L.A. sees slow start to pilot lensing

With TV pilot shoots going later than usual, offlot production in Los Angeles has cooled off compared to the year-ago period. Weekly overall production slid 17% from the same week last year to 523 days, according to figures provided Tuesday by the FilmL.A. permitting agency. TV shoots declined 23% to 309 days, or 90 days less than the same week a year ago. "We're seeing some half-hour single-camera pilots begin to pull permits, but we're still waiting for the one-hour drama pilots to show up," said FilmL.A. spokesman Todd Lindgren. "We've been told that many are planning a mid-March start." Fox's "Touch" was the most active offlot shoot last week with seven days. Other shows shooting locally include "Awake," "Ringer," "True Blood," "America's Got Talent," "Broken Minds," "Pretty Girls Rock," "New Girl," "The Office" and "Up All Night." Features totalled 95 days last week. "Channeling" was the most active film shooting last week with 18 days. Other films currently shooting offlot in Los Angeles include "Burt Wonderstone," "Finchley Dreams," "HH Project," "Supremacy" and "Watercolor Postcards." Commercials declined from the previous week's robust activity, when the total was 251 days, to 119 days. A GDF spot was the most active with 14 days. Contact Dave McNary at dave.mcnary@variety.com

Adele scores early Grammy wins

Adele, the presumed major champion at tonight's 54th annual GrammyAwards kudocast, obtained early in the pre-telecast show in the L.A. Convention Focus on Sunday.The British vocalist's mega-selling album "21" was selected as well as pop vocal album, while her clip on her hit "Moving within the Deep" Up for record and song of the season tonight - required best short-form video.On the day once the music biz mourned losing Whitney Houston, a psychological moment came when Tony Bennett collected a Grammy for the best pop performance with a duo or group, for "Body and Soul," recorded with Amy Winehouse. The British singer died this past year at 27 after openly battling with drug abuse. Created by Bennett, Winehouse's father Mitch, who made an appearance onstage together with his wife, stated, "We should not be around - our darling daughter ought to be here. Fundamental essentials cards we are worked."Bennett also won the standard pop album trophy "Duets II," his all-star No. 1 album. He received his first Grammy 49 years back: an archive of the season recognition, for "I Left My Heart in Bay Area.InchAn additional possible harbinger of the large evening for Adele was Paul Epworth's win as non-classical producer of the season. Epworth helmed and co-authored "Moving within the Deep." Holding his trophy wonderingly, producer stated, "Never imagined I'd hold one of these simple.InchDigitalOrdancing artist Skrillex, among the day's top nominees with five nods, were built with a breakthrough mid-day with three wins, taking best dance/electronica album (for "Frightening Monsters and Nice Sprights"), best dance recording (for that album's title track) and finest remixed recording (for Benny Benassa's "Cinema").Skrillex (born Sonny Moore) - who noted he'd been returned from his L.A. apartment for living there unlawfully just last year - stated of his honours, "I suppose there is no formula or format any longer, and that we can perform something that we would like.InchDocumenting Academy faves Foo Martial artists capped four slots: best rock album (for his or her "Wasting Light") best hard rock/metal performance (for "Whitened Limo"), best rock song (for "Walk," in the same set) and finest lengthy form video (for "Foo Martial artists: Backwards and forwards,Inch directed and co-created by James Moll).Volatile rapper Kanye taken three honours to increase his 14 previous wins, for the best rap/sang collaboration and finest rap song (for "All the Lights") and finest rap album ("My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy").Taylor Quick added two Grammy honours to her career total of 4, winning best country solo performance and finest country song for "Mean." The youthful star can also be up for the best country album, on her 2010 bestseller "Speak Now."Americana duo the Civil Wars' "Barton Hollow" won as both best folk album, while its title track won best country duo/group performance.As always, some old faves won in the p.m. show.Paul McCartney, who had been honored as MusiCares' person of the season on Friday, collected his 15th Grammy - a best historic album recognition, for last year's reissue of his 1973 album "Band On the move.InchAlison Krauss, probably the most compensated female artist in Grammy history, received her 27th trophy for "Paper Plane," her latest release together with her group Union Station, that was named best bluegrass album.Complete listing of those who win (to date):6. Best Pop Duo/Group PerformanceBody And Soul, Tony Bennett & Amy Winehouse7. Best Pop Instrumental AlbumThe Road From Memphis, Booker T. Jones8. Best Pop Vocal Album21, Adele 9. Best Dance RecordingScary Monsters And Nice Sprites, Skrillex 10. Best Dance/Electronica AlbumScary Monsters And Nice Sprites, Skrillex11. Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album Duets II, Tony Bennett & Various Artists13. Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance Whitened Limo, Foo Martial artists 14. Best Rock SongWalk, Foo Martial artists, songwriters (Foo Martial artists)*** 15. Best Rock AlbumWasting Light, Foo Fighters16. Best Alternative Music Album Bon Iver, Bon Iver 17. Best Traditional R&B PerformanceFool For You Personally, Cee Lo Eco-friendly & Melanie Fiona18. Best R&B PerformanceIs This Love, Corinne Bailey Rae19. Best R&B SongFool For You Personally, Cee Lo Eco-friendly, Melanie Hallim, Jack Splash, songwriters (Cee Lo Eco-friendly & Melanie Fiona)22. Best Rap/Sang CollaborationAll From The Lights, Kanye, Beyonce, Kid Cudi & Fergie23. Best Rap SongAll From The Lights, Shaun Bhasker, Stacy Ferguson, Malik Johnson, Warren Trotter & Kanye, songwriters (Kanye, Beyonce, Kid Cudi & Fergie)24. Best Rap AlbumMy Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Kanye West25. Best Country Solo PerformanceMean, Taylor Swift26. Best Country Duo/Group PerformanceBarton Hollow, The Civil Wars27. Best Country SongMean, Taylor Quick, songwriter (Taylor Quick)29. Best Modern AlbumWhat's Everything About, Pat Metheny30. Best Improvised Jazz Solo500 Miles High, Chick Corea, soloist31. Best Jazz Vocal AlbumThe Variety Project, Terri Lyne Carrington & Various Artists32. Best Jazz Instrumental AlbumForever, Corea, Clarke & White33. Best Large Jazz Ensemble AlbumThe Good Feeling, Christian McBride Large Band34. Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music PerformanceJesus, Le'Andria Johnson35. Best Gospel SongHello Fear, Kirk Franklin, songwriter (Kirk Franklin)36. Best Contemporary Christian Music SongBlessings, Laura Story, songwriter (Laura Story)37. Best Gospel AlbumHello Fear, Kirk Franklin38. Best Contemporary Christian Music AlbumAnd If Our God Is Perfect For Us..., Chris Tomlin39. Best Latin Pop, Rock, Or Urban AlbumDrama Y Luz, Man40. Best Regional Mexican Or Tejano AlbumBicentenario, Pepe Aguilar41. Best Banda Or Norteo AlbumLos Tigres Del Norte And Buddies, Los Tigres Del Norte42. Best Tropical Latin AlbumThe Last Mambo, Cachao43. Best Americana AlbumRamble In The Ryman, Levon Helm44. Best Bluegrass AlbumPaper Plane, Alison Krauss & Union Station45. Best Blues AlbumRevelator, Tedeschi Trucks Band46. Best Folk AlbumBarton Hollow, The Civil Wars47. Best Regional Roots Music AlbumRebirth Of Recent Orleans, Rebirth Brass Band48. Best Reggae AlbumRevelation Pt 1: The Main Of Existence, Stephen Marley49. Best World Music AlbumTassili, Tinariwen50. Best Children's AlbumAll About Bullies... Large And Small(Various Artists), Jim Cravero, Gloria Domina, Kevin Mackie, Steve Pullara & Patrick Robinson, producers51. Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audiobooks & Story Telling)Should You Request Me (Not To Mention You Will not), Betty White52. Best Comedy AlbumHilarious, Louis C.K.53. Best Musical Theater AlbumThe Book Of Mormon54. Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual MediaBoardwalk Empire: Volume 1, (Various Artists) Stewart Lerman, Randall Poster & Kevin Weaver, producers55. Best Score Soundtrack For Visual MediaThe King's Speech, Alexandre Desplat56. Best Song Written For Visual MediaI Begin To See The Light (From Twisted), Alan Menken & Glenn Slater, songwriters (Mandy Moore & Zachary Levi)57. Best Instrumental CompositionLife In Eleven, Bla Fleck & Howard Levy, composers (Bla Fleck & The Flecktones)58. Best Instrumental ArrangementRhapsody In Blue, Gordon Goodwin, arranger (Gordon Goodwin's Large Phat Band)59. Best Instrumental Arrangement Associated Singer(s)Who Are Able To I Use (When Nobody Needs Me), Jorge Calandrelli, arranger (Tony Bennett & Full Latifah)60. Best Recording PackageScenes In The And surrounding suburbs, Caroline Robert, art director (Arcade Fire)61. Best Boxed or Special Special Edition PackageThe Promise: The Darkness Around The Fringe Of Town Story62. Best Album NotesHear Me Howling!: Blues, Ballads & Beyond As Recorded Through The Bay Area Bay By Chris Strachwitz Within The 1960s63. Best Historic AlbumBand On The Move (Paul McCartney Archive Collection - Luxurious Edition)64. Best Designed Album, Non-ClassicalPaper Plane, Neal Cappellino & Mike Shipley, engineers Kaira Blackwood, learning engineer (Alison Krauss & Union Station)65. Producer Of The Season, Non-ClassicalPaul Epworth66. Best Remixed Recording, Non-ClassicalCinema (Skrillex Remix), Sonny Moore, remixer (Benny Benassi)67. Best Multichannel Audio AlbumLayla Along With Other Assorted Love Tunes (Super Luxurious Edition)68. Best Designed Album, ClassicalAldridge: Elmer Gantry69. Producer Of The Season, ClassicalJudith Sherman70. Best Orchestral PerformanceBrahms: Symphony No. 4Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (La Philharmonic)71. Best Opera RecordingAdams: Physician AtomicAlan Gilbert, conductor Meredith Arwady, Sasha Cooke, Richard Paul Fink, Gerald Finley, Thomas Glenn & Eric Owens Jay David Saks, producer (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Metropolitan Opera Chorus)72. Best Choral PerformanceLight & GoldEric Whitacre, conductor (Christopher Glynn & Hila Plitmann The King's Performers, Laudibus, Pavo Quartet & The Eric Whitacre Performers)73. Best Small Ensemble PerformanceMackey: Lonely Motel - Music From SlideRinde Eckert & Steven Mackey Eighth Blackbird74. Best Classical Instrumental SoloSchwantner: Concerto For Percussion & OrchestraGiancarlo Guerrero, conductor Christopher Lamb (Nashville Symphony)75. Best Classical Vocal SoloDiva DivoJoyce DiDonato (Kazushi Ono Orchestre P L'Opra National P Lyon Choeur P L'Opra National P Lyon)76. Best Contemporary Classical CompositionAldridge, Robert: Elmer GantryRobert Aldridge & Herschel Garfein77. Best Short Form Music VideoRolling Within The DeepAdeleSam Brown, video director Hannah Chandler, video producer78. Best Lengthy Form Music VideoFoo Martial artists: Back And ForthFoo FightersJames Moll, video director James Moll & Nigel Sinclair, video producers Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

'Gnomeo' shop Arc nabs 'Thomas' series

Arc Productions, the visual effects and animation studio behind "Gnomeo and Juliet," has signed on as animation studio for Hit Entertainment's CG-animated kid television series "Thomas & Pals," marking the toon shop's first global TV serial. "Thomas & Pals" presently airs in 185 areas, with 16 series produced for your brand up to now. "We are proud being entrusted while using stellar assignment of animating the highly regarded as as and loved 'Thomas & Friends' TV series," mentioned Arc COO Rob Youthful. "You'll find effective brands, together with a few become franchises. Then you need people precious handful of that rise to legendary stature." Toronto-based Arc provides you with animation for individuals 11-minute cases of the arrival series, additionally to some one-hour "Thomas & Pals" special feature. The completely new episodes are likely to air Fall 2013. Contact Andrew Stewart at andrew.stewart@variety.com

Hardin, Tilly star in 'Dress'

Melora Hardin, Jennifer Tilly and Brit thesps Ben Daniels and Adam James are saved to tap to star in "Don't Dress for supper,In . the Roundabout Theater Company's approaching Broadway staging in the Marco Camoletti spouse-altering farce. Daniels, who returns to Roundabout after starring inside the theater's Rialto output of "Ces Liaisons Dangereuses," may have the identical character referred to by Mark Rylance inside the 2008 revival of "Boeing-Boeing," another Camoletti farce that "Don't Dress" can be a follow-up. James ("The Pride") assumes Bernard, the level of smoothness carried out by Bradley Whitford in "Boeing." Hardin ("WorkInch) plays Bernard's wife while Tilly, who was simply inside the cast in the Roundabout's 2001 output of "The Women,In . is aboard as his mistress. Spencer Kayden ("Urine-town") plays the prepare. John Tillinger helms the show getting a script modified within the original French by Robin Hawdon. Play preemed in Paris later and ongoing with a London run, but has not carried out Broadway. The Roundabout's production lands in Gotham carrying out a profile boost presented to "Boeing-Boeing" following a 2008 staging, which acquired a Tony for play revival additionally to some thesping trophy for Rylance. "Don't Dress" begins previews March 30 before an April 26 opening within the Roundabout's American Airline carriers Theater. Contact Gordon Cox at gordon.cox@variety.com