Inside Obama's Secret Hollywood Meet-and-Greet; Grace Kelly Film in the Works; Netflix Stock Continues to Plummet; DWA Beats 3Q Expectations; CBS Gives 2 Dramas Full-Season Pickups

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TOP STORIES EXCLUSIVE: President Obama Holds Secret Meet-and-Greet With Hollywood Execs and Influencers Among those attending the morning gathering at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel were studio head Harvey Weinstein, UTA's Rob Prinz, CAA managing partner and music head Rob Light, and ICM's Chris Silbermann. EXCLUSIVE: Grace Kelly Film in the Works Producer Pierre-Ange Le Pogam has acquired Grace of Monaco, a spec script by Arash Amel that sets Kelly's personal story amid the politics of the time, in the vein of "The King's Speech." DreamWorks Animation Beats Quarterly Expectations But Stock Falters "Kung Fu Panda 2" leads the quarter, thanks to $498 million at the foreign box office. Netflix Stock Falls to Early 2010 Levels The prolific producer teams with "Smallville," "Hellcats" and "L.A. Confidential" writers for a number of new dramas. 'Person of Interest,' 'Unforgettable' Get Full-Season Orders at CBS The dramas join the network's freshman comedy "2 Broke Girls" in getting pickups. EXCLUSIVE: NBC Lands Comedy From '30 Minutes or Less' Scribe, Jack Black The single-camera project would revolve around a couple who meet online and fall in love. MOVIES McG in Negotiations to Direct 'Puzzle Palace' The thriller is written by David Guggenheim and is being produced by Temple Hill. 'Shame' Officially Rated NC-17 Steve McQueen's film earned the adults-only classification for what the rating board called "some explicit sexual content." EXCLUSIVE: Karl Urban and Ben Barnes Go Into 'Overdrive' Pierre Morel is producing the Marseilles-set action pic from writer-producers Derek Haas and Michael Brandt. Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci in Negotiations to Join Skydance Productions The agreement, which includes K/O Paper Products, is described as "a uniquely structured deal." PHOTO: 'Girl With the Dragon Tattoo': New Poster Released The film’s latest one sheet is significantly less racy than the previously released NSFW images. TV EXCLUSIVE: NBC Buys 'Apocalipstick' Comedy, 'Masters and Apprentice' Drama from BermanBraun The net scores a drama about rookie FBI agent who enlists the aid of a mysterious former operative and a comedy about a woman's father who ends up dating her high school nemesis. Fox Buys 'Manny' Comedy From 'Couples Retreat' Scribe The network has ordered a script from feature writer Dana Fox. 'New Girl,' 'Secret Circle' and 'X Factor': 10 Youngest-Skewing New Shows This Season (So Far) Five weeks into the season, THR takes a look at which freshman fare have ad buyers drooling. Furious 'Sons of Anarchy' Creator Tells DirecTV Viewers 'You're Getting F---ed Over'; Reveals Banned Script Kurt Sutter, whose FX drama is in danger of being pulled due to a Fox-DirecTV dispute, also praises FX chief John Landgraf: "If it weren't for that guy, I'd be selling star maps and handjobs in front of theMotherlode." EXCLUSIVE: 'Easy A's' Will Gluck, 'SNL' Writer Sell Father-Daughter Comedy to NBC The Sony project, penned by "Saturday Night Live" scribe Jessi Klein, will explore the complicated dynamic between fathers and daughters. Brian Grazer: Stephen King's 'The Dark Tower' Still a Go at HBO "We'll do the TV with HBO, and we'll do the movie with… to be determined," the producer says. AMC Renews 'The Walking Dead' for Season 3 The zombie drama based on the long-running comic by Robert Kirkman gets a fast pickup after shattering basic cable ratings records with its second season premiere. Starz Orders David Goyer's 'Da Vinci's Demons' To Series The eight-episode series will begin production early next year for a 2013 premiere.

THE BUSINESS Pedro Almodovar Selects 'The Killers,' 'Nightmare Alley' to Screen at AFI Fest The director also will attend a 25th anniversary screening of his own "Law of Desire" along with the movie's star Antonio Banderas. Analyst Calls Netflix a 'Broken Story' as Stock Gets Hit With Wall Street Downgrades After the company's third-quarter earnings report, oneobserver says "the Netflix model is unsustainable," while Suquehanna Financial's Vasily Karasyov speaks of a "nuclear winter" and says the latest results "put to rest the bull case on Netflix." Q&A: Twyla Tharp Brings Frank Sinatra to Hollywood's Pantages Theater The creator of "Come Fly Away" talks about her latest dance musical, opening Oct. 25 in L.A., and how it differs from her previous Sinatra-inspired projects. Q&A: Maestro Award Recipient Alan Menken on the Future of Movie Musicals Unless the judge supports trustee Ronald Durkin's motion to take control of Pangea, the end could be in sight for his involvement in the case. Analyst Sees 2012 Political Ad Spending Handily Exceeding 2008 Levels "We see robust 2012 political ad spending across all media, meaningfully topping projected $2.6 billion-$2.8 billion for the record-setting 2007-2008 campaign cycle," says S&P Capital IQ analyst Tuna Amobi.

STYLE Oprah Winfrey, Ralph Lauren Raise $7 Million by Talking Live at Lincoln Center The media mogul and the designer spoke onstage before Lauren presented Winfrey and the audience with a surprise fashion show. PHOTOS: 15th Annual Hollywood Film Awards Red Carpet Arrivals Carey Mulligan was among the evening's top honorees, wearing a simple black Bottega Veneta dress to the Oct. 24 event.

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