· Aaron Sorkin revealed over the weekend just how much he really gets into writing, claiming he recently broke his nose while reciting dialogue into a mirror, getting too close and, uh, headbutting the glass. "I wish I could say I was in a bar fight," Sorkin said Sunday night at the Emmys, "but I broke my nose writing." Mm-hmm. If I had a nickel for every time a writer told me he busted his beak while reading their own dialogue back into a mirror, I could retire. Let's hear what really happened, Sorkin. [LAT]
· The 2011 Toronto International Film Festival has officially entered the rearview mirror, but not before a flurry of deals sending the acclaimed ensemble romcom Friends With Kids to Lionsgate, the post-apocalyptic thriller The Day to WWE Studios (yes, that WWE), and the comic potboiler The Oranges to ATO Pictures. All are expected to arrive in theaters in 2012. [Deadline]
· To nobody's real surprise, Paramount pushed its Eddie Murphy comedy A Thousand Words back from January to March. The move is expected to capitalize on Murphy's long post-Oscar-hosting tail, and why not? It worked so well for James Franco and Your Highness. [THR]
· Emma Stone and Viola Davis will attend the Zurich Film Festival, where The Help has been selected as the closing-night film on Oct. 2. Surely there is a Roman Polanski joke to be made here, but it's Monday and I've got nothing. You try. [THR]
· Fact: The Smurfs is the most consistent foreign box-office performer since Avatar, just concluding its fifth consecutive weekend in first place overseas.
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· "No, I'll never get that." And with that, new Emmy winner Martin Scorsese dashes your dreams of a Tony Award run to complete his EGOT. [Access Hollywood]
· Take a few minutes at some point today to read this lovely appreciation of Michael Barker and Tom Bernard, who are commemorating their 20th year as co-presidents of Sony Pictures Classics. It's hard to overstate how much they've influenced both moviemaking and moviegoing, usually without us even noticing. Congrats to them! [The Hot Blog]
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