Ascolti Tv: i dati Auditel di martedì 29 maggio 2007
Chiude in bellezza con record Un Medico in Famiglia 5. Ottimo risultato per il film Cellular con Kim Basinger. Leggermente in calo Buona la Prima. Ballarò conferma l'ottimo andamento di quest'anno. Buon riscontro per il film Men of Honor. Access ad Affari Tuoi. Seconda serata a Lucignolo su Italia 1.
Un Medico in Famiglia 5 chiude e totalizza il record di ascolto arrivando a quasi sette milioni. Una conferma per una delle serie più amate del piccolo schermo che anche quest'anno, pur riscontrando all'inizio qualche diffidenza a causa di un cast non particolarmente brillante come le precedenti stagioni, ha saputo intrattenere il pubblico.
Considerato come sono andati gli altri film contro la serie di Raiuno e come vanno di solito i film in televisione, è da considerare un successo l'ascolto di oltre cinque milioni per Cellular, thriller con Kim Basinger che, nonostante il flop al botteghino, risulta uno dei più visti quest'anno toccando quasi il 20% di share.
Leggermente in calo Buona la Prima!, mentre crolla La Strana Coppia, forse penalizzate dalla attesa conclusione del Medico e calo vertiginoso anche per N.C.I.S., spostato per l'ultimo episodio di quest'anno al martedì, a poco più di due milioni di telespettatori aficionados. Ora la serie interpretata tra gli altri da Mark Harmon si prende una meritata pausa e tornerà in autunno con nuovi episodi.
Il successo di Ballarò non conosce limiti e anche ieri, in una puntata post elezioni amministrative, totalizza tre milioni e seicentomila telespettatori con oltre il 15% di share. Un ascolto altissimo se paragonato alla media della rete.
Bene per il film in replica su Rete 4 Men Of Honor con Robert De Niro e Cuba Gooding Jr. che raggiunge e supera l'8%, media prevista dalla rete.
Access prime time ad Affari Tuoi e seconda serata un po' a sorpresa a Lucignolo vincente sia su Porta a Porta, sia sull'ultima puntata di Zelig Off in Tour, sia sullo sfortunato Supernatural.
Nel daytime si conferma quanto le "scelte" di Uomini e Donne siano gradite con oltre tre milioni di telespettatori e ben il 28% di share.
I PROGRAMMI DEL GIORNO
Access Prime Time
AFFARI TUOI Rai 1 7.177 28,86%
STRISCIA LA NOTIZIA Canale 5 6.872 27,44%
UN POSTO AL SOLE Rai 3 2.640 10,92%
WALKER TEXAS RANGER - SUL RING PER UNA NOTTE Italia 1 2.620 11,23%
PILOTI - IL POETA E LA BESTIA Rai 2 1.327 6,50%
POIROT - DELITTO ALL'ARMA BIANCA Rete 4 902 3,82%
8 1/2 La 7 414 1,64%
Prime Time
UN MEDICO IN FAMIGLIA - ADDII Rai 1 6.965 26,44%
UN MEDICO IN FAMIGLIA - TUTTI I NODI VENGONO AL... Rai 1 6.863 30,49%
CELLULAR - I FILMISSIMI Canale 5 5.002 19,87%
BALLARO' Rai 3 3.693 15,29%
BUONA LA PRIMA! - ALE A DIETA Italia 1 2.867 10,91%
BUONA LA PRIMA! - ATTRAZIONE FATALISSIMA Italia 1 2.692 10,13%
N.C.I.S. UNITA' ANTICRIMINE - L'ATTENTATO Rai 2 2.188 8,46%
MEN OF HONOR-L'ONORE DEGLI... Rete 4 1.990 8,39%
LA STRANA COPPIA (sit.) - CHAT LINE Italia 1 1.736 6,83%
LA STRANA COPPIA (sit.) - TI SEMBRO MANIACO Italia 1 1.518 6,61%
S.O.S TATA La 7 509 2,24%
Day Time
BEAUTIFUL Canale 5 4.413 27,28%
CENTO VETRINE Canale 5 3.867 25,53%
UOMINI E DONNE Canale 5 3.318 28,57%
DRAGON BALL WHAT'S MY DESTINY Italia 1 2.754 17,67%
I SIMPSON Italia 1 2.447 17,08%
90^ GIRO D'ITALIA:G.ALL'ARRIVO Rai 3 2.404 26,43%
LA PROVA DEL CUOCO Rai 1 2.331 19,12%
TEMPESTA D'AMORE Canale 5 2.283 22,92%
FORUM Rete 4 2.075 18,81%
CICLISMO - 90^ GIRO D'ITALIA Rai 3 2.043 19,88%
VIVERE Canale 5 2.036 16,50%
LA VITA IN DIRETTA Rai 1 1.991 20,27%
90^ GIRO D'ITALIA:GIRO DIRETTA Rai 3 1.743 15,49%
INCANTESIMO Rai 1 1.649 12,63%
NARUTO Italia 1 1.600 9,89%
FORUM SESSIONE POMERIDIANA Rete 4 1.543 10,57%
LA VITA IN DIRETTA QUEST'ANNO Rai 1 1.492 16,04%
L'ITALIA SUL 2 - I PARTE Rai 2 1.492 10,59%
FESTA ITALIANA CRONACA Rai 1 1.338 8,86%
L'ITALIA SUL 2 - II PARTE Rai 2 1.279 11,49%
PIAZZA GRANDE Rai 2 1.097 14,15%
RICOMINCIO DA QUI Rai 2 985 10,37%
WOLFF UN POLIZIOTTO A BERLINO - CHI HA UCCISO CORINNA... Rete 4 756 6,74%
SENTIERI Rete 4 607 6,31%
Preserale
L'EREDITA' Rai 1 6.148 32,90%
L'EREDITA' LA SFIDA DEI 6 Rai 1 3.856 26,98%
1 CONTRO 100 Canale 5 3.278 20,68%
1 CONTRO 100 I SOLDI O IL MURO Canale 5 2.058 17,89%
LA VITA SECONDO JIM Italia 1 1.982 10,28%
PILOTI - SOL LEVANTE Rai 2 1.154 5,81%
LA SPOSA PERFETTA (rsh) Rai 2 910 6,25%
Seconda serata
LUCIGNOLO Italia 1 1.656 17,12%
ZELIG OFF IN TOUR Canale 5 1.512 12,74%
PRIMO PIANO Rai 3 1.220 12,38%
PORTA A PORTA Rai 1 1.208 17,07%
SUPERNATURAL - LA CASA INFERNALE Rai 2 1.101 5,36%
PRIMA DI MEZZANOTTE - I BELLISSIMI DI RETEQUATTRO Rete 4 542 9,39%
POKERMANIA Italia 1 521 17,18%
MARKETTE La 7 240 3,47%

Cellular a sorpresa nella Top 10 dei film più visti nel 2007
21/03 Troy Canale 5 7.119.000 34,36%
13/02 Alla luce del sole Raiuno 6.347.000 23,27%
03/05 … e alla fine arriva Polly Canale 5 6.037.000 23,87%
01/05 The Day After Tomorrow Canale 5 5.602.000 24,43%
09/05 Dragonfly – Il segno della libellula Raiuno 5.566.000 22,74%
09/01 Tutto può succedere Raiuno 5.480.000 22,11%
08/03 Million Dollar Baby Raiuno 5.130.000 22,37%
17/01 La caduta – Gli ultimi giorni di Hitler Raiuno 5.053.000 22,75%
29/05 Cellular Canale 5 5.002.000 19,87%
07/02 Bad Company – Protocollo Praga Raiuno 4.979.000 19,92%

Baldwin- Basinger visitation dispute back in court
Kim Basinger (L) and actor Alec Baldwin in this undated file photo. The protracted custody battle between divorced Hollywood stars Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger returned to court on Friday, two weeks after his child visitation rights were suspended over a ranting phone message to their daughter. (Reuters)
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The protracted custody battle between divorced Hollywood stars Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger returned to court on Friday, two weeks after his child visitation rights were suspended over a ranting phone message to their daughter.
Basinger and her attorney appeared with Baldwin's lawyer before Los Angeles Superior Court Commissioner Maren Nelson for a hearing the judge closed to the media about 10 minutes into the proceedings. Baldwin himself was not present at the outset of the hearing.
The judge also sealed records filed in connection with the hearing, which stems from Baldwin's voice-mail tirade berating his 11-year-old daughter, Ireland, as a "thoughtless little pig." The girl lives with Basinger.
The recording was broadcast around the world last week after it was posted on the celebrity Web site TMZ.com, sparking a storm of public outrage and media attention.
"I recognize there is significant media interest in this matter," Nelson said. "(But) it's not in the best interests of the child for this to be further broadcast by the media."
Nelson suspended Baldwin's visitation rights after listening to the tape two weeks ago. She was expected to decide after Friday's hearing whether to restore Baldwin's visitation or impose new restrictions on his contact with the child.
Shouting in a rambling, angry voice mail, Baldwin said he was furious at not being able to reach his daughter for a prearranged telephone call and threatened to fly to Los Angeles from New York to "straighten your ass out."
Last Friday, a contrite, emotional Baldwin appeared on national television to publicly apologize and to say that he anger at his ex-wife had been misdirected at his daughter.
Baldwin, who stars on the NBC sitcom "30 Rock" as an egotistical TV executive, has repeatedly accused his ex-wife of deliberately undermining his relationship with their daughter and describes himself as a victim of "parental alienation."
Outside the courthouse on Friday, about two dozen men, many of them divorced, noncustodial fathers, staged a demonstration in support of Baldwin, carrying signs with such slogans as "Parental alienation is child abuse" and "Los Angeles County abuses fathers."
A separate hearing has been set for June 5 on how the voice-mail tape was released. Baldwin's lawyer has said Basinger and her lawyer leaked the recording in violation of a court order sealing it and that they should be held in contempt.

Solo per informazione .... CineBlog sconsiglia: Cellular
David R. Ellis aveva diretto nel 2003 Final Destination 2, ed aveva fatto un bel lavoro: aveva ben miscelato horror, tensione e tanta ironia, ottenendo un bel horror-cartoon. Ma questo giro non va tanto bene: Cellular ha sì la stessa velocità del film precedente, lo stesso ritmo, ma è carente di ben altre qualità! Innanzitutto gran parte del problema lo crea la sceneggiatura, scritta da Larry Cohen, che già aveva scritto il copione del ben più riuscito In linea con l'assassino (un po' ripetitivo questo signore, no?), titolo che non può non venire in testa allo spettatore durante la visione di questo thrilleraccio. La protagonista è Jessica, interpretata da una sempre pregevole Kim Basinger, che viene rapita e rinchiusa in una stanzetta di una villa isolata; il telefono della stanza viene rotto dai rapitori, ma lei (un po' alla McGiver, per intenderci) riesce a farlo funzionare collegando qualche filo e a riuscire a collegarsi con un numero a caso, ossia quello del giovane Ryan. Per Ryan inizia una lotta contro il tempo e contro i rapitori per riuscire non solo a salvare Jessica, ma anche la sua famiglia.
Ok, abbiamo detto che il ritmo non manca, è un film veloce e ritmato, ma è talmente stupido e davvero insensato che alle volte fa un po' pena; si vede che Ellis è impuntato con l'ironia e le gag, ma qui ce ne sono talmente tante che sembra davvero una commedia comica piuttosto che un thriller! La contaminazione con l'horror in Final Destinaton 2 aveva funzionato benissimo, tanto che la comicità si miscelava molto bene con la tensione costante; qui, di tensione, neanche l'ombra. Quando si potrebbe provare qualche sensazione simile alla tensione (di paura e angoscia, neanche a parlarne!) si passa a delle sequenze girate in modo o esagerato o con una colonna sonora che non c'entra proprio nulla (povera Nina Simone!).
Se si voleva dirigere una parodia di thriller è fatta proprio male, se si voleva fare un comico Ellis ha sbagliato sin dall'inizio, se voleva dirigere un thriller non ci siamo proprio. Chris Evans è ben spaesato come richiede il personaggio, talvolta troppo gasato; la Biel ha una particina davvero piccola ed è doppiata da scandalo, William H. Macy fa una parte ironica ma non sempre convincente. Stasera, 21.10, Canale 5

Epic Hollywood squabble: Baldwin vs. Basinger
Actor to apologize for insulting his child
(04-27) 04:00 PDT Hollywood -- Alec Baldwin claims he needed a court order to take his daughter, Ireland, to the premiere of his film "The Cat in the Hat" in 2003. He said he had to get another one to take her to the Oscars the next year when he was nominated for best supporting actor.
And when his ex-wife, Kim Basinger, wrote a seemingly innocuous dedication to the child on the label of a Luna nutrition bar, well, that made it into the court files, too, with Baldwin claiming Basinger's words were intended to impose "her belief system" on their daughter and cut him out of her "therapeutic involvement."
Basinger has filed declarations as well, depicting Baldwin as a monstrous and tyrannical dad given to outbursts that have left Ireland frightened, embarrassed and in tears.
At six years and counting, the epic legal battle over Ireland has generated countless court files, affidavits and motions. While Baldwin's and Basinger's careers have gone up and down during that time, their litigious zeal has remained constant.
At the center of this seemingly intractable war is an 11-year-old girl whose life has been parsed by court order, her every step documented in legal pleadings, from the number of days of summer 2004 she spent with her father (35) to the strep throat she was suffering on March 29, 2006.
Ireland is no stranger to the headlines, but nothing has compared to the outcry after her father's furious voice mail rant landed on the Internet last week. In it, Baldwin called his daughter a "rude, thoughtless little pig."
Baldwin will apologize publicly this morning to his daughter during an emotional interview taped Wednesday for "The View." During the interview, Baldwin told the show's hosts that he wanted to quit "30 Rock" so that the sitcom and the hundreds who worked on it wouldn't "be hurt by the situation." He also said: "If I never acted again, I couldn't care less."
He has a new calling, he told them, focusing on "parental alienation" and legislating fathers' rights. He's also working on a book that deals with the trauma caused by divorce.
The couple have joint custody of Ireland, but court documents show Baldwin constantly fighting for his share of time with the youngster.
Baldwin and Basinger have engaged in bruising exchanges in court. Basinger, 53, depicts Baldwin, 49, as having a temper that terrifies their daughter. Baldwin says Basinger is a manipulative agoraphobe who has turned Ireland against him and has restricted his access to her.
They separated in 2000, she filed for divorce the next year, and they subsequently were awarded joint custody of Ireland.
Some of Baldwin's longtime Hollywood friends deplore what he said on the tape but stress that it sprang from his sense of being alienated from his daughter -- whether real or imagined.
No matter how angry he is, they say, Baldwin stepped over the line when he verbally attacked his child. They say apologies won't suffice.
"If he just leaves it as it is, I think it's not good for him," said a studio insider who knows both actors. "If you have that kind of consistent anger, and the public knows about it, you need to deal with it. You've got to talk to somebody and let the people know. I think what he did was wrong, and it was wrong to blame it on Kim."
But, this insider said: "I know how much he loves his daughter and he would never physically hurt her."

BASINGER RELEASES OWN LINE OF ANSWERING MACHINES
Hollywood — Kim Basinger has released a new line of answering machines with a built in Internet connection letting buyers directly e-mail recordings to the press. “When you see the Kim Basinger seal of approval, you’ll know u can leak personal messages to tabloid journalists without delay or quality degradation,” she said. “I personally guarantee it!”
The “L.A. Confidential” and “Cellular” actress said she was inspired to make her own brand of answering machines after an experience that a friend of hers had.
“This friend, who I’ll keep anonymous, wanted to send an abusive message that her ex-husband left on their daughter’s voice mail to the press,” Basinger explained. “I personally don’t condone that kind of behavior, because I think it’s important to respect privacy. But when I had such a hard time… I mean, when she told me how hard it is to send the voice mail to journalists, I was inspired to come up with a convenient, high quality way for anyone to leak a message.”
Kim Basinger-brand answering machines, which feature her face on the front, all come with a “leak” button. When users push it at the end of a message, the machine uses an Ethernet cord or wireless Internet connection to automatically send the message to any tabloid journalist the buyer chooses.
The Basinger answering machines can also be connected to any cell phone and easily send its voice mails to the press.
“My machines come pre-programmed with e-mail addresses for the editors of TMZ.com, US Weekly, People, Access Hollywood, and 18 other tabloid magazines and sleazy TV shows,” bragged Basinger.
Users can also program the e-mail addresses of local TV stations and newspapers for personal messages that may not be of interest to the national press. Basinger added that she will soon release her line of answering machines in foreign markets, with specific e-mails for the paparazzi in each country.
Basinger’s ex-husband Alec Baldwin is scheduled to appear at a press conference tomorrow, where sources say he will unveil his own line of phone attachments for fathers to mask their voice when berating an estranged child.
“Fathers deserve anonymity when they want to call their daughter a ‘thoughtless little pig,’” Baldwin told Dateline Hollywood in an exclusive preview. “I feel very passionately about this issue.”

MOVIE REVIEW 'Even Money'
Self-destructive characters and low-life bookies come together to learn harsh life lessons.
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"Crash," that execrable traffic jam of histrionic metaphor and presumptuous race commentary, was about as real as "Star Wars," but after its Oscar hosannas, an attack of the clones was inevitable. One of the first facsimiles out of the gate, Mark Rydell's "Even Money" is the most shameless, not least of which because it counts "Crash's" Bob Yari as one of its producers. The film's subject is not race but gambling, yet the cynical message is the same: We're all pathetic.
"Even Money's" only sense of decorum is that no one refers to the corpse that flops around in the opening scene's gloomy boardwalk water as a stereotypical euphemism. The film may go light on metaphor and race baiting, but the story is scarcely grounded in the mechanics of real-world expression.
All plot-contrivance-by-committee, "Even Money" begins with a blatant recapitulation of "Crash's" hand-wringing narration about emotionless Angelenos slamming into each other just to make a connection, though the lecture here is more abstract — some junk about discovering people's dreams to learn the truth about them. But though it asks audiences to "work backward" to arrive at such understanding, the film does the opposite by tracing the self-destruction of its characters in an entirely linear fashion.
Thinner than Shrinky Dinks, these dopes include a washed-up magician (Danny DeVito), a desperate writer (Kim Basinger) who spends her family's nest egg on slot machines, a sad-sack handyman (Forest Whitaker) who risks the future of his basketball-playing brother (Nick Cannon) on a series of bets, and a community of bookies volleying for big-dog status or trying to leave the business behind.
Their trajectories appear to have been charted on a dry-erase board, and Rydell buys time until the inevitable circus act that will bring all of them together by tritely illustrating the dangers gambling has on people's lives. Take Carolyn (Basinger), for example, who is too busy entertaining one of Walter's (DeVito) get-rich-quick schemes to come home to tend to her daughter's infected nipple after the brat gets it pierced.
Rydell props his characters like dominos against a Las Vegas backdrop but deliberately and uninterestingly skirts specifics so as not to compromise the story's it-could-happen-anywhere vibe.
Among other shortcomings, judging from the inexplicable homoerotic subtext that colors the relationships among the story's bookies, as well as the one played by Grant Sullivan hilariously justifying his line of work by saying he gives people dreams, the filmmakers' concept of nuance is as dubious as their sense of compassion.
At least the film isn't as rash and patronizing as "Crash," which could have benefited from the gifts of Tim Roth, who doesn't take the material very seriously. He chews a medium-rare steak with the same voraciousness he munches on the scenery, nervously breaking an incriminating CD with only one hand. This wild gesture becomes symbolic of the crushing effect the film has on its audience.
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(SPE) Ascolti tv: Lucignolo punge Vespa. Nonno Libero chiude bene
Roma, 30 mag (Velino) - Trionfo per Nonno Libero: l’ultima puntata di Un medico in famiglia è stata vista da 6 milioni 915 mila telespettatori, con il 28,27 per cento di share. La quinta serie, di 26 episodi spalmati in 14 prime serate, ha viaggiato con una media di 6 milioni 325 mila spettatori e il 25,50 per cento di share. Su Canale5, si è più che difeso Cellular, il thriller di David R. Ellis, con Kim Basinger: in prima tv, il film ha raccolto 5 milioni 2 mila telespettatori, con il 19,87 per cento di share. Su RaiTre, bene Ballarò, che ha ottenuto 3 milioni 693 mila telespettatori e il 15,29 per cento di share. Ieri Giovanni Floris, oltre a commentare la tornata elettorale appena conclusa, ha affrontato temi come l’impoverimento e la pressione fiscale, con i quali sono alle prese milioni di famiglie italiane. Braccio di ferro tra RaiDue e Italia1: sulla rete del servizio pubblico il telefilm N.C.I.S. Unità anticrimine ha realizzato 2 milioni 188 mila telespettatori e l’8,46 per cento di share; mentre il susseguirsi delle due sit com italiane - Buona la prima! e La strana coppia – ha registrato 2 milioni 185 mila telespettatori e l’8,64 per cento di share. Su Rete4, il film Men of honor – L’onore degli uomini, di George Tillman jr, con Cuba Gooding jr e Robert De Niro, ha siglato 2 milioni 45 mila telespettatori e l’8,63 per cento di share. Su La7, il reality show, S.O.S. Tata è stato seguito da 509 mila telespettatori, con il 2,24 per cento di share.
In seconda serata, Lucignolo batte Porta a porta, anche se di un soffio. Il programma di Italia1 ha registrato 1 milione 656 mila telespettatori e il 17,12 per cento di share; mentre il programma di Bruno Vespa ha ottenuto 1 milione 208 mila telespettatori e il 17,07 per cento di share. Lucignolo ha offerto tra i servizi un’inchiesta sui video a luci rosse girati senza pudore nelle scuole e un viaggio a Ponte Milvio tra i lucchetti e le tentazioni della “diavolessa” tentatrice Melita (ex Grande fratello, fidanzatina di Alessandro); la puntata di Porta a porta dibatteva, invece, sulle amministrative quale campanello d’allarme per il governo. Tra gli ospiti di Vespa: Renato Schifano e Alfonso Pecoraro Scanio. Su RaiTre, l’attualità targata Anna Scalfati, Percorsi, ha realizzato 507 mila telespettatori e l’8,49 per cento di share. Su Canale5, l’ultima puntata del varietà Zelig Off in tour ha siglato 1 milione 512 mila telespettatori e il 12,74 per cento di share. Su RaiDue, il telefilm Supernatural ha raccolto 1 milione 101 mila telespettatori e il 5,36 per cento di share. Su Rete4, il film Prima di mezzanotte, di Martin Brest, con Robert De Niro e Charles Grodin, ha ottenuto 542 mila telespettatori e il 9,39 per cento di share. Su La7, Markette è stato seguito da 240 mila telespettatori, con il 3,47 per cento di share.
Sul fronte dei tg della sera, il Tg1 ha confermato il proprio primato con 6 milioni 852 mila telespettatori e il 32,74 per cento di share; mentre il Tg5 ha riconquistato terreno, toccando 6 milioni 217 mila telespettatori e la soglia del 29,44 per cento di share. Nel preserale, L’eredità, su RaiUno, ha dominato con 4 milioni 162 mila telespettatori e il 27,97 per cento di share; mentre, su Canale5, 1 contro 100 ha ottenuto 3 milioni 76 mila telespettatori e il 20,35 per cento di share. In access prime time, Affari tuoi ha vinto con 7 milioni 177 mila telespettatori e il 28,86 per cento di share: negli ultimi due pacchi c’era il superpremio da 500 mila euro. Il game show di RaiUno si è aggiudicato la palma di programma più visto della giornata. Su Canale5, Striscia la notizia ha realizzato 6 milioni 872 mila telespettatori e il 27,44 per cento di share, in una puntata in cui ha rivelato altre piccati segnalazioni degli spettatori sul gioco dei pacchi (nonostante Affari tuoi sia un programma Endemol, casa di produzione acquisita da Mediaset). Nella stessa fascia il debutto di 8 ½ estate, con Pietrangelo Buttafuoco e Alessandra Sardoni, è stato salutato da 414 mila telespettatori e l’1,64 per cento di share. Infine, lo share più alto dell’intera giornata è stato quello di RaiUno, con il 22,88 per cento di share. A seguire: Canale5 con il 20,29; RaiTre con il 12,60; Italia1 con il 10,94; RaiDue con il 9,32; Rete4, con l’8,67; La7 con il 2,71. Sul fronte delle satellitari, nelle 24 ore, i canali Sky hanno ottenuto l’1,45 per cento di share; i canali Fox l’1,24; i canali Doscovery lo 0,17. Le altre satellitari hanno totalizzato il 3,01.

La Basinger "nasconde" la figlia. L’ex marito minaccia vendetta
New York - «Questa è l’ultima volta che mi tratti così, maiale! Mi hai fatto fare la figura del cretino». «Venerdì (oggi per chi legge ndr) salgo su un aereo, vengo a Los Angeles e ti raddrizzo una volta per tutte!». No, non è il copione di un film sulle gang di strada americane o sulla mafia di Brooklyn. È il messaggio che l'attore Alec Baldwin ha lasciato sulla segreteria telefonica di sua figlia Ireland, che ha undici anni e vive con la madre, l'attrice Kim Basinger.
I due avevano ottenuto il divorzio nel 2000: un'altra coppia d'oro di Hollywood che aveva affidato a uno stuolo di avvocati le parole «the end» alla fine di un’unione diventata troppo complicata, dolorosa e difficile. Paparazzi e reporter si erano gettati su quel divorzio come le api sul miele. Lui era uno degli attori più sexy al mondo (a detta di periodici come Star e Hollywood Reporter). Lei a vent'anni aveva sfondato come cover-girl per l'agenzia di fotomodelle americane Ford, diventando l'immagine della campagna pubblicitaria dei cosmetici della Breck, prima di debuttare in televisione con le Charlie’s Angels e poi nel cinema nell'indimenticabile Nove settimane e mezzo.
Ma dietro a quella coppia così bella da oscurare le altre sul tappeto rosso degli Oscar c’era l’ingombrante zavorra delle loro nevrosi: alcolista e rabbioso lui, poi riabilitato, malata di agorafobia e insopportabile lei. Da quella unione era nata una figlia, Ireland, che ha ereditato la bellezza di entrambi ma anche un peso ben più insopportabile: a undici anni Ireland si trova in mezzo ad un divorzio così violento da ricordare La Guerra dei Roses. Un divorzio che ancora oggi, a sette anni dalla decisione del giudice di Los Angeles, li vede litigare come due ragazzini.
La Basinger, che ha quattro anni più dell'ex marito ed è cresciuta in una famiglia di artisti (sua madre aveva recitato in alcuni dei film con Esther Williams, il padre faceva teatro), vorrebbe che Baldwin scomparisse per sempre dalla sua vita e sta facendo di tutto per fargli perdere il diritto a visitare Ireland. Lui, carattere impossibile, adora sua figlia ma non riesce a convincere il giudice a permettergli di vederla quando vuole: adesso che ha la parte di protagonista nella commedia tv 30 Rock, una delle punte di diamante della rete Nbc, che lo costringe a lavorare a New York, può solamente chiamarla al telefono ad un'ora precisa. Ma spesso la Basinger s'intromette e fa in modo che la ragazzina non sia in casa a ricevere la telefonato del padre.
Così qualche giorno fa, irritato al massimo, Baldwin le ha lasciato quel minaccioso messaggio, pieno di insulti. La scenata sarebbe passata inosservata se qualcuno non l’avesse fatta recapitare sulla scrivania di un sito del pettegolezzo hollywodiano, la Tmz.com, che ha subito rivenduto il nastro a tutti i media americani. Dalla Cnn ai network, dalle stazioni radio alle prime pagine dei giornali, la sfuriata di un padre frustrato è diventata la notizia più seguita dagli americani. La bionda Basinger ne ha subito approfittato per far sapere che, terrorizzata dal fatto che l'ex marito volesse ammazzare la figlioletta, le aveva preso una guardia del corpo.
Adesso Alec, uno dei quattro fratelli Baldwin (anche William, Stephen e Daniel fanno gli attori), che aveva conosciuto la Basinger nel 1994 sul set del remake di The Getaway, è il «personaggio del momento»: amato dai padri divorziati che come lui sanno cosa significhi non poter vedere i propri figli in libertà e odiato dalle madri divorziate, che hanno fatto di lui un mostro.
«Ho chiesto alla Nbc di farmi rescindere il contratto», ha ammesso Baldwin durante la trasmissione televisiva The View, «ma non me l’hanno permesso. Non mi importa nulla se non tornerò mai più a recitare. Mia figlia è più importante di tutto il resto. Le ho chiesto scusa». Rimane il giallo: chi ha fatto circolare quella sfuriata telefonica? Qualcuno sospetta sia stata la stessa Kim, anche lei un bel caratterino.

Basinger Celebrating Custody-Battle Win
HOLLYWOOD - Kim Basinger is celebrating after reportedly winning the latest fight in her custody battle with ex-husband Alec Baldwin.
The actress was in court in Los Angeles yesterday for a hearing into the couple's custody spat over daughter Ireland, brought about by the leak of an angry answering-machine message, during which a raging Baldwin called the 11-year-old a "rude, thoughtless little pig."
Baldwin's custody rights were suspended as a result of his taped comments, but they were expected to be reinstated in the court hearing, which was conducted behind closed doors.
The actor was not in court.
But Basinger's attorney, Neal Hersh, revealed the judge overseeing the case ruled in her favor.
Outside court, Hersh told reporters, "We are very, very pleased that the judge took an entire day to deal with the very, very important issue and give it a lot of thought and deliberation and effort.
"We are very, very pleased with the judge's thoughtful decision and fully support what she did here today."
The lawyer would offer no further details of what was discussed and agreed in court.
The couple's messy custody battle gave family activists the chance to protest outside the courthouse. Groups supporting both stars and waving placards and banners, clashed as the hearing went on inside.

Kim Basinger Pleased with Custody Hearing
No details were released from a closed hearing, but Basinger was happy with outcome.
Kim Basinger’s lawyer, Neal Hersh, said, “We are very, very pleased with the judge’s thoughtful decision about what happened here today,” after a Friday hearing was held to reportedly determine whether Alec Baldwin should still have visitation rights with his daughter, after a voicemail was leaked where he called her a “thoughtless pig” and threatened her, two weeks ago. Hersh would not reveal further details.
A judge closed the hearing to the media and sealed records in connection with the hearing to protect the interest of the child. Baldwin was not present at the meeting for fear his comments would be leaked.
Baldwin’s lawyer, Vicki Green, said leaking the tape was inappropriate and “will be with [the child] for the rest of her life.” Baldwin apologized for the tape during a TV appearance and said he wrongly took his anger at Basinger out on their daughter.
A further hearing is scheduled for June 5 to investigate who leaked the tape.

'Even Money' doesn't know when to fold 'em
Kim Basinger and Danny DeVito in Yari Film Group's "Even Money" "Even Money" is pretty much just that: not too dull but not real interesting.
It's an ensemble piece about gambling that aspires to both film noir suspensefulness and instructive insight into a life-destroying addiction. The players are passionate enough, but they can't overcome a sense of dramatic deja vu — made extra irksome by the fact that another underwhelming gambling movie, "Lucky You," came and went two weeks ago. There are some compelling moments in this one, but the odds are against it leaving any strong impressions.
Kim Basinger, Tim Roth and Jay Mohr are the standout performers as, respectively, a blocked novelist who has lost her family's savings at the slots, a sadistic point man for a crime boss who may or may not exist, and a middle-class bookie who hates using violence to collect because it makes his acid reflux flare up.
Less enchanting roles include Danny DeVito's washed-up but still hustling casino magician; an uncharacteristically overacting Forest Whitaker as an indebted handyman who tries to get his beloved NBA prospect brother (Nick Cannon) to throw games; and Kelsey Grammer, whose strangely written, hard-boiled police detective on crutches starts out narrating the story, then disappears from it altogether until the end.
There are murders, and whole lives hang on the turn of a card or a college game point spread. Logic is no more a strong suit in first time screenwriter Robert Tannen's script than originality is; it takes the writer's professor husband (Ray Liotta), for example, two-thirds of the movie to discover that she's drained their bank account.
But bizarre logic is also the gambling addict's lifeblood, and director Mark Rydell ("On Golden Pond") is often good at evoking the desperation and superstitious hope that's a big part of the gaming spirit. This is nothing new, either, but it's enough to keep the movie intriguing enough to watch, if not a Big Spin nail-biter.
Filmed in Southern California, "Even Money" seems to take place in a midsize Eastern city that goes unnamed. Seems about right for a movie about lives that are more or less headed nowhere.

Even Money (R)
Director: Mark Rydell. With Danny DeVito, Kim Basinger, Nick Cannon, Forest Whitaker, Carla Gugino. (113 min.)
Hot on the heels of "Lucky You," we have another movie about gambling addiction, and it's even less successful. Director Mark Rydell, who has seen better days with films like "The Rose," wants to make an existential thriller about lost souls panting for another turn of the wheel. But everyone in the movie, including Kim Basinger, Danny DeVito, Kelsey Grammar, Tim Roth, and Forest Whitaker, looks as if they just emerged from watching a film noir marathon on TCM. As the gambler who needs his basketball phenom brother to shave points, Whitaker has some expressive scenes, and Roth knows how to make malice gleam. But almost nothing else in this movie does. Grade: C-

BASINGER + BALDWIN TO BATTLE AT THE BOX OFFICE
KIM BASINGER and ALEC BALDWIN's courtroom battles are set to move to the box office in America later this month (May07) when their new movies are released on the same day. The couple's ongoing custody battle over daughter Ireland continued on Friday (04May07) at a hearing in Los Angeles, which was called after a telephone answer machine message featuring Baldwin raging at his 11-year-old, was leaked to the media. And now the couple's fight will transfer to cinemas - Baldwin's gritty new film, Brooklyn Rules, and Basinger's latest, Even Money, in which she stars with Danny DeVito, are both released on 18 May (07).

Even Money
By ROBERT KOEHLERA Yari Film Group release of a Bob Yari Prods. presentation of a David Greathouse, Mark Rydell, Apolloproscreen production. Produced by Greathouse, Rydell, Danny DeVito, Yari. Executive producers, Jan Korbelin, Marina Grasic, Thomas Becker, Dennis Brown. Co-producers, Betsy Danbury, Rita Branch, Johnny Sanchez, Roger Zamudio.
Directed by Mark Rydell. Screenplay, Robert Tannen.
Carolyn - Kim Basinger
Godfrey Snow - Nick Cannon
Walter - Danny DeVito
Det. Brunner - Kelsey Grammer
Tom - Ray Liotta
Augie - Jay Mohr
Victor - Tim Roth
Clyde Snow - Forest Whitaker
Veronica - Carla Gugino
Coach Washington - Charlie Robinson
Tethered to the standard multicharacter drama conventions that can be seen most nights on ABC, "Even Money" hardly delves beneath the surface of its moralistic overview of the sins and ramifications of gambling addiction. With several parallel tales reiterating the same point -- that habitually betting past your risk point is sure to land you in trouble -- pic's primary interest is its varied ensemble and its telling illustration of the way careers rise and fall. Reportedly altered somewhat since its 2006 South by Southwest preem, pic is getting limited mid-May theatrical play that will lead directly to video slots.
Just a scan of the cast list reads like a chart of careers both hot (Nick Cannon, Forest Whitaker -- who did this before his Oscar-winning "The Last King of Scotland") and cold (Kim Basinger, Danny DeVito, Kelsey Grammer) and somewhat in-between (Ray Liotta, Tim Roth, Jay Mohr), while also serving as a reminder of the volatility of the film acting trade. The chance to meditate on the roller-coaster effects of fame provides a fine distraction from the pic's bland dramatic threads, routinely overseen by director Mark Rydell (who himself once had quite a career trajectory).
Screenwriter Robert Tannen follows the rule book of the by now standard multiplot tube skein, establishing separate storylines and then gradually -- and oh so mechanically -- merging most of them by the third act. Novelist Carolyn (Basinger) is hooked on slot machines, lying to loyal husband Tom (Liotta) that she's actually writing a book at a local Starbucks. Handyman Clyde (Whitaker) roots for little bro and college hoops star Godfrey (Cannon), but is heavily indebted on his past betting losses.
Det. Brunner (Grammer, complete with a cane and a badly applied prosthetic nose) has in his sights the evil and wily bookie Victor (Roth), who seems to have his claws in everybody in town. Augie (Mohr), a small-time and more vulnerable version of rival Victor, senses that business is about to take off. Magician Walter (DeVito) spends his time amusing casino mavens with his tricks, until he starts befriending Carolyn.
If Tannen had taken a cue from the exchange of emotions and subtext between brothers Clyde and Godfrey, there might have been something more organic and surprising about the characters and events in "Even Money." But with little exception, the course is relentlessly and monotonously downward, as if the characters were charted on a graph rather than allowed to have lives of their own.
Even those folks observing the hopeless gamblers from the outside, such as Tom or nurse Veronica (Carla Gugino), are little more than moral points on a compass. Forced to play's Tom's Mr. Stability to Basinger's Ms. Addict, Liotta is starkly limited by the script, an issue that applies to the ensemble up and down the line.
Whitaker nearly does break through his role's schematic boundaries, and works up considerably warm chemistry with the charismatic Cannon. Basinger literally sweats through a thankless role, while Roth, mired in typecasting, falls back on his only option, which is to mug.
In one of his better perfs to date, Mohr suggests the intense pressures felt from a young bookie's perspective. DeVito (also a producer) seems to be enjoying himself, even if he feels like a refugee from a David Mamet film. Grammer's noirish gumshoe act similarly seems -- despite a last-minute twist -- to belong in another film.
For a film that should be swimming in nocturnal urban stench and fateful atmospherics, Rydell (with lenser Robbie Greenberg) creates little mood beyond the most conventional sort. Standard-issue directorial approach is perfectly in keeping with a script whose natural berth is on the tube.
Camera (Deluxe color), Robbie Greenberg; editor, Hughes Winborne; music, Dave Grusin; music supervisor, Richard Glasser; production designer, Rob Pearson; set decorator, Leslie Frankenheimer; costume designer, Wendy Chuck; makeup, Ben Nye Jr.; sound (Dolby Digital/SDDS), David Ronne; supervising sound editor, Jonathan Miller; re-recording mixers, Jonathan Wales; assistant directors, James Sbardellati, Jerry Grandey; casting, Shari Rhodes. Reviewed at Aidikoff screening room, Beverly Hills, May 4, 2007. (Also in South by Southwest Film Festival.) MPAA Rating: R. Running time: 113 MIN.
With: Grant Sullivan, Larry Burnett, Mark Rydell.

Kim Basinger will not reprise her role for the 'L.A. Confidential' sequel.
The 53-year-old star, who won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her performance as Lynn Bracken in the 1997 crime thriller, is reportedly being replaced by an as yet unnamed younger actress in 'White Jazz'.
A source said: 'Ten years have gone by since the first film and that is a long time for a woman in Hollywood.' It is believed film bosses still want Russell Crowe to reprise his role as Los Angeles police officer Wendell 'Bud' White.
Director Joe Carnahan had hoped to bring Guy Pearce's character Ed Exley back for the sequel, but was left disappointed.
Carnahan told website MovieHole.net: 'Guy and I met and unfortunately, due to some prior rights and ownership stuff revolving around 'L.A Confidential', I will not be able to use the Exley character in 'White Jazz'.
'I'm pretty bummed because I was looking forward to trying to lure Guy back in.' George Clooney and Charlize Theron have both been linked to the movie which is based on the James Ellroy books.
The film is scheduled to begin shooting in November.

Alec Baldwin Plans To Write Book Bashing Kim Basinger
Alec Baldwin has been a busy man lately. The 30 Rock star’s family life has been turned inside out ever since the leak of an angry voicemail he left on his 11-year-old daughter’s cell phone in which he called her a “rude, thoughtless little pig.” Baldwin has apologized for the outburst, and is intent on letting the world know that Kim Basinger drove the usually smooth-talking Baldwin to lash out after years of “parental alienation” by writing a book on the subject.
Baldwin and Basinger have been involved in a nasty custody battle over their daughter, Ireland, since way back in 2000. Over the years, he’s accused Basinger of intentionally scheduling his visits with Ireland to conflict with Baldwin’s work schedule. Basinger lives with their daughter in California while Baldwin lives and works in New York.
The recent voicemail tirade quickly launched a media frenzy about Baldwin’s (and now Basinger’s) parenting skills. Baldwin’s book will attempt to convey just how underhanded Basinger has been.
Baldwin will also go after the tabloid media in his book. As he told The View on Friday, "Everybody who works in tabloid media are people who are filled with self-hatred and shame.” He also called them "rude, thoughtless little pigs." (okay not really)
Maybe some good will come out of all this. Baldwin will get a chance to vent (some more), Basinger might be held accountable for hording the kid, and perhaps the bitter custody battle will end some time this century. Cross your fingers.

'Even Money'
Perhaps I'm still nursing the blowback burns of Smokin' Aces, but it was refreshing to see the casinos in Even Money presented as a dreary, bourgeois skid row. Unfortunately, that's about all this treatise on the perils of gambling has got in the freshness department, as Mark Rydell's impressive cast humps through debts induced and collected toward the big game, where various storylines converge. Kim Basinger is a blocked writer who lies to her husband (Ray Liotta) with alarming ease; having blown the family savings on the slots, she is in deeper than Forest Whitaker, though he's in more trouble—beholden to both his basketball star brother (Nick Cannon) and two bookies whose first resort is violence. Kelsey Grammar bookends the film as a crippled detective; Danny DeVito is a washed up magician; and Tim Roth plays an oily number two to the mysterious kingpin. The problem with ensemble films, and this one in particular, is that they often flit instead of float between story arcs. With deep lags in momentum, it is this lack of cohesion that nearly cancels out what can be great about ensemble films: the performances.

Movie Review: 'Even Money'
Academy Award Winning All-Star Cast Come Together in a Climactic-'Crash'-like Drama about Gambling Addiction
By Amir Talai
Epoch Times New York Staff May 22, 2007
Walter, played by Danny DeVito, teaches Carol Carver, played by Kim Basinger, how to play blackjack in Even Money. (Yari Film Group Releasing)
What do you get when you put together a list of A-list Academy Award winning Actors?
Well, usually, a bust of a film!
Like a myriad of over concentrated spices which add up to a less than appetizing ethnic entrée, all-star cast films are most often a recipe for the for the mediocre.
However, when you have the right mix, you might just get a good film out of it.
Such is the case with the Mark Rydell's most recent directorial venture titled Even Money.
Even Money uses the more common contemporary cinematical style of introducing multiple characters independently at the start of the film and interweaving their character flaws together around the plot for a climactic finale.
Kicking off the ensemble cast, is Kim Basinger, who stars as Carolyn Carver, a gambling addicted writer and mother, who is more interested in playing the slots than working on her second novel – which her husband (Ray Liotta) believes is the reason for her late evenings away from the family.
Amidst her gambling escapades, she meets and confides in Walter, a washed up magician played by Danny Devito.
Walter, a regular and veteran in the corrupted Casino world of what could be Atlantic City, puts aside his con-man tendencies to help Carolyn win her savings back, yet what will she risk in the end to get back to even.
Then you have Godfrey Snow (Nick Cannon), a college point guard on the verge of becoming a professional basketball player, who is asked by his brother, Clyde, played by Forrest Whitaker, to shave points during his games, to ensure wins that will help him dig himself out of a $12,000 gambling debt.
Amateur bookie, Murph, played by newcomer, Grant Kramer, tries to convince what seems to be the love of his life, Veronica (Carla Gugino) that he is good guy and what he does is still a noble trade, despite its criminal and violent tendencies. Amidst the mix, you have Kelsey Grammar, who plays Detective Brunner, a cop investigating the murder of another small-time bookie who is suspected to have been knocked off by a crime boss's sadistic right hand man Victor, played by Tim Roth.
And rounding out the cast is Augie, played by Jay Mohr, Murph's partner who also seems to playing the odds as he is recording them in the books.
From Whitaker, Basinger, Devito and Roth, the performances in the film all get special mention, and you might hear of a name or two, out of this film up for a Oscar Nomination, but certainly not enough to bring home a shining statue.
There is no doubt that the film is a commentary on the competitive, addictive and gambling like nature of our current society, however Even Money fails to hammer it home with the theme of the film.
A climactic ending finishes up diluted guiding the audience down the corrupted path of the film's unfortunate characters themselves.
Overall though, Even Money is entertaining and good enough for a recommendation, but does seem to come up a little short when mentioning Academy Award Winner and Nominee four to five times in the trailer.
Three stars out of Five

CASINO EVIL VS. BETTOR JUDGMENT
By KYLE SMITH
Kim Basinger gambles and loses. Rating:
May 18, 2007 -- KIM Basinger gives one of her strongest performances in "Even Money," a kind of "Crash" fueled by gambling instead of racism.
The family of Basinger's character thinks she spends her days working on a novel. Instead, she's at the casino, playing the slots with a glassy stare and draining her family's savings.
Meanwhile, the older brother (Forest Whitaker) of a college basketball player (Nick Cannon) urges the kid to shave points to save him from some bookies (Jay Mohr and Grant Sullivan) who are both the facilitators and the victims of their chosen vice. Their boss (a deliciously snide Tim Roth) may have killed a man, a crime being investigated by a shamus (Kelsey Grammer, who probably shouldn't have been given both a set of crutches and a stuck-on witch nose).
Strong performances - the film was directed by Mark Rydell, who has gotten his actors nine Oscar nominations in the past - save this somewhat melodramatic film from sudsing up, at least until the end.
Still, the way Basinger's face suffers minute tremors as the cost of her addiction closes in on her is touching; she is a far better actress today than she was as a starlet. She brings across the point that the slots warrior and the body being tossed into the river have more in common than they think.
EVEN MONEY
Running time: 108 minutes. Rated R (profanity, violence, brief sexuality). At the Empire and the 19th Street.