Top Moments: Catherine's CSI Goodbye and Rob Lowes Lifetime Movie

Marg Helgenberger Our top moments of the week: 11. It Takes Three to Tango Award: Kim Zolciak sets the scene for a romantic evening with her man, Kroy, on Real Housewives of Atlanta: candles, rose petals and a bathtub built for two. But is there room for one more? Because Kim's father suddenly barges in on the new parents' date night. He offers this sage advice. "I want you to be careful," he says. "If you can't be careful, be good. And if you can't be good, then just name it after me." Father knows best! 10. Best Kiss: It's been a rough road this season for Aria and Ezra on Pretty Little Liars. After they were forced to split up, Aria leaves Ezra a message, asking him to meet her under the clock tower to give their relationship just one last chance. He shows up, of course, but not until after it starts raining, all the better to seal this long-awaited reunion with a passionate (wet) kiss. 9. Best Game of Chicken: Top Chef judge Tom Colicchio takes Grayson to task for making a simple chicken salad sandwich for a competition challenge. Grayson, however, isn't afraid to challenge his characterization of her food not being exciting enough compared to the other dishes. "Like a meatball?" she asks sarcastically, a clear reference to Lindsay and Sarah's submitted dishes. Her chutzpah works: She makes the normally stone-faced Tom laugh out loud and she makes it to the next round. Who you callin' (boring) chicken? 8. Funniest Case of Mistaken Identity: After reluctantly agreeing to a more traditional (read: common) bachelorette party, Blair Waldorf's evening quickly goes up in smoke on Gossip Girl when she amiably (and very drunkenly) agrees to hold on to what she thinks is a stranger's cigarette (but what is actually a joint). When cops balk at her public toking, she mistakes the men in blue for strippers, reaching south of the holster to find out if they're really "NY's finest." That very un-ladylike gesture gets her very publicly arrested. Cue the paparazzi's flash bulbs. 7. Best (Non-Specific) Character Revival: This week's Justified features some cheeky guest casting when Carla Gugino shows up as the very specifically named Assistant Director Karen Goodall. It's a clear nod to the title character she played on ABC's beloved-but-quickly-canceled Karen Sisco, which, like Justified, was based on an Elmore Leonard character. The chemistry between Karen and Raylan crackles and their partnership picks up right where it left off. Surely we're not the only ones who think she'd make a great permanent addition to the cast. 6. Free at Last Award: House's new year's resolution? To get his ankle monitor - aka his "training wheels" - off. But Foreman needs to sign off on the approval, so the mischievous doc decides to stroke his ego by letting him win arguments. When Foreman gets hip to his plan, House says that he moves better without the monitor and that if Foreman were as confident as his former boss, he wouldn't need to keep House shackled. Foreman ultimately realizes House is right and approves the removal. "Bikes go faster without training wheels," he says. And they also drive their cars into people's houses. 5. Most Moving Bad Day: Despite a passing report from her mandated therapist on Criminal Minds, Hotch knows Prentiss has not fully dealt with nearly being killed by Ian Doyle last year. "You're going to go weeks, months even, feeling fine. Then you're going to have a bad day," he tells her. "Just let me know when you do." Stuck in the "denial" stage, Prentiss doesn't move on until a victim in their case realizes that Prentiss had once been attacked as well and asks her about it. Fighting back tears, she finally admits to Hotch, "I'm having a bad day." 4. Most Delicious Coming Out: After trying to keep her many new bedpost notches hidden from her nosy neighbors on Desperate Housewives, Bree faces a sticky situation when she's confronted by one of her suitors and his very angry wife when she shows up drunk at the church bake sale after the reverend himself disinvited her. (Bree's delicious defense: "Every bake sale needs a tart.") Instead of fighting with the angry wife, Bree decides to own her new status as "town whore" and walks away with her head held high. Watch out, Bree, God is listening. 3. Most Contrived Reality: On Kourtney and Kim Take NY, Kim Kardashian decides to meet with psychic John Edward to communicate with her late father, who was O.J. Simpson's lawyer. "Do you have a father-in-law or an older male that would be like an uncle who passed from cancer?" Edward asks her and Kourtney. "Our dad passed from cancer," Kim answers. "Would your dad have a connection to a person who drowned?" he asks. "O.J. Simpson's daughter drowned," Kim says. Yeah, Edward's totally tapped in to... Wikipedia. Did we also mention that he and Kim have the same publicist? 2. Most Ridiculous Line: Lifetime's Drew Peterson: Untouchable is brimming with cheesy and outrageous dialogue characteristic of the network's usual offerings, but it's strange hearing it coming out of Rob Lowe's mouth. Case in point: When Drew's neighbor, Karen, suspects he is responsible for his fourth wife's disappearance, she tells him, "Going to prison is going to stop you." His response: "I'm untouchable, bitch." Who writes this stuff? 1. Saddest Goodbye: She may have taken a bullet during a blaze of gunfire last week, but Catherine's CSI farewell is anything but big, bold and bloody. No death, no cliff-hanger, no big twist - just a new job and lots and lots of tears. "There comes a point in one's life in which one feels compelled to make a change," she tells the team. "I have been offered another job with the FBI. And I have decided to take it." And with that, Catherine Willows has left Las Vegas. Our one gripe: No William Petersen? What were your top moments?

New You are able to City Opera's Orchestra and Management Achieve Agreement

NY City Opera's board of company directors approved two separate labor contracts on Thursday, one of these was ratified through the company's orchestra union, Local 802 from the American Federation of Music artists, pushing a attracted-out labor dispute toward resolution.Within the new deal, Local 802 decided to make significant compromises hoping of keeping City Opera and helping it grow. Tino Gagliardi, the leader of Local 802, stated inside a statement: "This money is not even close to ideal, but our membership has chosen to maneuver forward hoping the deep credits they've recognized allows the Opera to start to return to fiscal health [and] expand its audienceOur great hope is the fact that moving forward, management can start to make better choices."The brand new contract enables for that continuation of medical health insurance for orchestra people until a minimum of The month of january 2013 along with a healthcare contribution for every month labored next date. The inclusion of the provision prevents the organization from undertaking among its previous plans, which involved getting rid of salaries and benefits for chorus and orchestra people and having to pay them just for rehearsals and performances. A labor-management committee may also be produced, per the agreement's terms, to pay attention to the business's planning, artistic, and fund-raising aspects. City Opera had formerly arrived at tentative contracts on Wednesday using its unions, Local 802 and American Guild of Musical Artists, which signifies the business's performers, choristers, and production personnel. This agreement ended a lockout that started on Jan. 9. AGMA still must ratify its suggested cope with the organization. Over the following couple of days, guild people will submit votes around the problem. Rehearsals have began for "La Traviata," City Opera's first manufacture of its 2012 season. By Frank Nestor The month of january 19, 2012 NY City Opera's board of company directors approved two separate labor contracts on Thursday, one of these was ratified through the company's orchestra union, Local 802 from the American Federation of Music artists, pushing a attracted-out labor dispute toward resolution.Within the new deal, Local 802 decided to make significant compromises hoping of keeping City Opera and helping it grow. Tino Gagliardi, the leader of Local 802, stated inside a statement: "This money is not even close to ideal, but our membership has chosen to maneuver forward hoping the deep credits they've recognized allows the Opera to start to return to fiscal health [and] expand its audienceOur great hope is the fact that moving forward, management can start to make better choices."The brand new contract enables for that continuation of medical health insurance for orchestra people until a minimum of The month of january 2013 along with a healthcare contribution for every month labored next date. The inclusion of the provision prevents the organization from undertaking among its previous plans, which involved getting rid of salaries and benefits for chorus and orchestra people and having to pay them just for rehearsals and performances. A labor-management committee may also be produced, per the agreement's terms, to pay attention to the business's planning, artistic, and fund-raising aspects. City Opera had formerly arrived at tentative contracts on Wednesday using its unions, Local 802 and American Guild of Musical Artists, which signifies the business's performers, choristers, and production personnel. This agreement ended a lockout that started on Jan. 9. AGMA still must ratify its suggested cope with the organization. Within the next couple of days, guild people will submit votes around the problem. Rehearsals have began for "La Traviata," City Opera's first manufacture of its 2012 season.

Fox bumps up 'War' date

Twentieth Century Fox has bumped up action comedy "This Means War" to coincide with Valentine's Day on Tuesday, Feb. 14. Pic, which stars Chris Pine, Tom Hardy and Reese Witherspoon, originally was slated to bow three days later, but Fox moved the pic to benefit from the holiday's increased couples turnout. "Starting Valentine's Day, we're making 'War,' not love," quipped Fox prexy of domestic distribution Bruce Snyder. "This is a picture that has it all -- humor, charm, wit and action -- and it plays through the roof." In the film, Pine and Hardy play best friend CIA operatives, who fall for the same woman (Witherspoon). "War" is directed McG, from a script by Timothy Dowling and Simon Kinberg. The holiday can be a big moviegoing day for romantic comedies. Last year, Sony's "Just Go With It" won Valentine's Day B.O., while Warner Bros.'s timely release "Valentine's Day" broke records over the holiday in 2010. "War" recently received an R rating for "some sexual content," though Fox plans to appeal to the Motion Picture Assn. of America's Classification and Rating Administration board. Contact Andrew Stewart at andrew.stewart@variety.com

Mena Suvari Files For Divorce

First Published: January 14, 2012 11:42 AM EST Credit: Getty Images Caption Mena Suvari and Simone Sestito appear at the Azure pool at The Palazzo in Las Vegas on August 22, 2009 LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Mena Suvari will soon be a single woman, once again. The actress, 32, filed for divorce from her husband of 18 months, 25-year-old concert promoter Simone Sestito on Friday, according to multiple reports. According to court documents obtained by TMZ, the American Beauty star cited irreconcilable differences as the reason for the split and is asking the judge to deny spousal support for her soon-to-be ex-husband. Suvari listed the dated of separation as November 1, 2011, in the paperwork and is requesting that her name be changed from Mena Suvari-Sestito back to Mena Suvari, the website reported. Suvari and Sestito became engaged in 2008 after meeting the year before at the Toronto Film Festival. They married in a private church in the Vatican City in June 2010. This is Suvaris second divorce the American Pie actress was previously married to cinematographer Robert Brinkmann, with whom she split in 2005. Copyright 2012 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Trio team for Nelson Mandela biopic small

South Africas From Africa is creating a Nelson Mandela small. K. MandelaA miniseries in line with the existence of Nelson Mandela is incorporated in the works from South Africa's From Africa Entertainment, the U.K.'s Left Bank Pictures and Canada's Blue Ice Films.Producers around the small include From Africa principal Kweku Mandela, a grand son from the famous African leader. Scribe Nigel Williams, whose credits range from the Helen Mirren small-series "Elizabeth I," is penning the scripts for that project, imagined like a six-part series. The significant title is "Madiba," the tribal clan title through which Nelson Mandela is frequently known to in the native country.Other producers around the project are Lance Samuels, Kweku Mandela's partner within the From Africa banner Blue Ice's Steven Silver and Neil Tabatznik and Left Bank principals Andy Harries and Marigo Kehoe.Producers have optioned a couple of Nelson Mandela's books as source material: "Conversations with Myself" and "Nelson Mandela by Themself." Kweku Mandela stated the goal would be to tell the storyline of those and occasions that brought his grandfather to experience a historic role in falling apartheid and achieving South Africa's first black leader. Although there has been numerous Mandela-related docu and narrative photos recently, Kweku Mandela really wants to craft a portrait of his grandfather like a person, beyond his political and human privileges accomplishments."I felt as we would do that, it was vital to place the concentrate on the guy," Mandela stated. "This is exactly why within the research with this, it is important that people get as near to his ideas as possible. Those who assisted guide him and shape him as you be strong figures."At the moment, the 3 partners are financing the introduction of the project. They have received interest from South African TV shops. The program would be to secure a director and key cast people before they go to U.S. and U.K. purchasers. Williams continues to be focusing on the scripts since mid-November. He's also done projects previously with Harries and Kehoe.Nelson Mandela along with other family people will give you input and feedback around the scripts. When told about plans for that project, Kweku stated the 93-year-old icon requested: "Just how much shall we be held getting compensated?"Kweku Mandela, who's 26, sees the small as a means of making certain that more youthful decades comprehend the good reputation for apartheid.The more youthful Mandela grew to become someone with Samuels in From Africa Entertainment last year. The banner joined with Left Bank and Blue Ice around the 2010 feature "The Bang Bang Club," turning around photojournos recording the final times of the apartheid regime.Kweku Mandela created a passion for film and television throughout his early years, that have been largely put in Massachusetts and Connecticut. He attended film school in Sydney, after which it he came back to Nigeria and started employed in entry-level production jobs.Among other film and television projects, From Africa is focusing on a docu about Nelson Mandela's relationship together with his grandchildren, tentatively entitled "Mandela's Children." Contact Cynthia Littleton at cynthia.littleton@variety.com