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Olivia Wilde talks in the Toronto Film Festival world premiere of "Butter."Harvey Weinstein has asked Republican presidential candidate Bachmann Wanted to co-host the U.S. premiere of ''Butter'' in Iowa.Inside a statement read by Olivia Wilde, Weinstein released the invite Tuesday evening at premiere in the Toronto Worldwide Film Festival.Wilde, Hugh Jackman and Jennifer Garner star inside a comedy about Midwestern competitive butter carving by which Garner's aggressive character resembles Bachmann. Ashley Greene, Alicia Silverstone, Take advantage of Corddry and Kristen Schaal also star.''In two decades of visiting the Toronto Film Festival, I have never launched an argument for any film,'' Weinstein stated. ''But I must take this moment to formally invite Republican Congresswoman from Minnesota and Republican presidential candidate, Bachmann Wanted, to co-host beside me the large premiere of 'Butter' in Iowa inside a couple of several weeks from now. I understand Michele will be in Iowa for that caucus, therefore we can reduce your cost on airfare and travel.''Weinstein stated he'd be ''more than happy'' to fly within the other leading people from the Tea Party for that event.''We might take some math classes each morning to assist balance your budget, improve about the Metabolic rate within the mid-day, play some ping-pong after which maybe some verbal ping-pong on gay privileges and women's privileges,'' he stated.''But during the night we are able to all go hands-in-hands towards the premiere of 'Butter,' an enjoyable and important film where we'll share some popcorn and laughs. Fundamental essentials type of bipartisan effort which makes America great.''There wasn't any immediate response from Bachmann. Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com

Exclusive: Hawaii Five-0 Books 24's Annie Wersching

Annie Wersching Former 24 star Annie Wersching will guest-star in an upcoming episode of Hawaii Five-0, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively.Fall Preview: Get scoop on all your favorite returning showsWersching will play Samantha Martel, the sister of a murder victim whose death Five-0 is investigating. Described as agitated, frantic and defensive, Wersching's character eventually becomes a suspect when McGarrett (Alex O'Loughlin) & Co. discover that her brother had recently fired her from his high-end restaurant. Is revenge a dish best served cold ... and bloody?Besides her role as FBI Special Agent Renee Walker on the final two seasons of 24, Wersching is known for her work as Amelia Joffe on ABC's General Hospital. She has also recently appeared on such series as CSI, NCIS, No Ordinary Family and Rizzoli & Isles.Annie Wersching heads to NCISHawaii Five-0 returns Monday, Sept. 19 at 10/9c on CBS. Wersching's episode is slated to air Oct. 24.

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9/11 Remembrance: How the Music Industry Was Impacted

Like nearly all forms of entertainment, the music industry both felt the impact of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and made its own.our editor recommendsSeptember 11 News Coverage Collected in Internet ArchiveCyndi Lauper Flubs National Anthem at 9/11 U.S. Open Semi-Finals (Video) September 11, 2001 was a Tuesday, the day when music stores typically receive new releases, and several big titles were on deck, includingJay-Z'sThe Blueprint.The week after the terrorist attacks, music sales dropped 5%, while the New York metropolitan area suffered a 16.2% decline, according to Nielsen SoundScan (worth noting: six weeks earlier, N Sync's Celebrityalbum sold a staggering 1.8 million units its first week out). But soon thereafter, music would play an important role in the process of grieving and healing and the eventual return to normalcy. As the world remembers the events of a decade ago, The Hollywood Reporterruns down how the music community was affected and how it reacted. • More than 165 songs are banned: In a memorandum sent to hundreds of Clear Channel-operated stations, more than 165 songs were listed as "lyrically questionable." At first, the radio conglomerate denied the existence of such a list, but after industry insider site Hits Daily Double published it, a clarification was made: that the songs were more of a suggestion than an outright ban. Among the songs on the reported list: AC/DC's "Dirty Deeds Done Cheap" and "Highway to Hell," Alien Ant Farm's cover of Smooth Criminal, Neil Diamond's "America," Bob Dylan's "Knockin' on Heaven's Door," Foo Fighters "Learn to Fly," Billy Joel's "Only the Good Die Young," Judas Priest's "Some Heads are Gonna Roll," Dave Matthews Band's "Crash Into Me," Queen's "Another one Bites the Dust," R.E.M.'s "It's the End of the World As We Know It," and Drowning Pool's "Bodies." The Beatles "A Day in the Life," "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds," "Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da," and "Ticket to Ride" were also temporarily deemed to be in poor taste. STORY:9/11 TV: 5 Specials Worth Watching • The Strokes, Dave Matthews remove sensitive tracks from their albums: RCA Records was home to The Strokes and Dave Mathews Band, both artists who took it upon themselves to remove songs with sensitive subject matter, in light of the recent tragedies. For The Strokes, it was the track "New York City Cops" off of their debut album Is This It, which repeated the chorus, "New York City cops / They ain't too smart." For Matthews, it was "When the World Ends" from the album Everyday. • Tours are postponed and benefit concerts organized: Terrorism fears caused many tours to cancel or postpone shows, including U2, Madonna, Aerosmith, Britney Spears and Janet Jackson, who later called off the entire European leg of her All For You trek citing safety issues. The Latin Grammy Awards, scheduled for the evening of Sept. 11, and annual music conference CMJ Music Marathon, which was due to kick off on Sept. 13, also had to be rescheduled. But the music community soon banded together to help victims of the attacks, participating in the September 21 telethon America: A Tribute to Heroes, which raised $150 million for United Way and featured performances by Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder, U2, Faith Hill, Wyclef Jean, Alicia Keys, Bon Jovi and Dixie Chicks. A month later on October 20, Jay-Z, Paul McCartney, Elton John, Billy Joel, David Bowie, Destiny's Child and others took the stage at Madison Square Garden for a star-studded benefit concert. In the crowd were surviving members of the New York police and fire departments and other emergency services and families of those killed in the attacks. STORY:9/11 Anniversary: The Touching Story Behind Showtime's New Paul McCartney Documentary In December, a compilation of performances from The Concert for New York City was released with proceeds from the two-CD set going to the Robin Hood Relief Fund, which helped lower-income New Yorkers and families of rescue workers affected by the terrorist attacks. See a clip below. • Songs are inspired by 9/11: Albums by Jay-Z (The Blueprint), Bob Dylan (Love and Theft) and Mariah Carey (Glitter) were all scheduled for release on that day, but they would not be the soundtrack to September 11. Rather, songs like Springsteen's "The Rising," released the following July, and Alan Jackson's "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)," recorded two months after the attacks, were born, providing renewed hope for healing. An all-star version of Marvin Gaye's classic "What's Going On" featuring Bono, Christina Aguilera, Jennifer Lopez and Gwen Stefanialso came together, but perhaps most poignant were previously released songs that took on new meaning -- like Five For Fighting's 2000 hit "Superman" and Enrique Iglesias' "Hero," which arrived at stores on September 3, 2001. STORY:Fox, NBC and HBO Will Not Air 9/11 Specials on Sunday • The music business suffers its share of casualties: On September 11, Backstreet Boys set carpenter Daniel John Lee was on American Airlines flight 11, headed from Boston to Los Angeles, where his wife was due to give birth. Former Walt Disney consumer products svp Carolyn Beug was also on that plane, which would hit the North Tower. Jane Simpkin, a member of ASCAP's Northeast music licensing team, was a passenger on the plane that hit the South Tower, while Matthew O'Mahony, the husband of then-Island Def Jam svp of publicity Lauren Murphy and a trader at Cantor Fitzgerald, was in the North Tower, as was Michael Andrews, the brother of then-Billboard circulation director Jeanne Jamin. By the end of September 2001, the music industry had collected more than $170 million to aid families of 9/11 victims. With reporting by Sophie Schillaci Related Topics Elton John Jay-Z Mariah Carey Billy Joel Bruce Springsteen 9/11

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Toronto honors 9/11 anniversary

Concerning the morning of Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001 -- the midpoint in the annual Toronto Film Festival -- projection working areas were beginning to warm-up to unspool a lot of films.But thousands of likely to filmmakers, experts and industry professionals, many within the U.S., never left their hotels. Rather, they collected with pals and co-employees as you're watching smallscreen to check out the unfolding problems of four matched up terror attacks against targets in New You'll be able to and Washington.Every year since, the festival has designed films that, in a number of ways, explore this really is or aftermath in the tragic occasions, from 2002 while using "11'09'01" omnibus of 11 films, each 11 minutes and 9 seconds extended.Today, the tenth anniversary of 9/11 attacks, the festival will screen a particularly commissioned four-minute short before every public screening. Sponsors all made the decision to drag their trailers all Sunday tests allowing an even more reflective atmosphere."Once we started thinking and speaking relevant for this project at least a year ago, a few things were very apparent," mentioned festival co-director Cameron Bailey, a dynamic film journalist through the 2001 fest. "That is something people experienced here together in the heart of a celebration from the talent. But it's another factor people experienced individually -- and then we wanted to get the right good good balance to reflect that juxtaposition."The short is a straightforward piece weaving together first-person reminiscences from numerous industry people from the reactions and encounters tomorrow.As some may recall, Piers Handling and Michele Maheux held a short press conference at noon tomorrow announcing the festival was deleting the comfort in the day's tests and delivering particulars of a trauma response team was distributed around assist festival site visitors coping with the tragedy."The festival made a decision to cancel all the red-colored-colored carpets, social occasions, parties -- and then for any other pursuits which will appear from character while using sombre daze everyone was coping with,In . Bailey recalls. The festival did resume public and press and industry tests, he adds, "just like a persistence for the talent as well as the work in the filmmakers, lots of whom traveled extended distances and, like hundreds of others here, were also dealing with practical issues of methods for getting home."After current day tests, the film will probably be about the fest's website before finish from the year's event. "The intention is always to allow audiences to reflect on their own recollections of the day," Bailey states. "We shouldn't impose out view, but basically say, 'Here's that which you remember.'" Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

Amy Smart and HGTV's Carter Oosterhouse Get Married

Carter Oosterhouse and Amy Smart Amy Smart and HGTV's Carter Oosterhouse have gotten married, Us Weekly reports.The couple swapped vows Saturday before 215 guests in Oosterhouse's hometown of Traverse City, Michigan, where Smart's parents also live. The Varsity Blues actress wore a Carolina Herrera gown.Amy Smart and Carter Oosterhouse are engaged"We feel so excited and blessed to celebrate this happy day with our family and friends," the newlyweds said.Smart, 35, and Oosterhouse, 34, met at a green-charity event in November and got engaged in April.Smart most recently appeared on Shameless. Oosterhouse hosts HGTV's Carter Can and Red Hot & Green.

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CW wants to be what women want

The word from new CW prexy Mark Pedowitz on his plans for fall: Stay the course."Our bread and butter are women 18-34, and to deny that is a mistake," Pedowitz says. "Our goal is to service them, and then get other age groups to sample us."And just what do those women want? "They want romance," he says. "They want a man who looks like a man. They want hope, and they want transparency."Yet the struggling CW needs to shake things up to get over a severe ratings slump with shows landing not only at the bottom of the major broadcast pile, but also often losing out to Univision and some high-rated cable shows. Right now, the network's actual demo centers around 35 -- which is close to the same age as "Ringer" star Sarah Michelle Gellar, fondly remembered as "Buffy the Vampire Slayer." What Pedowitz hopes to accomplish with "Ringer" and the Rachel Bilson-driven light drama "Hart of Dixie" is to satisfy their younger target group while hoping to draw slightly older women who are already predisposed to liking CW programs.The CW looks to capitalize on Kevin Williamson's "The Vampire Diaries" success with another supernatural offering, "The Secret Circle," which is also based on a series of popular young adult novels.While the netlet has opened the door for comedies again and maybe even a superhero show, the former ABC exec doesn't seem to be in any rush to change."We'll move very slowly, very smartly," says Pedowitz. "We'll be taking baby steps."SPOTLIGHTS"Ringer"Snagging Sarah Michelle Gellar probably seemed like an answer to the CW's ratings prayers. The beloved actress from "Buffy" should bring in a strong initial sampling. The suspense drama was originally slated for CBS, but fits here better. The premise of a twin taking over the life of her identical sister, unbeknownst to those who know her, is shaky at best. But the sudsy drama filled with seduction and intrigue -- not to mention the smoking hot men in her orbit including Ioan Gruffudd, Nestor Carbonell and Mike Colter -- could provide an irresistible magnet to the target demo.NEW FOR 2011-12"Hart of Dixie"This fish-out-of-water tale with Bilson as an obnoxious city doctor going country doesn't have the grit of "House" -- which shares the same timeslot on Fox. It could be a hard sell for younger female viewers who are more inclined toward fantasy fare than a sassy version of "The Waltons." "The Secret Circle"The CW creates an appealing spirits-in-the-night block with "The Vampire Diaries" leading into "Secret Circle," featuring rising star Britt Robertson as a teen who just lost her mother and returns to a spooky hometown filled with witches -- discovering she's one of them. Lots of gossipy good fun and handsome guys like Thomas Dekker. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

'Transformers' Producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura Sells Set of Comedies to ABC (Exclusive)

Jemal Countess/Getty ImagesLorenzo di Bonaventura Prolific feature film producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura has offered his first TV comedy projects. The Transformers producer has offered a set of single-camera comedies to ABC and it is mounted on executive produce both projects with Serta McDermott, his partner at their lately released Di Bonaventura Pictures Television shingle. The very first project, The Wonderful Women of Will's World, involves a charming guy who attempts to juggle his two ex-spouses, his new more youthful wife and the three children. David Gemstone and David Weissman (Much more Rome) are writing the project, with Di Bonaventura Pictures Television creating through their cope with ABC Galleries. Gemstone, Weissman, di Bonaventura and McDermott (Human Target) are executive creating. "Serta and I've been looking for things we believe differentiate themselves available on the market which is indisputable fact that felt like we'd never witnessed this type of show before," di Bonaventura told THR. "That is what really drove us to visit after it. The 2nd project, Blondie & Clyde, is referred to like a modern-day Laverne & Shirley and involves two women with large-town dreams who reside in small-town Des Moines. Di Bonaventura and McDermott will executive produce the ABC Galleries project, with actress/author/producer Marisa Coughlan (Lost and located, Bones) mounted on pen the script. "Each year there's a lot of implies that feature women in New You are able to and L.A. and Bay Area, but where would be the shows for that women in the Area? Blondie & Clyde is a good example of twenty-first century women who reside in Des Moines, with large dreams for any large existence," McDermott told THR. "It is fun and irrepressibly positive and upbeat." Di Bonaventura and McDermott inked a 3-year cope with ABC Galleries in June. Di Bonaventura has created such features as Salt and Suppose. The first kind executive vice president at Warner Bros. Pictures also released The Matrix, Harry Potter and also the Ocean's Eleven franchises. McDermott was the very first topper at DreamWorks TV, and was behind series including Spin City, Freaks and Nerds and Undeclared. The duo formerly offered drama Golden Gate to ABC with author Michael Tolkin attached and therefore are searching for more dramas and reality projects to increase their slate. "Lorenzo and that i have substantial appetites and we are likely to do around we are able to do very well along with the enthusiasm and support from the network and studio," McDermott added. Di Bonaventura Pictures Television is repped by CAA. Email: Lesley.Goldberg@thr.com Twitter: @Snoodit RELATED: More TV development news ABC Lorenzo di Bonaventura ABC Galleries TV Development