'21 Jump Street' Extended Red Band Clip Is 'Extremely Vivid'

We have an extended red-band look at "21 Jump Street," and over the course of the five minute clip, you'll get a pretty good idea of what the world's worst undercover cops are like. Take a look below, but warning: not safe for work material here. In the film, Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum play two reject officers who are recruited to go undercover at a local high school to bring down a drug ring. Unfortunately, for the two police officers, you just don't go undercover at a local high school. There are cliques and bullies and social pressures to deal with that the cops don't handle particularly well. Needless to say, things get a little out of control. Rob Riggle's head turns into an ice cream cone. Jonah Hill gets stabbed, and Channing Tatum turns into a nerd. Preview audiences have been raving about "21 Jump Street" for the past few weeks, so if you're looking for a better idea of what they're talking about, the extended sneak peek should give you some of that and more. What did you think of the extended red band trailer for "21 Jump Street"? Let us know in the comments below and on Twitter!

Vincent Graeff dies at 80

Vincent Graeff, a child actor who appeared in the "Our Gang" series of shorts with the likes of George "Spanky" McFarland and Robert Blake, died Feb. 8 in Henderson, Nev. He was 80. Credited as Billy Ray Smith, Graeff made his debut at the age of 6 in 1937's "The Pigskin Palooka." In the early 1940s he appeared in MGM shorts including "Baby Blues," "Fightin' Fools," "Robot Wrecks," "Helping Hands" and "Going to Press." As he grew a bit older, the young actor appeared in many uncredited feature roles, including in notable films such as "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn," "The Valley of Decision," "The Harvey Girls," "The Dark Corner," "Sister Kenny," "The Babe Ruth Story," "The Set-Up" and "Cheaper by the Dozen." Graeff ended his acting career in 1951. Born in San Ysidro, Calif., Graeff served in the Marine Corps during the Korean War, earning a Purple Heart. He had a career as a sheet metal worker. Graeff's brother Paul, who also appeared in films as a child actor, died in 2010. Graeff is survived by his wife, Pat; five children; and a number of grandchildren and great-children. Contact Variety Staff at news@variety.com

Oscars 2012: Live Coverage!

Empire's live ceremony commentaryWelcome to Empire's live coverage in the Oscar red-colored-colored carpet as well as the ceremony. We'll be departing comments round the Academy Awards' best (and worst) fitted simply because they arrive round the red-colored-colored carpet - then departing comments on all the individuals who win and nonwinners because they are introduced. Relax, grab a brew from the favourite beverage and like the evening around....

Spartacus, Episode 5: Items That Made Us Go "Ew!"

Dustin Clare On Friday's Spartacus: Vengeance, Gannicus has came back! But what havoc does the prior Champion of Capua wreak within the old gladiator stomping grounds? Don't have a look at Gannicus. Calculates it's Spartacus' males that are behind the finest, baddest arena bloodbath so far. Spartacus and Co. find new digs within an abandoned structure and learn that Rhaskos, Crixus and Oenomaus ought to be carried out. Spartacus surrender to trying in order to save them, even if this means entering an arena full of Romans who had been hunting him. Meanwhile, Gannicus has returned to Capua too as with his mind, becoming Oenomaus' executioner can provide the prior Doctore the glorious, noble gladiator's dying he warrants. That will totally replace sleeping along with his wife before she died! No awkward reunion whatsoever. From Wager on Thrones to Spartacus: TV's unsexiest sex moments Sparty and Agron disguise themselves incorporated within the Roman guard, while Mira leads several males to produce fire for the arena infrastructure. Within the height in the fighting, the stadium begins to interrupt lower. Row upon row of site visitors drop to the fiery dying below. Mayhem! Stress! Inside the chaos, Spartacus accidentally warrior warrior spears Cossutius (he was pursuing Glaber) and Albinius dies inside the big chunks of rock... by Glaber's speaking hands after he'd uncovered his disloyal wife's plan to divorce him and marry Varinius. But her father Albinius can't grant the divorce since he's dead! The save party leaves with Gannicus, an unconscious Oenomaus and hurt Crixus, who finally will probably be reunited with Naevia. Aww! Enough story... to the great stuff! The Physiques - Gannicus likes his wine and girls, which visit to a brothel is decidedly less bloody than that massacre within the premiere. And in line with the prostitute, he's certainly a god in their female arena. Nonetheless, the episode was somewhat light on sex to produce way of the slaughter. The Blood stream - A lot of the dying was implied since the site visitors who perished were consumed by flames offscreen. There's however still plenty of gross onscreen bloodshed to possess. Using the much to choose from, listed below are the standouts:1. One gladiator while using finest discomfort threshold ever is actually capable of progressively remove a spear that impaled his torso, remain true and wield it. Wow.2. The completely new retiarus (internet and trident guy) advances on another victim and there's much distance trained in blood stream spurting within the poor man's neck3. Thank you for going to the Spoliarium, where we'll take proper proper care of all your dead gladiator disposal needs. Just drag the unfortunate fellow in, slice the hands or legs, remove the entrails... and dump them inside the undercover water reservoir?!?4. Sooner or later Spartacus slashes at one fighter's belly, too as with the helpful overhead shot, we view part of the man's innards peeking out. We feel we are in a position to identify what he'd for supper (once we are losing ours)!5. Glaber killing Albinius wasn't an clearly gory scene, nevertheless it had been disturbing to look for the prater coldly get huge stone spar when it comes to remains after which it slam it lower on his dear father-in-law's face. If Ilithiya understood the thing that was ideal for her, she wouldn't wreak havoc on Glaber! Which moments disturbed you most? Which have been your chosen deaths? Spartacus: Vengeance airs on Fridays at 10/9c on Starz.

Edi Gathegi & Martin Landau Among Latest Pilot Castings

Edi Gathegi (Twilight) is set to co-star opposite Kyle Bornheimer in ABCs comedy pilot White Van Man. The single-camera is a blue collar ensemble based on the British format and centers on Jack (Kyle Bornheimer) who is forced to put his dreams on hold in order to take over the family handyman business from his father Tony (J.K. Simmons). Gathegi will play Darren, one of Tony’s workers. Also cast in the pilot is Johnny Pemberton as Tony’s teen nephew. The series takes its name from the UK phrase that describes the stereotype for drivers of light commercial vehicles, often self-employed or owning small businesses such as handyman services. The ABC Studios-produced adaptation was written by Bobby Bowman. Michael Fresco is directing. Gathegi, repped by ICM and Framework, recently starred in Tracy Letts play Superior Donuts at the Geffen Playhouse. Veteran Martin Landau has joined ABC’s untitled Roland Emmerich drama pilot, from ABC Studios and the Mark Gordon Co. Written by Emmerich and Harold Kloser and to be directed by Emmerich, the project centers on Carter (Max Thieriot), an astrophysics grad student in NYC who learns that he is the chosen one to destroy the forces of evil. Landau, repped by TalentWorks, will play Mr. Armin, a blind former German soldier in World War II who is the executor of Carter’s father’s estate and one of Carter’s only true friends. Nicole Gale Anderson (Jonas) and newcomer Nina Lisandrello have been cast in the CW’s drama pilot Beauty And The Beast. Loosely based on the 1980s CBS series starring Linda Hamilton, CWs Beauty And The Beast is described as a modern-day romantic love story with a procedural twist. It centers on Catherine (Kristin Kreuk), a tough-minded NYPD homicide detective and the Beast, Vincent Koslow, the survivor of a military experiment that went disastrously wrong. Lisandrello, repped by Leading Artists andInvictus Entertainment, will play Tess, Catherine’s partner and friend on the Homicide Squad. Anderson, repped by Paradigm and The Marshak/Zachary Co., will play Catherine’s younger sister. She has been recurring on ABC Family’s Make It or Break It. Summer Lyn Beard has joined Living Loaded, Foxs single-camera comedy pilot from the Its Always Sunny In Philadelphia duo of Rob McElhenney and Rob Rosell and FX Prods. Based on the book of the same name by Dan Dunn, Living Loaded centers on Dan (Mike Vogel), the loose partying blogger of the popular Living Loaded blog who is forced to change his career plans when he becomes an NPR radio host. Beard will play Dan and Bobby’s (Michael Marc Friedman) BFF.

But his heart belongs to Shaw

Scribe John Logan says even though his 'Hugo' came out this year, he prefers tragediesMelissa McCarthyMichelle WilliamsToday, playwright-screenwriter John Logan will receive the Oscar Wilde Award -- which recognizes the achievements of Irish-Americans in Hollywood -- at a ceremony in Santa Monica hosted by the U.S.-Ireland Alliance.Logan has had a good run in the past year or so: Recent credits include "Hugo," for which he is Oscar-nommed; "Rango," which is nommed in the Oscars' toonpic category; and the film adaptation of "Coriolanus," which Ralph Fiennes helmed.The Wilde Award recognizes a body of work that includes "Gladiator," for which Logan was Oscar-nommed alongside David Franzoni and William Nicholson; "The Last Samurai," "The Aviator"; which earned Logan another Oscar nom, and Tim Burton's "Sweeney Todd."And then there's his stage work, including his 2010 Tony Award-winning play about Mark Rothko, "Red."The pace has shown no sign of slacking. He co-wrote James Bond pic "Skyfall," which Sam Mendes is lensing now, he is adapting tuner "Jersey Boys" for the bigscreen, and is collaborating with Patti Smith on a film adaptation of her memoir, "Just Kids."Logan cherishes his Irish heritage -- his parents were both emigrants from Ulster, and he has many relatives there -- but he sees it as a little ironic that he will be a recipient of an award bearing Wilde's name. Although Logan loves many Irish writers, he is not that fond of Wilde, as a playwright at least."He is a playwright I never warmed to," Logan says. "In those sort of bi-polar decisions you make as you go through life, where you have to decide 'Am I drawn to Ibsen or Strindberg?' you get to the point where you say, 'Am I drawn to Wilde or Shaw?' I'm drawn to Shaw."In an onstage interview at BAFTA last fall, Logan spoke of his "Irish attraction for the melancholy." He concedes that he is drawn to the darker side of life."Well, whether it has something to do with my Irishness or something else, who knows?, but Ireland is a land of bleak moors and crags and tors and cold Irish sea, and -- despite the fact that this year I happen to have 'Rango' and 'Hugo' come out -- I'm drawn toward darker material, and I always have been. You come to that point as a playwright where you think, Am I a tragedian or a comedian?, and I have always been a tragedian, in terms of things I'm interested in. So the stories I choose to write about, whether it is Mark Rothko in my play 'Red,' or anything from 'Gladiator' to 'Coriolanus' to 'The Aviator' to 'Sweeney Todd,' have very murky and morally complex and dark protagonists, and even something like 'Hugo' I always looked at as a very serious story."Logan advises budding screenwriters to study the works of the great playwrights, from the ancient Greeks to the present day, taking in all of Shakespeare's plays, and the works of Ibsen, Chekhov and Strindberg."The key to what we do as screenwriters and playwrights is we are dramatists. We are not novelists, we are not poets, and that means we do a very specific thing: we write lines for actors, and we write scenes for directors and producers and lighting designers, and it is about the engagement with other artists. And I believe that part of the way you learn that -- maybe the only way to learn that -- is to look at the continuum of the art form, see what you can learn and be inspired by those who have come before you. I think that is equally true for screenwriting: if you look at great screenplays from the past it'll help you, but it's much more important to go back thousands of years and look at Aristotle, in terms of the bedrock of dramatic literature, as opposed to prose, as opposed to poetry."And the next thing I will always say," he concludes, "is after you have versed yourself in the classics of drama start reading poetry because poetry will teach you about language, and part of the job of the playwright and the screenwriter is to create arresting language." And Michelle & Melissa make it threeReceiving Oscar Wilde Awards alongside John Logan will be thesps Melissa McCarthy and Michelle Williams.Both actresses have been nommed for Academy Awards this season: McCarthy for her supporting role in "Bridesmaids," and Williams for the leading role in "My Week With Marilyn," for which she won a Golden Globe.McCarthy, who won an Emmy last year for CBS comedy series "Mike & Molly," has recently completed writing feature pic "Tammy."Williams, whose agent is U.S.-Ireland Alliance advisory board member Hylda Queally, will next be seen in Sam Raimi's "Oz, the Great and Powerful." Contact Leo Barraclough at leo.barraclough@variety.com

Fall 2012 TV Scorecard: Which Shows Are Returning? Which Aren't?

This week's episode of Alcatraz was short on new mysteries, nevertheless it did raise a few pre-determined questions. Namely, because the crooks and pads of Alcatraz are returning to supply day, would they start aging again? The returning '63 now, Johnny McKee (Adam Rothenberg), poisoned 70 people, mostly since they weren't nice to him. Within our day, he works in the bar together with expensive hotels pool to root out bullies which makes them pay. To locate McKee, Rebecca (Sarah Manley) switched to his former cell neighbor, Jack Sylvane (Jeffrey Pierce), who offered up five words that might be crucial in identifying the story in the '63s. See which other new mysteries this week's Alcatraz elevated: Discover More > Other Links From TVGuide.com Jeffrey PierceLeon RippyParminder NagraSam NeillJorge GarciaSarah JonesDavid HoflinAdam RothenbergAlcatraz