Video of Alan Alda and Kate Beckinsale at Brandeis

The Los Angeles Times' Scott Feinberg posted the above video chronicling his Q&A session with "Nothing But The Truth" actors Alan Alda and Kate Beckinsale at the Edie and Lew Wasserman Cinematheque, 415 South St. in Waltham on Wednesday, Dec. 3.

The screening and forum was part of the college's "Chasing Oscar" series focusing on serious contenders for Academy Award nominations.

"This series has brought some of the most important and exciting films and filmmakers in the world to Brandeis, and it has not only the campus but the entire city of Boston buzzing," says Alice Kelikian, an associate professor of history and chair of the film department at Brandeis University.

The university successfully hosted a slew of buzzworthy celebrities including Alda and Beckinsale as well as Mark Ruffalo and Melissa Leo.

J-Lo film proceeds while YFG files Chapter 11

Jennifer Lopez's new made-in-Boston flick "The Governess," now slotted for production in the Hub during the first quarter of 2009, is reportedly not affected by the news that its producers, Yari Film Group, has put the releasing arm of its movie business into Chapter 11 reorganization.

Variety reports that the Bob Yari surprised staffers on Friday, Dec. 12 with an e-mail warning of impending layoffs.

“Our goal is to aggressively work toward reorganizing our debt so that we can become a stronger company,” Yari writes via e-mail. “In the meantime, our production arms are distinct entities with separate financing which remain unaffected by the legal proceedings."

The news reconfirms reports that Jennifer Lopez's "The Governess" is still greelit with pre-production already in the works.

Yari Film Group recently shot two films in Boston--the Mark Ruffalo and Ethan Hawke movie "What Doesn't Kill You" by Brian Goodman and "The Maiden Heist" starring Morgan Freeman, Christopher Walken and William H. Macy.

Nigel Cole's "The Governess" with Jennifer Lopez, initially scheduled to be shot in Boston this past September, has been moved to early next year.

In "The Governess," Jennifer Lopez plays a thief who poses as a wealthy widower’s nanny who must come clean when she starts to fall for the man she initially planned to rob.

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