Bernie Barron dies at 83

Bernie Barron, an old executive at Columbia and Fox, died February. 20 in Palm Springs following a three-year fight with cancer of the lung. He was 83.Barron assisted to pioneer TV broadcasting at WLH television in Cincinnati. After moving to La, he became a member of Pathe Labs, where he ultimately rose to mind of sales. His change to operate in studio procedures started having a stint controlling the recently acquired Chaplin Galleries for American Intl. Pictures. Barron then spent eight years as gm of Columbia Galleries and 14 years at Last Century Fox Corp., where he held positions as senior Vice president of studio procedures, co-chairman of CBS/Fox Galleries, chairman of Western Costume Co., leader of Last Century Fox Certification Corp. and leader of Last Century Fox Marineland.Born in Cincinnati, Bernie began his entertainment career in radio at Ohio Condition U. and labored with Military Radio in their military service throughout the Korean War.He's made it by his wife of 48 years, Ilze two sons a sister a grand son and six nephews and nieces.Donations might be designed to the Movie & Television Fund in order to the nation's Cancer Of The Lung Partnership at Nationallungcancerpartnership.org/donation Contact Variety Staff at news@variety.com

'Harry Potter' Snubbed By Academy awards, Although Not By Brainiacs!

The Academy awards may be the greatest evening of the season in Hollywood, but it'll lack a great deal of miracle because of the Academy's unlucky decision to to snub "Harry Potter and also the Deathly Hallows: Part 2." The final outcome towards the "Potter" saga was a lot more than worthy of a Best Picture nomination at the minimum, otherwise a complete-scale win. So, within our small method of paying, we honored the fallen "Potter" film (in addition to a couple of 2011's other nerd-friendly movies) within this week's edition of Talk Nerdy. Take a look within the video below!

New Cold Light Of Day Poster Online

Henry Cavill & Bruce Willis versus. SpainHere's some eye chocolate for the Thursday mid-day: it is a fresh poster for that Cold Light Of Day, with HenryCavill, Bruce Willis and (sadly not pictured)Sigourney Weaver. Now sure, this is comparable to a few of the one-sheets already available, but however he it's terribly handsome well-designed.The storyline sees Cavill play boy to Willis and Weaver, who've been kidnapped during vacation in The country. We can not help but believe that it is extremely foolish to kidnap two such formidable figures, but regardless Cavill sets to find Mother and Jumps, and reveals an worldwide conspiracy on the way. Expect action. The Cold Light Of Day hits the UKon April 6.[[Poll630]]

Bender/Assistant teams for int'l PR network

PR consultants Bender/Assistant Impact and German-based Indigo Pearls have released the Surround Group, an worldwide network for PR, social networking and internet marketing, the businesses introduced Thursday. The venture will concentrate on entertainment, media and consumer tech. Services in local constituencies includes crisis management, video article marketing and Web design. Other participants includes Marketingworks, Argentina's Dixit Communicaciones, Australia's Red-colored Agency, Brazil's Grupocasa, Canada's Webidiotz, Chile's HiLinks, India's Approach Communications and Mexico's Joint Communications and 3NMedia. Partners in Korea, China and Japan will quickly be introduced. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

VIDEO: Back Stage Readers Featured on '30 Rock' Season Premiere

In '09, Back Stage readers Bob Leonard was featured within our weekly "Who Got the Part?" column after he was cast as part of the Timeless Torches, a dance team for that WNBA's NY Liberty. So imagine our excitement whenever we saw him and also the relaxation from the Timeless Torches within the season six premiere episode of "30 Rock," which broadcast The month of january 12 on NBC.Within the episode, entitled "Dance Like No one's Watching," Jack Donaghy (Alec Baldwin) finds out why Liz Lemon (Tina Fey) is all of a sudden such good spirits: She's became a member of the Timeless Torches, the over-40 volunteer dance team that works at Liberty home games. The ballroom dancers were seen through the episode, in moments with Fey as well as in direct addresses towards the camera within the show's final minutes."Ms. Fey was warm, friendly, and gracious, along with a regular trooper if this found obtaining the dance routine," Leonard states from the experience. "The '30 Rock' crew was totally professional and useful in each and every imaginable way."Leonard is really a upon the market middle-school math teacher who started his acting career only a couple of years back, as he began reading through Back Stage and attended Back Stage's annual Actorfest NY event in 2008. He saw a casting notice for that Timeless Torches at the spine Stage, and made the decision to pull out his dance moves to audition. Now Leonard is really a Screen Stars Guild member, because of the team's unpredicted appearance on prime time network television."Once we rode around the subway going home," Leonard recalls, "it had been just like a brunch of faculty kids who just did an excellent play and everybody loved their performance. Everyone was delighted with every part of the knowledge.InchFollowing studying with acting coach Tom Todoroff and generating his SAG card, Leonard has become proud to express, "I'm an actress.Inch He has additionally been hired being an extra within an approaching feature film, directed by James Grey ("We Own the Evening," "Two Enthusiasts"). Leonard was fitted for 2 background roles, one like a "hero" inside a tavern scene and also the other like a "churchgoer," within the 20's-era film starring Joaquin Phoenix, Jeremy Renner, and Marion Cotillard.This really is Leonard's third season like a Timeless Torch dancer. The Timeless Torches are scheduled to do in the approaching Knicks home games on Feb 6 and Feb 29 at Madison Square Garden in New york city.Find out more about how exactly Bob Leonard grew to become a dancer for that Timeless Torches on BackStage.com. Watch Tina Fey's message towards the Timeless Torches and look for behind-the-moments footage in the episode within this video: