Meaghan Rath Isn't Your Typical Ghost on 'Being Human'

Were playing normal somebody that has these conditions which are supernatural," states Meaghan Rath, who plays Sally on Syfys re-imagining from the BBC series Being Human. "Thats what stand out concerning the show."The Montreal-native shows a ghost who lives having a vampire (Mike Witwer) along with a werewolf (Mike Huntington). Despite the fact that Rath continues to be acting regularly in Canada during the last decade, she's still considered a brand new face in the usa. "It certainly helps you to possess some material to exhibit before coming here," Rath states of her earlier work. "Once the show was being released this past year, I just read articles saying, 'Newcomer Meaghan Rath,' and Ive been carrying this out for a long time. However I love that. You are able to perform a lot in Canada, and it offers a superior lots of time to practice and improve."Back Stage: How have you enter into acting? Meaghan Rath: After I was more youthful, I wasnt really sure things i desired to do, however i told lots of is based on school. I told my buddies once which i was playing John Travoltas daughter inside a movie. I additionally told people who I'd this romantic affair with Jonathan Taylor Thomas on the summer time. I Quickly began these training courses for fun on saturday in the Montral School of Carrying out Arts. Once after i involved 12, a casting director arrived which was casting a schoolgirl for Lost and Delirious. My school picture, by which I had been putting on a uniform, was around the wall. She requested me to audition and that i got role. I performed Allisons Friend Number 3, my best product up to now. (Laughs) Back Stage: Did your ethnicity help your job initially or present more challenges? Rath: My fathers household is part British and Austrian, and my moms household is from Goa, which is incorporated in the south of India. I looked not the same as everybody other person, which now's this type of blessing. It had been harder at the outset of my career. There's not as numerous roles for those who seem like me, also it was always complicated if this found casting my parents. However I could not become more grateful that I've got a different look. Back Stage: How have you get brought to Being Human? Rath: I hadnt heard about the British series. I received the breakdown from my agent and that i connected immediately with Sally. I acquired the very first two scripts and that i thought, I have to do that.Back again Stage: That which was the audition process like? Rath: I auditioned a lot of occasions in Montral. They travelled me to La to screen test with potential men. The procedure involved per month. Back Stage: Did they create you put on a sheet? Rath: No. (Laughs.) I used a whitened dress and attempted to appear as haunting when i could. I did not do like arm waving or strange vocal stuff. I did not put on makeup either because were playing against type. However I am very superstitious and when I recieve it a phone call back, Ill put on exactly the same factor I used the very first time. Back Stage: How have you investigate the role? Rath: Ive been in to the horror genre, so Ive seen lots of movies with ghosts and supernatural stuff. I looked more in to the ghost lore, however i seem like Sally is really a brand new ghost at first, I had been type of learning together with her.Back again Stage: What's challenging about playing a personality that's mostly non-corporeal? Rath: At first, I never got any props, so when you speak with someone, sometimes you touch them without considering it. Individuals were habits which i needed to break, that we think assisted me being an actor. Also, after i take a seat on the couch, the pillows are constructed of concrete, and so i dont make an imprint. Thats uncomfortable. Back Stage: What advice can you share with stars who've to re-make a character? Rath: Dont watch it. I was attempting to create our very own factor which ended by staying away from another show. Should you spend considerable time thinking, I really hope ours is really as good or better, then you aren't concentrating on the job. You simply do your very best and make use of what you could offer for that role. Being Human airs Mondays at 9 p.m. EST on Syfy.

BAFTA Best Film artwork arrives

BAFTA has commissioned a series of brochure covers to accompany the Best Film nominees ahead of next Sunday's award ceremony, and rather gorgeous they are too.Designed by Eda Akaltun and StudioSmall, the five brochures present an arty take on the five big films of the night. In case you missed the earlier announcements, they are Drive, The Help, Tinker Tailor Solider Spy, The Artist and The Descendants.On balance, we'd say that the Drive cover is probably our favourite, although the image for The Artist runs it close. Sadly, the images are not currently available to buy, or else we'd have snapped them up already.The BAFTAs will be handed out at London's Royal Opera House on Sunday 12 February. Until then, take a look at the artwork in full below...

List Of 84th Annual Academy Award Nominations

First Published: January 24, 2012 9:44 AM EST Credit: Fox Searchlight Caption George Clooney and Shailene Woodley in Fox Searchlights The Descendants, 2011LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Complete list of 84th Annual Academy Award nominations announced Tuesday: 1. Best Picture: The Artist, 'The Descendants, 'Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, 'The Help, 'Hugo, 'Midnight in Paris, 'Moneyball, 'The Tree of Life, 'War Horse. 2. Actor: Demian Bichir, A Better Life; George Clooney, The Descendants; Jean Dujardin, The Artist; Gary Oldman, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy; Brad Pitt, Moneyball. 3. Actress: Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs; Viola Davis, The Help; Rooney Mara, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo; Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady; Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn. 4. Supporting Actor: Kenneth Branagh, My Week With Marilyn; Jonah Hill, Moneyball; Nick Nolte, Warrior; Christopher Plummer, Beginners; Max von Sydow, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close. 5. Supporting Actress: Berenice Bejo, The Artist; Jessica Chastain, The Help; Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids; Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs; Octavia Spencer, The Help. 6. Directing: Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist; Alexander Payne, The Descendants; Martin Scorsese, Hugo; Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris; Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life. 7. Foreign Language Film: Bullhead, Belgium; Footnote, Israel; In Darkness, Poland; Monsieur Lazhar, Canada; A Separation, Iran. 8. Adapted Screenplay: Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, The Descendants; John Logan, Hugo; George Clooney, Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon, The Ides of March; Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin and Stan Chervin, Moneyball; Bridget OConnor and Peter Straughan, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. 9. Original Screenplay: Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist; Annie Mumolo and Kristen Wiig, Bridesmaids; J.C. Chandor, Margin Call; Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris; Asghar Farhadi, A Separation. 10. Animated Feature Film: A Cat in Paris; Chico&Rita; Kung Fu Panda 2; Puss in Boots; Rango. 11. Art Direction: The Artist, 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, 'Hugo, 'Midnight in Paris, 'War Horse. 12. Cinematography: The Artist, 'The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, 'Hugo, 'The Tree of Life, 'War Horse. 13. Sound Mixing: The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, 'Hugo, 'Moneyball, 'Transformers: Dark of the Moon, 'War Horse. 14. Sound Editing: Drive, 'The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, 'Hugo, 'Transformers: Dark of the Moon, 'War Horse. 15. Original Score: The Adventures of Tintin, John Williams; The Artist, Ludovic Bource; Hugo, Howard Shore; Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Alberto Iglesias; War Horse, John Williams. 16. Original Song: Man or Muppet from The Muppets, Bret McKenzie; Real in Rio from Rio, Sergio Mendes, Carlinhos Brown and Siedah Garrett. 17. Costume: Anonymous, 'The Artist, 'Hugo, 'Jane Eyre, 'W.E. 18. Documentary Feature: Hell and Back Again, 'If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front, 'Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory, 'Pina, 'Undefeated. 19. Documentary (short subject): The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement, 'God Is the Bigger Elvis, 'Incident in New Baghdad, 'Saving Face, 'The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom. 20. Film Editing: The Artist, 'The Descendants, 'The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, 'Hugo, 'Moneyball. 21. Makeup: Albert Nobbs, 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, 'The Iron Lady. 22. Animated Short Film: Dimanche/Sunday, 'The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore, 'La Luna, 'A Morning Stroll, 'Wild Life. 23. Live Action Short Film: Pentecost, 'Raju, 'The Shore, 'Time Freak, 'Tuba Atlantic. 24. Visual Effects: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, 'Hugo, 'Real Steel, 'Rise of the Planet of the Apes, 'Transformers: Dark of the Moon. Copyright 2012 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Sony's 'Awakening' poised for weekend B.O. win

Sony Screen Gems' fourth "Underworld" installment, "Awakening," is poised to win the weekend box office with an estimated domestic take of $23 million to $25 million. B.O. observers base that number off of early Friday grosses, which indicate that the film will likely take in $9 million-$10 million today. Twentieth Century Fox's "Red Tails" is angling to come in second, with B.O. watchers pegging the film in the mid-to-high teens through Sunday. While matinees for the pic have held strong, observers caution that the pic has been hard to estimate, in part due to the unknown quantity of group sales ahead of the pic's release. Relativity's "Haywire" also opens this weekend, with observers putting the pic's weekend earnings in the $8 million-$9 million range. That's based off of estimates that Steven Soderbergh's female-driven action pic will gross about $3 million for the day. Meanwhile Warner Bros.' "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" expands this weekend to 2,630 theaters. Early estimates point to a Friday take of $3.5 million-$4 million, leading the way for a three-day gross of $9 million-$11 million. U's "Contraband," now in its sophomore sesh, is looking to hold well. Box office observers say the pic will likely earn between $3.5 million and $4 million today and $11.5 million-$13 million for the weekend. Contact Rachel Abrams at Rachel.Abrams@variety.com

MTV Movie Brawl 2012: 'Hunger Games' Vs. 'Woman In Black'

The MTV Movie Brawl 2012 is officially on! After the initial play-in, wild card, Sweet 16 and Elite 8 rounds, we're finally down to only four movies competing to be crowned the can't-miss movie of the year. As always, the choice remains entirely up to YOU. Which movie will win the brawl for it all? Vote at MTV Movies Blog and make your choice known! Ladies and gentlemen, your trip to Mars has been postponed all thanks to an unassuming archer named Katniss Everdeen. "John Carter's" valiant quest for MTV Movie Brawl 2012 supremacy has finally come to an end, after rounds and rounds of the Taylor Kitsch-led movie surpassing expectations and cracking into the Elite Eight. Alas, in the end, it was no match for the top-ranked "Hunger Games," which continues on its expected path towards the final round. Tributes have had an easier time in the brawl for it all than most competitors, but the "Hunger Games" may have finally met its match in the form of a former boy wizard. Indeed, "The Woman in Black" has been on a tear, unexpectedly toppling "Snow White and the Huntsman" in the Sweet 16 and "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" in the Elite 8. Daniel Radcliffe fans can hold their heads high as they march forward through the brawl. But with an epic battle between "Hunger Games" and "Woman in Black" now underway, the decision of who moves onto the final round is completely in your hands. Who continues in this competition: the fan-favorite, or the dark horse?

Exclusive: The Key Circle Casts Cassie's Mysterious Father John Blackwell

Britt Robertson, Joe Lando It is the moment The Key Circle fans happen to be awaiting because the new CW series opened: Cassie's father, the mysterious John Blackwell, is visiting Chance Harbor. Exclusive: The Key Circle lands two new bad boys Joe Lando continues to be drawn on to portray Blackwell, whose original title within the L.J. Cruz book series was Black John, an old person in the Circle hundreds of years ago who had been wiped out by their own coven after he started to dabble in dark miracle. Within the CW series, Blackwell is referred to like a commanding, enigmatic and effective witch with lots of opponents. He'll go back to Chance Harbor in Episode 15 (entitled "Return") declaring to become a transformed guy, and going to safeguard Cassie (Britt Robertson) and her Circle. The Key Circle's Britt Robertson: Cassie is prepared for love Lando is better-noted for playing Byron Sully in Dr. Quinn, Medicine Lady and starring alongside A.J. Prepare and Hayden Christensen within the short-resided series Greater Ground. His other TV credits range from the Melrose Place reboot, NCIS and ABC Family's Wildfire. The Key Circle airs Thursdays at 9/8c around the CW.

Paul Bettany talks The Avengers

When reading the above headline, you might momentarily have been confused. "Wait, Paul Bettany isn't in The Avengers," you might have thought. But you'd have been wrong.Bettany voices the computer programme known as JARVIS, a role he also played in the two Iron Man movies. Although according to Bettany, he occasionally struggles to remember that fact himself."I forgot I was in Iron Man," reveals the British star. "Someone said, 'I loved you in Iron Man'. I said, 'You've got me mixed up with someone else.' I forgot I did the voice because it was only 30 minutes in a recording studio laughing my arse off!"And as for his work on The Avengers, Bettany isn't afraid to admit that it was the easiest money he'd ever made."I have no input with [The Avengers] other than spending half an hour sitting in a studio doing the voiceover," he explains. "It's the best job I've ever had. I say the lines and they pay me money."A refreshingly honest take on one of the most hyped movies of the year, there. You can listen to Bettany's dulcet tones when the film arrives in UK cinemas on 27 April 2012.