NBC posts entire seasons online

NBC is searching to the site to provide audiences an chance to trap around the network's primetime programming. Cases of the entire first season of "The Voice" remains released on NBC.com just days before its second-season premiere. Other unscripted series "The Finest Loser" and "The Sing-off" could possibly get the identical treatment. Furthermore, Peacock is posting all season-to-date cases of current series including "Motherhood,Inch "Grimm," "Whitney" and "Up With The Evening." Tv producers typically only publish online 5 cases of a collection that lots of recently broadcast, though you'll find looser limits for unscripted series. Putting entire seasons online supplies a viewer an opportunity to begin immediately, growing the possibility that they'll still stay updated on air. Contact Variety Staff at news@variety.com

John Higgins dies at 71

John Higgins, an actor, director, producer and dialect coach, died Nov. 11 of oral cancer in Fremont, Calif. He was 71.Australia-born Higgins made his professional acting debut with the Old Globe Theater in San Diego and appeared in 16 Shakespeare plays in repertory over a four-year period. He appeared Off Broadway in "Desire Under the Elms" with George C. Scott and in the celebrated production of "Six Characters in Search of an Author," directed by William Ball. Relocating to London in 1970, he performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company and in the original West End productions of "The Boys in the Band" and "Fortune and Men's Eyes." In 1974 Higgins moved to Johannesburg, where he directed and acted with the Market Theater. In 1975, he directed "Of Mice and Men," with Ken Gampu, the first government-approved multiethnic production in South African history, at the Lakeside Theater. In 1977, he directed the anti-apartheid play "Survival," with Seth Sibanda and David Kekana; the production toured to the U.K., Russia and the U.S. Returning to California in the late '70s, John directed the U.S. premiere of "The Biko Inquest," a play about the South African activist, at the Globe in San Diego, and the world premiere of Ken Kesey's "The Further Inquiry." During the 1980s Higgins divided his time between England, the U.S. and Australia, directing new works "Two Without a Cause" (plays by Michael Weller and Israel Horovitz) in Sydney as well as Charles Marowitz's "The Shrew" and Woody Allen's "God" in London. In 1990, he directed a controversial musical production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream," set in the Haight-Ashbury District of San Francisco against the turbulence of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement. In the 1990s, he directed plays and musicals in San Francisco and Sacramento for the Eureka Company, the Spreckles Arts Center, Next Stage and the Alcazar Theater. Higgins also appeared in more than a dozen movies, including "Phar Lap" and "The Revolutionary," and on TV.Since returning to Australia in 2000, he served as an acting and dialect coach for the likes of Chris Hemsworth and Rose Byrne. He taught at the Ensemble Studios, National Institute of Dramatic Art, Stables Theater and Company B. He was in the process of preparing a revival of his musical on Bob Dylan called "Words and Music," and creating an updated version of "Midsummer Night's Dream," when he learned he had cancer. John Edward Higgins Jr. was born in Sydney, the son of an American father and Australian mother. John and his younger brother, filmmaker Colin Higgins ("Harold and Maude," "Foul Play"), moved to the U.S. and settled in Atherton, Calif. John Higgins received a B.A. from San Jose State U. and an acting diploma from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, and he served in the U.S. Navy in the early 1960s. He is survived by his mother and brothers Gary, Brian, Barry and Dennis.Information regarding a party celebrating Higgins' life, to be held sometime after the new year, will be available at Professorjohnhiggins.com. John's brother Brian may be reached at higginsb28@yahoo.com Contact Variety Staff at news@variety.com

Terrence Malick on 'The Tree of Life'

Malick'The Tree of Life'With "The Tree of Life," filmmaker Terrence Malick realized a long-held dream. Collaborators recall discussions about the project dating back some 30 years to the set of "Badlands," the American director's 1973 seminal feature debut about a pair of criminal lovers on the run.Since then, the famously reclusive director, who does not grant interviews, has completed four feature films -- "Days of Heaven," "The Thin Red Line," "The New World" and "Life" -- each suffused with Malick's now-trademark fascination with the natural world, and Man's place within it.If Malick has a singular and commanding authorial presence -- with "The Tree of Life" feeling more like an example of a personal poem than a collaborative artform -- those who work with the Texas-based maverick suggest he's inclusive and very much open to others' ideas."He does have a very strong vision of what he wants to do and what he wants to accomplish," says producer Bill Pohlad. "But there's nothing demanding about his demeanor. He's very inclusive and collaborative. Even when we were in post and discussing the cuts" -- a lengthy period that straddled one Cannes deadline and then reached another -- "there was never an argument. We had a very family-like atmosphere."But Pohlad and others say Malick's method was also unique, constantly deviating from any set schedule and moving the crew around the small Texas town of Smithville at whim to grab shots because the light happened to be right. As actress Jessica Chastain explained after the film's Cannes premiere, "It's all about capturing an accident," she said. "He would be shooting, and Brad would be wonderful, and then there'd be a woodpecker nearby and he'd turn to that. You can't plan any moment.""But it isn't as random as that," Pohlad says. "Terry's got a plan. But he executes it in an easygoing way."EYE ON THE OSCARS: THE DIRECTOR Helmers hot to globe trotWoody Allen | Stephen Daldry | David Fincher | Michel Hazanavicius | Terrence Malick | Bennett Miller | Alexander Payne | Jason Reitman | Martin Scorsese | Steven SpielbergIn the Mix Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

A Real-Life Walter White? Boston Professor Accused of Running a Meth Lab

Bryan Cranston Breaking Bad's plot echoed in a case investigated by suburban Boston authorities. Irina Kristy, a 74-year-old college professor, and her 29-year-old son have been accused of running a meth lab out of their home in Somerville, about 500 feet from City Hall, according to The Boston Globe. They face charges of distribution of meth, conspiracy to violate the drug law and drug violation in a school zone. Watch full episodes of Breaking Bad in our Online Video Guide On the AMC series, Walter White, played by three-time Emmy winner Bryan Cranston, is a high school chemistry teacher who begins to cook and sell meth after he's diagnosed with cancer. Kristy, who has taught math for more than 20 years at two different Boston-area universities, will be arraigned Dec. 21. Her son, who has already pleaded guilty to the charges, is due back in court on Dec. 20.

Mindy McCready and Boy Contained in Arkansas

Mindy McCready Country singer Mindy McCready and her 5-year-old boy, Zander, come up with by police Friday evening after going missing for three days, CNN reviews.Mother and boy come up with in your home in Heber Springs, Ark., thought to be along with McCready's boyfriend, and Zander came out to remain in "very good condition,In . David Rahbany, the primary deputy U.S. Marshal in eastern Arkansas, mentioned.Mindy McCready won't return her boy to Florida despite judge's orderThough a judge had launched an order for McCready, 36, to return her boy this year's week to Florida or she'd be prone to arrest, she's not charged with any crime, and Rahbany mentioned it's unclear whether she'd face any charges.McCready, who's seven several days pregnant with twins, does not have custody of the children from the children in the child and apparently needed Zander from her parents' home on Tuesday. McCready's mother was granted guardianship of Zander in 2007, nevertheless the singer told the AP they and her mother have observed a ongoing custody of the children from the children fight in Florida over Zander, and alleges that her boy was roughed up while under her mother's watch her mother, Gayle Inge, declines the abuse accusations.Mindy McCready: Celebrity Rehab saved my lifeZander remains put in the custody of the children from the children in the Arkansas Division of youngsters and Family Services and you'll be reclaimed to Inge, Rahbany mentioned."We are feeling sorrow for Zander because he's traumatized, too for Mindy. We just hope she does the very best factor to any extent further which this is often a wake-up demand her," Inge and her husband, Michael Inge, mentioned in the statement.

Ouch! Maggie Q Shows Off Nikita Injuries

First Published: December 2, 2011 4:07 PM EST Credit: Access Hollywood Caption Kit Hoover and Bill Bush interview Maggie Q, who shows off her Nikita injuries to her hand (bottom inset), Dec. 2, 2011LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- In The CWs Nikita, Maggie Q gets herself in and out of dangerous situations, and the actress has sustained a few bumps, bruises and breaks on set. I had a grate fall on my hand and then I fell down a ladder. It was awful, Maggie told Billy Bush and Kit Hoover on Fridays Access Hollywood Live, showing off her bruised fingers. Maggie recently got braces off of her first and middle finger, which were hurt recently. I broke these two fingers, she said, pointing to her swollen digits. The actress ring finger, however, was spared, but she joked shes not close to having someone put a ring on it. Im never gonna get proposed to, she laughed. That guy has to be crazy. Joking aside, the stunning beauty revealed she isnt a power player in the game of love. I didnt really date much, she said, telling Billy and Kit her ex count is no more than the fingers on a hand. I havent had a lot of relationships. Nikita airs on Fridays at 8 PM ET/PT on The CW. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

London Crix Go Roeg With Top Recognition

The London Film Experts Circle is always to present director Nicolas Roeg while using Dilys Powell Award for Excellence in Film, the org introduced Friday. The prize might be the venerable groups finest recognition and contains formerly attended such talent as Dirk Bogarde, Michael Caine, Richard Harris, Charlotte now now Rampling, Ken Loach, Judi Dench, Quentin Tarantino and Kristin Scott Thomas. Roegs diverse filmography includes 1971s Walkabout, 1973s Julie Christie/Jesse Sutherland-starrer Dont Look Now, 1976s David Bowie vehicle The Man Who Fell To Earth and 1990′sThe Wizards starring Angelica Huston. Roeg can get the tribute within the Circles 32nd annual honours ceremony which was recently elevated towards the month of the month of january 19. Nominees inside the major groups will probably be revealed 12 , 20.