Adopt-a-Family Program, which inserts families with contributor that really help provide necessities. The contribution may even enrich the org's activities different from leisure to educational services. "Improving the performance within our youth, both socially and academically, is amongst the important and pressing issues today," Redstone mentioned. The professional has adopted three Place Referred to as Home families around the year-round basis. Redstone's foundation has furthermore supported Global Poverty Project, Cambodian Children's Fund, Autism Talks as well as the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, among other orgs to cause. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

Animator Serta Mills dies at 80

Animator and layout artist Serta Mills, whose credits incorporated TV series "He-Guy and also the Masters from the World" and "Family Guy," died 12 ,. 5. He was 80. During the period of work that survived from 1956 until his retirement in 2002, Mills labored for Disney, Snowball, Hanna-Barbera, Filmation, Hyperion, Universal and Fox Animation.Mills would be a layout supervisor for "He-Guy" and "She-Ra: Princess of Energy" in 1985, the 1989 series "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" and also the 1990 feature toon "Happily Ever After."Like a layout artist he gained credits on films including "The Key from the Sword," "Pinocchio and also the Emperor from the Evening," "Freddie as F.R.O.7.," "Asterix Conquers America," "The Page Master" and "Felines Don't Dance" and television series "Pandamonium" and "Family Men."Animator credits include "Linus! The Lion Hearted" in 1964, the "ABC Afterschool Special" episode "Cyrano" and television series "Fundamental essentials Days," "Partridge Family 2200 AD," "Jabberjaw" and "Godzilla."Mills was story director on three series in 1973, "Goober and also the Ghost Chasers," "Inch High, Detective AgencyInch and "Speed Buggy," art director for that 1965 series "Captain Fathom" along with a model artist on "Body fat Albert and also the Cosby Kids."In the final credit, he would be a storyboard artist for that 2002 made-for-video pic "The Hunchback of Notre Dame II." Contact Variety Staff at news@variety.com

Video grows on gaming consoles

Viewing of streaming media and video-on-demand content continues to spike on gaming consoles, particularly among users of Nintendo's Wii.Nielsen issued the results of a survey Wednesday that found increases in usage of content apps like Netflix across Microsoft's Xbox 360, Sony PlayStation 3 and Wii. Nielsen surveyed 3,000 console owners age 13 and older in the U.S. in October. The survey highlights the fundamental shift in how vidgame console owners are using the devices, which offered little to no video just a few years ago -- and that shift makes them a more attractive target for Hollywood and other content owners.While Xbox and PlayStation users reported spending 14% and 15%, respectively, of their total time on the console watching streaming video, Wii users spent more than double that time using their consoles for viewing various media. A survey last year showed a similar pattern.As for the amount of time users spent on the core gaming offering,the results were a mixed bag depending on whether gaming took place on- or offline. Xbox was the only console that saw a year-over-year increase in gaming online; PlayStation had the same distinction offline.Gaming consoles are just one of the ways video content is being consumed alternative to incumbent multichannel distributors like cable operators and satcasters, but there's plenty of evidence its headstart into this market ahead of either freestanding devices like Roku or connected TV sets like Sony's Bravia make it the primary over-the-top delivery system.A Nielsen survey in July found the Wii was second only to PCs as an access point for Netflix and Hulu. PS3 and Xbox were fourth and fifth.Netflix is likely the primary video source across all consoles. Nintendo prexy Reggie Fils-Aime said 1.5 million Wii users were using Netflix every day. But the streaming service is the only content app Nintendo has (the company announced last month that Hulu Plus will be added soon).In contrast, Wii's competitors have made some big moves going back to 2010 that don't seem to have closed the gap with Nintendo.In November 2010, Xbox padded its already robust content offering with an interactive version of ESPN3, bringing thousands of hours of collegiate sports to the platform. Xbox added Hulu Plus in the spring. In August, Sony announced PS3 became a entry point for DirecTV's NFL Sunday Ticket; console already had MLB.TV and NHL Game Center.Despite Sony's and Microsoft's focus on their video offerings, Wii may be capitalizing solely on a bigger installed base. While Xbox has been on a hot streak as of late, outselling the others for the past four months, Nintendo has sold 37.7 million Wii consoles in the U.S. as of November, according to NPD Group, well ahead of Xbox with about 31 million and PS3 with just under 19 million. Wii has also always appealed to a broader demographic than its counterparts, which have been more popular with the core gamer crowd.Xbox and PS3 may have better luck in 2012. Xbox Live recently announced enhancements including Microsoft's Bing search service and upgrade of Kinect, the voice and gesture-control device. Xbox Live is also making a sixfold increase in blue-chip content partners that will include Comcast and Verizon's FioS TV.Last month, Sony announced a revamped Video Unlimited service with as many 80,000 TV and movie titles to rent, depending on the territory.Xbox and PlayStation also offer video via downloads but were basically flat year over year in that delivery mode, both with 5% of viewer usage levels. XBox's storefront for downloading movie and TV content, Zune, isn't as central to the video offerings as it once was. Sony's download hub, PlayStation Network, hasn't been as de-emphasized. Contact Andrew Wallenstein at andrew.wallenstein@variety.com

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NY - Zynga shares are scheduled to cost following the market close on Thursday and begin buying and selling on Friday.our editor recommendsMichael Kors' Fashion Company Prices IPOZynga to boost as much as $1 Billion in IPO But in front of the social gaming firm's IPO, Wall Street experts have expressed varying sights around the stock's outlook. Sterne Agee analyst Arvind Bhatia smacked a "sell" rating on Zynga shares along with a cost target of $7, the NY Publish reported. That's beneath the expected prices selection of $8.50-$10. "Whenever you look underneath the hood, a specific item is growth slowing down considerably, margins pressurized, and free income is diminishing," Bhatia stated. Plus, former flagship game FarmVille has peaked. Meanwhile, BTIG analyst Wealthy Greenfield stated inside a set of Wednesday that traders should take part in the IPO of the organization which makes games for Facebook, for example CityVille and Frontierville. "We percieve social gaming especially Zynga's social games in exactly the same - they're a brand new "cure" for monotony, and in contrast to TV, social games could be performed anywhere in the world you have Access to the internet, while TV requires you to stay in your family room - although YouTube and television Everywhere are altering that," Greenfield authored. "In addition, whereas many people watch television alone or using their family, Zynga connects you to definitely buddies and family." Even when Zynga prices its IPO in the top end of their IPO range at $10, "we feel its shares offer compelling upside over next season,Inch he added. "Having a significant rise in the pace of game launches getting just begun late within the 4th quarter 2011 and likely to continue into 2012, we feel our 2012 reservations forecast of $1.5 billion is quite possible and may be conservative." Email: Georg.Szalai@thr.com Twitter: @georgszalai Related Subjects Zynga

Lowe's Issues Problematic Apologies After Pulling Ads From TLC's 'All-American Muslim'

Movie director Daniel Adams faces up to 32 years in prison after he was indicted Monday by a grand jury in Boston on charges brought by the Massachusetts Attorney General related to claims for $4.7 million in state tax rebates on two movies, The Lightkeepers and The Golden Boys (aka Chatham). Adams, 50, was taken into custody on Friday while at the office of Attorney General Martha Coakley where he had been called to provide information on the allegations. He was held on $100,000 bail and as of early Monday was unable to make the bail and was still in custody. On Monday the Suffolk County Grand Jury returned indictments against Adams on the charges of making a false claim against the Commonwealth (2 counts), larceny over $250 (2 counts), procuring the presentation of a false claim to the Department of Revenue (2 counts), filing a false document with the Department of Revenue (1 count) and procuring the preparation of a false tax return (3 counts). PHOTOS: Hollywood's Riches to Rags: 18 Stars Who've Lost it All The first four charges could carry prison sentences of up to five years. The three tax related charges could lead to prison terms of three years for each. Adams would also likely be forced to make restitution of at least $3.6 million of the $4.7 million in tax credits he has already received, which represents the amount the authorities believe was false. If he is found guilty, a judge could decide that Adams can serve some of the sentences concurrently or he could reduce them, so what he might ultimately face is unclear. Among the items they allege was false was a claim that actor Richard Dreyfuss was paid $2.5 million for Lightkeepers, when in fact (per their investigation) he was paid only $400.000. At this time there is no other person or company implicated in this alleged fraud. Adams was writer, producer and director, and created special purpose corporations for each movie. The distributors were just picking up the movies, so are not liable. A number of others who worked on the movie or helped arrange distribution have also gone unpaid, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. They include executive producers and a designer. There are also claims for unpaid bills by vendors in Massachusetts who provided goods and services for the movies which have been filed in courts there. At least some of those who remain unpaid were told by Adams that they would receive money when he got the state tax credit rebate. He got that but did not pay them it appears. It is unknown if he actually sold the tax credits, which he could have done legally. His arrest came after an investigation by the Massachusetts State Police and the Attorney General's Fraud and Financial Crimes Division. They had taken on the case after the state Department of Revenue alleged they had found fraud while reviewing documents that Adams had filed in connection with his request for tax credits. A Grand Jury in Boston had been working on the case when Adams was called in on Friday. Adams had missed two earlier appointments and told the authorities he was about to leave for Los Angeles for his work. At that point Assistant Attorney General Molly Parks, who is handling the case, decided there was a risk Adams would not return for future hearings and had state police assigned to her office arrest him. Adams was arraigned in district court because there was no actual indictment yet. An attorney present in the courtroom for another hearing, Steven Topazio, was drafted to act on Adam's behalf as a public defender. Topazio, who is a Boston criminal defense attorney, says he only handled that hearing and is not representing Adams any longer It is unclear if Adams has legal representation at present, or who that might be. Attempts to reach Adams for comment were not successful. Now that the grand jury has returned indictments, the case moves to Superior Court in Boston. A hearing is scheduled for Tuesday on the case where Adams will be given an opportunity to answer the charges if he chooses to do so. Adams in 2010 wrote and was to direct a movie version of the TV series The Big Valley. It was set up at Twentieth Century Fox, but apparently did not go forward. Lisa Trout, head of the Massachusetts state film office, said as far as she knows this is the first such case involving an alleged fraud in the program. She said the program has been successful for the state and is funded to continue through 2022.

Ashton Kutcher, Michelle Pfeiffer, Sofia Vegara: 'New Year's Eve' Stars Before They Were Famous (PHOTOS)

In the event you haven't heard (virtually impossible since the marketing is pervasive), there's a movie out now referred to as 'New Year's Eve,' featuring every celebrity ever. (Well, not always -- nevertheless it certainly feels by doing this the celebs not present here apparently registered for 'What you may anticipate When you're Expecting' rather.) Prior to getting to the 2012 spirit, the truly amazing folks at Snakkle have develop an amazing before-they-were famous gallery for your sprawling cast of 'New Year's Eve,' from Halle Berry to Nicole Kidman to to Sofia Vegara, Hilary Swank, Zac Efron, Jessica Biel, Robert P Niro and -- deep inhale -- much more. A few Moviefone faves are below ensure in your thoughts to Snakkle to find out all the stars' before-they-were-famous photos. Sofia Vegara from an early on Pepsi commercial Michelle Pfeiffer just like a secondary school newcomer just like a secondary school junior [Tickets and Showtimes for 'New Year's Eve'] [via Snakkle] [Photos: Seth Poppel/Yearbook Library, Andrew Schwartz/Warner Bros.] Lots Of Stars: Hits and Misses Simply how much is just too much if the involves jamming large names into one movie? It appears to become delicate formula that could use either situation... Miss: 'New Year's Eve'Hit: 'Love, Really'Miss: 'He's Not That Into You'Hit: 'Crash'Miss: 'Nine'Hit: 'Ocean's Eleven'Miss: 'Ocean's Twelve'Hit: 'Contagion'Miss: 'Valentine's Day' See All Moviefone Galleries » Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

With Every Heartbeat (Kyss mig)

A Wolfe Releasing (in U.S.)/Nordisk Film (in Sweden) release of a LeBox Prod. production in association with Film i Skane/Ystad-Osterlin Film Fund/Lady Bird/SVT/Redrental/Filmgear/Nordisk Film Post Prod./Supersonic. Produced by Josefine Tengblad. Co-producers, Ralf Enarsson, Edith Jageroden, Lars Hermann, Bjorn Johansson, Gunnar Carlsson. Directed, written by Alexandra-Therese Keining. Based on an idea by Josefine Tengblad, Keining.With: Ruth Vega Fernandez, Liv Mjones, Lena Endre, Krister Henriksson, Joakim Natterqvist.Writer-director Alexandra-Therese Keining's "With Every Heartbeat," consistently remains several steps behind the audience as it plays out the formulaic pattern of two unlikely women who fall for each other. Riddled with such phony character motivation and action that the characters themselves repeatedly call each into question, the Swedish production will lure support from undiscriminating auds looking for strong female sexuality onscreen. At an engagement party for sixtysomething dad Lasse (vet Krister Henriksson), Mia (Ruth Vega Fernandez) accompanies fiance Tim (Joakim Natterqvist) and seems reasonably in love. But Frida (Liv Mjones), the daughter of Lasse's soon-to-be wife (Lena Endre, reduced to fourth-banana status), inexplicably makes eyes at Mia, who just as inexplicably returns the interest, setting off erotic fireworks that will likely fill a page of Playboy's upcoming "Sex in the Cinema" annual spread. As each party absorbs the reality that Mia is turning from Tim to Frida, the film treats the drama with purely mechanical plotting rather than genuine emotional perception.Camera (color, widescreen), Ragna Jorming; editors, Lars Gustafson, Malin Lindstrom; music, Marc Collin; production designer, Elli Furudahl; costume designer, Sanna Forsberg. Reviewed at Mark Goodson screening room, Los Angeles, Oct. 26, 2011. (In AFI Film Festival -- Breakthrough Cinema.) Running time: 107 MIN. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

Foreign Box Office: 'The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part I' Dips 47 Percent but Still No. 1

It all began with a tweet. On Nov. 3, the official Grammy Awards Twitter, whose handle is @TheGRAMMYs, sent a message to its 208,000 followers which read:our editor recommendsFoo Fighters' Six Grammy Nominations Put Analog Recording Back on the MapKanye West Blames Himself for Grammy SnubTV Ratings: Grammy Nominations Concert Grows from 2010, Fox's 'Teenage Daughter' Off to Fair StartGrammy Attacker and Hip-Hop Ad Man Steve Stoute on the 'Tanning of America' (Q&A)Arcade Fire Manager Responds To Steve Stoute, Explains Grammy Appearance Who do u predict the reuniting band will be @ #GRAMMYnoms? http://grm.my/vH7p3Y Does this hint make u wanna "Jump" & "Dance the Night Away"? The 140-character missive came hours after a press release was issued by the Recording Academy announcing its annual one-hour nominations special (broadcast on CBS since 2008) and promising "a special live announcement from a truly iconic group regarding their historic band reunion set to take place on the GRAMMY stage on Feb. 12, 2012." In due haste, the media began speculating as to who the surprise act could be and it didn't take long before Van Halen's name came up with one industry website, Htifix.com, going so far as to put it out there. And it made perfect sense: at that moment -- and ever since, really -- they were the band with the most reunion buzz. Back together with frontman David Lee Roth, the legendary arena rockers were close to signing a recording contract with a new label (initially rumored to be with Columbia but landing at Interscope) after 40 years at Warner Bros., and releasing their first album together since the monstrous 1984. What better place to reveal a potential release date or a first televised performance than at a Grammys event? So when the tweet appeared at 5:45pm on Nov. 3 with the most Van Halen-obvious hint imaginable and a link to the Hitfix story, it was all but a fait accompli that guitarist Eddie Van Halen, his bass-playing son Wolfgang, who took over for Michael Anthony in 2006, drummer Alex Van Halen and David Lee Roth would be present at Los Angeles' Nokia Theater on Nov. 30. STORY: Grammy Awards: Complete List of Nominees Of course, nothing of the sort actually transpired during the televised special. There was no surprise announcement, nor was there an appearance by an "iconic band." Instead, the nominations concert offered a few of the Grammys' signature pairings -- Lady Gaga with Sugarland, Usher with Valerie Simpson -- along with a performance by country newcomers The Band Perry and a hip hop collective comprised of Grandmaster Flash, LL Cool J, Lupe Fiasco, Common, Melle Mel and Scorpio, who performed Furious Five's 1982 classic "The Message." At a press conference immediately following the broadcast, Recording Academy president Neil Portnow was asked about the Van Halen no-show by Melinda Newman, the Hitfix editor who first wrote about the rumor and a former Billboard bureau chief. His response: "We talked about having something on the show tonight which was gonna be specifically about a reunion and sort of announcing it. What happened is very simple -- as you know, in the world of creativity everything is fluid so in the process of discussions that we have been having with an expectation that perhaps we would be at a point tonight where the artist involved and we would be moving forward and actually being ready to announce, they weren't quite at that point. So given that it's live television, we move on, we go to the next act, it's rock-n-roll and so on. That being said, we were genuine about the intention and we were genuine about discussions, so now the time frame moves a little further along and we'll see what happens on Feb. 12." A masterfully evasive commenter, in Portnow's non-speak, he never addresses Van Halen by name, continuing to perpetuate a rumor that his organization had basically already backed with that initial tweet. But the following morning, a different tale was told as Rolling Stone speculated and the Los Angeles Times reportedthat the band was never Van Halen, but rather the Beach Boys who have reunited its four surviving members, Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine and Bruce Johnston, for a 50th anniversary tour due to kick off in summer 2012. In a case of fortuitous timing, the band's last semi-completed effort, Smile, recorded in 1966, was released by Capitol Records on Nov. 1 as The Smile Sessions, with the full backing of all four members. STORY:Grammy Nominations: By the Numbers Indeed, the Beach Boys are a Grammys no-brainer, too, and Wilson has himself appeared at several Recording Academy events over the years. The songwriter and producer was even honored in 2004 as the Musicares Person of the Year, an official Grammy function and fundraiser that helps support musicians in need. So to make a Beach Boys announcement or even feature a performance on the Grammys also makes perfect sense. According to the LA Times, talks with the Beach Boys fell apart 48 hours before the show, but that doesn't negate the initial Grammys tweet, which, in essence, acted as a truncated press release that said Van Halen would be there. The sequence of events reinforces, yet again, Twitter'spower and speed of broadcast. All this secrecy and confusion brings to bear a nagging question: was this a flippant tweet or did the Grammys purposely launch a misinformation campaign to get the media and in turn viewers -- among them, scores of Van Halen fans -- to tune into their We Are Music nominations special? With ratings up 12%, it certainly worked, but if we're all going to get used, shouldn't the Grammys at least buy us breakfast in the morning? Here's what we know: nothing. A source within the Van Halen camp tells The Hollywood Reporter that the band were never scheduled to appear on the program and that this is a classic case of "the internet gone crazy." But the insider was hard-pressed to explain the Grammys tweet, revealing that the band was equally miffed. The Grammys did not respond to THR's request for further explanation of Portnow's comments. Newman, who THR also reached out to, declined to comment. PHOTOS: Top 10 Highest Paid Music Artists But now that we've all published, pontificated and perpetuated, who's the winner of this pointless exercise? Van Halen, who received untold amounts of publicity during a time when they were negotiating a lucrative new recording contract -- and justifiably so since clearly the anticipation for a new Van Halen album, tour and all the accouterments that come with a grand-scale reunion have reached feverish proportions. Who loses? Van Halen's fans who tuned into a 60-minute kudos fest and the closest they got to witnessing real rock and roll was when the Foo Fighters' Wasting Light was listed as an Album of the Year contender. The Beach Boys lose, too, because if they do appear on the Grammys this year, their name and Van Halen's will inevitably live side-by-side in subsequent press reports, taking away from the impact of the announcement. And the Recording Academy doesn't emerge from the hoopla unscathed, either. With the understanding that the organization has an awards show to promote and a buzz to build, should that come at the expense of honesty? If Academy executives knew that Van Halen was never in discussions to appear, isn't it now time they reveal the truth in some capacity and put an end to the message board madness? Or simply be straight with someone? Anyone? Maybe marketing executive Steve Stoute had the right idea when he took the Grammys to task last year, spending $40,000 to place a full-page open letter in the NY Times. His gripe: that the Grammys were out-of-touch with popular music and used the names of superstar artists like Justin Bieber and Eminem (the former lost Best New Artist to Esperanza Spalding, the latter lost Album of the Year to Arcade Fire) to lure viewers to their broadcast and ultimately leave them disappointed. Sound familiar? But all hope is not lost where the various players are concerned, we have a solution: "California Girls" as performed by the unlikely pairing of, yes, Van Halen and the Beach Boys, lest we forget that David Lee Roth scored a massive solo career hit with the Beach Boys' 1965 hit, reaching No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 with his 1985 version (see video below). And for good measure, the Grammys can throw Katy Perry in the mix. Now that's worth tuning in for. Twitter: @shirleyhalperin PHOTO GALLERY: View Gallery 54th Annual Grammy Nominees: Kanye West, Adele, Bruno Mars, Rihanna, Katy Perry Related Topics Interscope Grammy Awards Beach Boys Eminem Justin Bieber CBS Columbia Records Van Halen

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NY - Social games maker Zynga in the beginning Friday made relation to their IPO official.our editor recommendsZynga Offered $2.25 Billion Deal to buy 'Angry Birds' Owner (Report)Lucasfilm's Indiana Manley Endeavors Into Social Gaming With Zynga's Adventure World The business behind such games as CityVille, Frontierville and FarmVille, expects to boost around $1 billion by selling 100 million shares inside a price of $8.50-$10, according to an up-to-date controlling filing. In comparison, Google elevated $1.9 billion within the IPO. Under ticker symbol ZNGA, the stock is predicted to start purchasing and selling on Nasdaq by 12 ,. 16. Supposing a $10 per share cost, Zynga might be worth nearly $7 billion, in line with the Wall Street Journal. The business, introduced by Boss Mark Pincus, is beginning its so-referred to as road show to advertise the IPO on Monday. Pincus presently holds a 38.2 percent stake in Zynga and may hold 37.four percent following a IPO, in line with the filing. He won't sell shares, but he'll inside the IPO lose voting energy on the market of 350,000 shares possessed by Digital Sky Technologies, a good investment firm founded by Yuri Milner that has furthermore been an investor in Facebook, Twitter and Spotify. Email: Georg.Szalai@thr.com Twitter: @georgszalai Related Subjects Zynga

Fox Announces Midseason Sched: Touch Gets Monday 9 PM Slot, American Idol Paired With Mobbed On Wednesdays

Fox today was the last broadcast network to reveal its midseason plans. There were no major surprises. The J.J. Abrams-produced time-travel drama Alcatraz will air in the Monday 9 PM slot as announced at Fox’s upfront in May. As expected, it will share the slot — once occupied by real-time drama 24 – with 24 star Kiefer Sutherland’s new drama series Touch. Alcatraz launches on January 16, Touch on March 19 after a preview on January 25 behind American Idol. Resurrected comedy Breaking In officially joins Fox’s new 2-hour, 4-show Tuesday comedy block, which will launch March. 6 when Glee will go on hiatus before returning with all-original episodes. With pilots Family Album and Little In Common dead, Fox is short a show, so it will air New Girl reruns, along with new New Girl, Raising Hope and Breaking In. The multi-camera I Hate My Teenage Daughter, which premiered after The X Factor last night, is not on the scheule, but Fox says it will return as originally planned in spring, airing behind a 90-minute American Idol performance show. Bones spinoff The Finer will premiere on Jan. 12 nehind a Bones rerun. Starting the following week, it will air after the American Idol results show. New animated series Napoleon Dynamite has been assigned the Sunday 8:30 PM slot currently occupied by Allen Gregory. Here is Fox’s midseason schedule with premiere dates: MONDAY Monday, Jan. 16: 8:00-10:00 PM ALCATRAZ (Series Premiere) Mondays, beginning Jan. 23: 8:00-9:00 PM HOUSE (Time Period Premiere) 9:00-10:00 PM ALCATRAZ (Time Period Premiere) Monday, March 12: 8:00-10:00 PM ALCATRAZ (Two-Hour Episode) Mondays, beginning March 19: 8:00-9:00 PM HOUSE 9:00-10:00 PM TOUCH (Series Premiere) **************************** TUESDAY Tuesdays, beginning Jan. 17: 8:00-9:00 PM GLEE 9:00-9:30 PM NEW GIRL 9:30-10:00 PM RAISING HOPE Tuesdays, beginning March 6: 8:00-8:30 PM NEW GIRL (encore) 8:30-9:00 PM BREAKING IN (Season Premiere) 9:00-9:30 PM NEW GIRL 9:30-10:00 PM RAISING HOPE **************************** WEDNESDAY Wednesday, Jan. 4: 8:00-9:00 PM GLEE (encore) 9:00-10:00 PM MOBBED Wednesday, Jan. 11: 8:00-9:00 PM MOBBED (encore) 9:00-10:00 PM MOBBED Wednesday, Jan. 18: 8:00-10:00 PM AMERICAN IDOL (Season Premiere, Part One) Wednesday, Jan. 25: 8:00-9:00 PM AMERICAN IDOL 9:00-10:00 PM TOUCH (Special Preview) Wednesdays, beginning Feb. 1: 8:00-9:00 PM AMERICAN IDOL 9:00-10:00 PM MOBBED Wednesdays, beginning Feb. 15: 8:00-10:00 PM AMERICAN IDOL (Two-Hour Episodes) *************************** THURSDAY Thursday, Jan. 12: 8:00-9:00 PM BONES (encore) 9:00-10:00 PM THE FINDER (Series Premiere) Thursdays, beginning Jan. 19: 8:00-9:00 PM AMERICAN IDOL (Season Premiere, Part Two) 9:00-10:00 PM THE FINDER *************************** FRIDAY Friday, Jan. 6: 8:00 PM-CC ET FOX SPORTS SPECIAL:2012 AT&TCOTTON BOWL CLASSIC (Live) Fridays, beginning Jan. 13: 8:00-9:00 PM KITCHEN NIGHTMARES 9:00-10:00 PM FRINGE *************************** SATURDAY Saturdays, beginning Jan. 7: 8:00-8:30 PM COPS 8:30-9:00 PM COPS 9:00-10:00 PM DRAMAENCORES 11:00 PM-Midnight ENCORES Midnight-12:30 AM ENCORES Saturday, Feb. 11: 8:00-10:00 PM AMERICAS MOST WANTED SPECIAL EDITION 11:00 PM-Midnight ENCORES Midnight-12:30 AM ENCORES *************************** SUNDAY Sunday, Jan. 8: 7:00-7:30 PM BOBS BURGERS (encore) 7:30-8:00 PM THE CLEVELAND SHOW (encore) 8:00-8:30 PM THE SIMPSONS 8:30-9:00 PM THE CLEVELAND SHOW 9:00-9:30 PM FAMILY GUY 9:30-10:00 PM AMERICAN DAD Sunday, Jan. 15: 8:00-8:30 PM THE SIMPSONS 8:30-9:00 PM NAPOLEON DYNAMITE (Series Premiere) 9:00-9:30 PM FAMILY GUY 9:30-10:00 PM NAPOLEON DYNAMITE (Special Time) Sunday, Jan. 22: 6:00 PM-CC ET FOX SPORTS SPECIAL:NFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME (Live) 10:00 PM ET/ AMERICAN IDOL (Special Broadcast; Approximate Start Time) 7:00 PT Sundays, beginning Jan. 29: 7:00-7:30 PM BOBS BURGERS (encore) 7:30-8:00 PM THE CLEVELAND SHOW 8:00-8:30 PM THE SIMPSONS 8:30-9:00 PM NAPOLEON DYNAMITE 9:00-9:30 PM FAMILY GUY 9:30-10:00 PM AMERICAN DAD Sundays, beginning March 11: 7:00-7:30 PM ANIMATION DOMINATION ENCORES 7:30-8:00 PM THE CLEVELAND SHOW 8:00-8:30 PM THE SIMPSONS 8:30-9:00 PM BOBS BURGERS (Season Premiere) 9:00-9:30 PM FAMILY GUY 9:30-10:00 PM AMERICAN DAD [EDITORS NOTE 1: I HATE MY TEENAGE DAUGHTER will return with all-new episodes following AMERICAN IDOL in the spring.] [EDITORS NOTE 2: After its winter finale, GLEE will return with all-new episodes in the spring.] [EDITORS NOTE 3: BONES will return to the schedule with all-new episodes in the spring.]