Exclusive: Judy Greer to Star as Ashton Kutcher's Ex on 2 . 5 Males

Judy Greer CBS has says Ashton Kutcher's 2 . 5 Males character is heartbroken, so we know who's responsible. Judy Greer has signed onto join the cast of Males inside a recurring role as Kutcher's soon-to-be ex-wife. Greer will have Bridget, who's along the way of divorcing Internet billionaire Walden Schmidt (Kutcher). She'll be observed in several instances of the show. Jon Cryer on new 2 . 5 Males: Yes, Sheen dies No, Charlie Harper will not be forgotten Getting split up together with his wife, Schmidt buys the house of the lately deceased Charlie Harper (as is available most likely read right now, it's correct: Charlie Sheen's character is dead). But Schmidt is really desperate he convinces Alan Harper (Jon Cryer) and the boy Mike (Angus T. Johnson) to hang in there. "He's maladroit socially, which enables me to create a kind of mentor relationship with him," Cryer informs TV Guide Magazine. "Which happens to be, absurd, because my character is really chaos as a person.Inch Cryer, Kutcher and Johnson sitting lower this month with TV Guide Magazine for his or her first joint interview because the new 2 . 5 Males trio. The heavens only have shot a number of episodes to date, but the mood about the set has rapidly gone from intense to upbeat. "There is lots of anticipation the very first week and lots of uncertainty," Cryer states. "But that actually got sprang the 2nd (Kutcher) turned up. And what's been since that time has truly been euphoric. We have got another playground to experience in." Kutcher states he isn't centered on the way a restarted 2 . 5 Males might perform within the rankings but rather states his job "is entertaining one individual.Inch States Kutcher: "I am likely to are hard when i can to provide about the promise I designed to come and play this character." For Greer, it is a quick go back to CBS' Monday evening selection, getting starred in last season's short-resided sitcom Mad Love. The casting is another reunion of sorts for Greer and Kutcher. Greer starred within the 2008 ABC comedy Miss/Led, that was executive created by Kutcher and the Katalyst Films production company. (Kutcher also guest-starred with an episode.) Greer's also no stranger to 2 . 5 Males audiences. She performed Myra, an appreciation interest for Charlie Harper, on two episodes in 2007. (Myra seemed to be the sister to Plant, who's now married to Alan's ex-wife.) But as Walden Schmidt's ex, Greer is playing a totally different character. Greer's additional credits include Arrested Development, Love Monkey, Californication and also the voice of Cheryl on Archer. She also guest starred on another Chuck Lorre series, The Large Bang Theory. Her feature credits include Love along with other Drugs, 27 Dresses and also the approaching The Descendants. For additional insight how Kutcher ended up on 2 . 5 Males, in addition to more scoop about the show's landmark ninth season as well as an exclusive photo shoot using the three stars, take a look at TV Guide Magazine's Fall Preview problem, which hits newsstands on September 8. Sign up for TV Guide Magazine now!

Composer Jack Hayes dies at 92

Jack J. Hayes, an Oscar-nominated composer and orchestrator who worked on more than 200 films during a Hollywood career that spanned 60 years, died of natural causes Wednesday in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. He was 92.Hayes' behind-the-scenes skills as a fast, meticulous and highly skilled orchestrator for such top composers as Elmer Bernstein, Henry Mancini, Randy Newman, Quincy Jones, Marvin Hamlisch and Burt Bacharach kept him in demand for decades. His last credits were on Michael Giacchino's "Star Trek" and "Up."Hayes was Oscar-nominated twice, for adapting the musical "The Unsinkable Molly Brown" in 1964 and for contributing to Jones' score for "The Color Purple" in 1985. Hayes enjoyed a long partnership with fellow orchestrator Leo Shuken beginning in the 1950s. Together they orchestrated numerous landmark films including "The Magnificent Seven" and "To Kill a Mockingbird" for Bernstein, "Breakfast at Tiffany's" and "Days of Wine and Roses" for Mancini, "The Greatest Story Ever Told" and "Airport" for Alfred Newman, "In Cold Blood" for Jones, and "Casino Royale" and "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" for Bacharach.Hayes and Shuken also composed TV scores, including such Westerns as "Riverboat," "Wagon Train," "The Virginian" and "Gunsmoke." After Shuken's death in 1976, Hayes continued solo, orchestrating scores for Randy Newman including "Ragtime" and "The Natural"; for John Morris including "High Anxiety" and "The Elephant Man"; and for Bob Cobert the TV miniseries "The Winds of War" and "War and Remembrance." Hayes' solo TV-composing credits included "Quincy M.E.," "Laverne and Shirley" and "Salvage 1." He also collaborated with Tom Scott on the film score for "Fast Forward" and penned arrangements for singers including Donald O'Connor, Pearl Bailey and Barbra Streisand.An ailing Bernard Herrmann enlisted Hayes to conduct his final score, "Taxi Driver," in late 1975. Giacchino employed him as orchestrator on nearly all his films starting with "The Incredibles" in 2004.Hayes was born in San Francisco in 1919. He attended San Francisco State College and, later, the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music. Initially a trumpet player, he soon began arranging for radio's "Fibber McGee and Molly" and for bandleaders including Will Osborne. He later toured as bandleader for comedians Abbott & Costello and with cowboy singers Roy Rogers and Dale Evans.He composed several classical works and collaborated with jazz drummer Louis Bellson on numerous jazz and orchestral pieces.Hayes was honored by the Society of Composers & Lyricists, and the American Society of Music Arrangers and Composers (ASMAC), both in 2009, for his long career in films and TV.Survivors include a daughter and a son; a sister; and three grandchildren. A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 3, at St. Anastasia Catholic Church, 7390 West Manchester Avenue, Los Angeles. Donations may be made to St. Jude's Children's Hospital. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

Jack Kirby Estate Appeals Loss To Marvel

It had been expected that intellectual property lawyer Marc Toberoff, who's suing Disney/Marvel with respect to the estate of legendary comics artistJack Kirby, would appeal your decision with a federal judge in U.S. District Court for that Southern District Of Recent You are able to that went against him. The judge not just granted the studio motions for summary judgment but additionally refused the Toberoff/Kirby's mix-motion for summary judgment. The ruling revolved around character possession cheap Kirby would be a freelance author who did work-for-hire and thus did not support the copyright. As Toberoff had explained at that time, "Case the start.Inch The notice of attract the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeal was filed today. Particularly, the estate of comic super hero legend Kirby -- co-creator of Captain America, The Great Four, The X-Males, The Avengers, Iron Guy, Hulk, The Silver Surfer and Thor -- sent notices terminating copyright to marketers Marvel and Disney, in addition to film galleries which have renedered movies and Television shows according to figures he produced or co-produced, including The new sony, Universal, twentieth century Fox and Vital Pictures. Normally most of these legal cases are ordinary for Hollywood. Although not when they are legally contested by Toberoff, who's the bane of Large Media galleries while he includes a winning history.

Bring It On Musical Could Get Brought Down by Original Screenwriter

That awesome Bring It On musical about to hit Los Angeles for a preview run? It might not happen — at least if the film’s original screenwriter Jessica Bendinger has any say. Bendinger, through the Writers Guild of America, has filed a claim that states Bring It On: The Musical production company Beacon Communications Corp. is exploiting Bendinger’s rights without her consent. Said the screenwriter, who has been left out in the cold like a Clover from the home video Bring It On sequels as well: “Imitation is not the sincerest form of flattery. Compensation is.” Beacon’s counsel says the claim is without merit. [THR/Hollywood, Esq.]

Fast Five Director Justin Lin Already Has 12 Minutes of Fast Six in the Can

Director Justin Lin had no idea how well his supercharged sequel Fast Five would go on to perform back when he was filming it — but he prepped, shot, and cut a 12-minute sequence for a sixth Fast & Furious film (his next upcoming production) just in case: “I already have a 12-minute sequence done. I did it just as an exercise. I had it done before we were finished with Fast Five, actually. So I wanted to do that just to have it there and to be honest with you, I didn’t know if I was going to do a Fast Six. I didn’t know if people were going to embrace Fast Five and we were going to have an opportunity. But I felt like I really wanted to make sure that the last scene, which I had talked to Vin [Diesel] about countless times — I wanted to make sure that was done.” [Box Office Magazine]

HBO 'Fielding' new drama project

Exclusive: HBO is playing ball with "The Art of Fielding." Drama series in development is based on the novel by Chad Harbach. The book is a tale of bucolic Americana set against the backdrop of a fictional Midwestern university that follows the fate of five people upended by an errant baseball throw.No writer is attached to the pilot yet. Scott Rudin will exec produce and Harbach will serve as consulting producer.Pay cabler, which renewed "True Blood" for a fifth season Thursday, has been busy on the development front lately. Net is teaming with author Tom Perrotta to adapt his novel "The Leftovers" to a series (Variety, Aug. 10).Hourlong drama explores the Rapture and how the sudden disappearance of loved ones in a suburban town affects everyone left behind. Perrotta, who is writing the pilot and is the author of "Election" and "Little Children," will exec produce with Ron Yerxa and Albert Berger. Rudin is also currently exec producing HBO's drama pilot "More as This Story Develops," about the behind-the-scenes goings-on at a cable news network. Jeff Daniels is starring in the Aaron Sorkin-scripted pilot with Alison Pill, Sam Waterston, Dev Patel and Emily Mortimer. Contact Stuart Levine at stuart.levine@variety.com

Adam Lambert Splits With 'Idol' Manager 19 Entertainment (Exclusive)

Adam Lambert is parting ways with 19 Entertainment, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. The American Idol runner-up from season 8 is signing with Direct Management Group, whose client roster includes Katy Perry, K.D. Lang and The Go-Go's.our editor recommendsAdam Lambert on 'Behind the Music': 'I Was Ashamed of' Being GayWhich 'American Idol' Season 10 Alums Have Management Deals? DMG was founded in 1985 by partners Martin Kirkupand Steven Jensen and is based in Los Angeles. In the past, the company has also worked with Miranda Cosgrove and Jamie Cullum. Lambert, whose debut album For Your Entertainment has sold nearly a million copies, isn't the first Idol graduate to leave the confines of 19, the company with exclusive rights to the show's stars. The original Idol, Kelly Clarkson, and season 3 winner Fantasia both found managers independent of the Idol machine, while Carrie Underwood opted to remain with Idol creator Simon Fuller at his company, XIX Entertainment (Fuller also manages current Idol winner Scotty McCreery and runner-up Lauren Alaina). Most recently, Chris Daughtry's manager Stirling McIlwaine left 19 to open his own firm, taking his client with him. But while Lambert may be exiting, 19 will long reap the profits of its relationship with the singer. The company stands to pocket royalties from his five RCA Records releases, which include a live and remix album, as well as merchandise and other ancillary revenue streams. And while it's not clear whether he had a so-called "sunset clause" in his contract, as many Idols do, which details a specific cut-off date on continued profit sharing or a phasing out of commissions, Lambert is still a 19 Recordings artist. In fact, herecently released new music, the song "Outlaws of Love" said to be from his highly anticipated second studio album. Lambert's "Behind the Music" special airs on VH1 this Sunday, August 8. A representative for 19 Entertainment tells THR, "Adam remains signed to 19 Recordings as he brings a new management team into his career. We look forward to continued success together." Related Topics Adam Lambert Katy Perry American Idol Simon Fuller