I would like to wish you all a very happy holidays season, full of peace, love and harmony. And a great new year, full of realizations.

I hope Mark and his family stay well tonight, despiting all latest events, that he may be find peace with the people he loves. His family are still in my prayers.

MTV have an exclusive clipe of Mark in “What Doesn’t Kill You”, which opened in limited releases last Friday.

In it, Brian (Mark Ruffalo) is visited by a local police detective (Donnie Wahlberg, who also co-wrote the film). Check it out below.

Edited – Added screencaptures to the gallery, as well the clip itself to download. Enjoy!

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• What Doesn’t Kill You MTV Special Clipe – Screencaptures
• What Doesn’t Kill You MTV Special Clipe – Download Video

With two Satellite Awards for best actor, plus a film coming out this Friday, this could and should have been a good week for 41-year-old Mark Ruffalo, whose acting career was threatened six years ago when he underwent surgery for a brain tumor that was found to be benign.

Instead this week will go down as one of the worst in the life of the actor in front of You Can Count on Me, In the Cut, Zodiac and this year’s underappreciated Blindness, when his younger brother, Scott Ruffalo, died Monday night after living on life support for a week since he was found shot in the head outside of his Beverly Hills condominium, Dec. 1. Scott was 39.

One of the two Satellite awards was for Mark’s performance as Stephen, a conman, in Brothers Bloom. The other was for his performance in the upcoming and ill fated-titled film, What Doesn’t Kill You.

Based on the life and screenplay of Mark’s buddy — the film’s writer-director and actor, Brian Goodman — Mark plays Brian, a drug addicted hoodlum, husband and father who almost went over the edge living and working with his partner in crime, Paulie (Ethan Hawke), on the streets of working class Boston.

As more and more details come out Scott’s death – the narrative has moved from random robbery to a drug-induced Russian roulette mistake – What Doesn’t Kill You, Mark’s performance in the film, and what he said below in a pre-Thanksgiving interview takes on an extra layer of meaning.

Why did you want to make this film?

Mark Ruffalo: The true story aspect of it makes it completely different. In my memory I can’t remember a lot of films that are quite like this, that deal with drug addiction and crime and just rising out of it in a really, kind-of-honest way. It gets glorified or it gets so sappy with 12-step stuff it becomes like a preachy kind of thing. I knew if I could play Brian that would be a pretty great and interesting role.

Read here the rest of the interview.

After last week’s tragic shooting death of his brother, work is probably the last thing on Mark Ruffalo’s mind.

Now comes word that the You Can Count On Me actor has dropped out of what was supposed to be his next job, the indie dramedy Greenburg. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Ruffalo will be replaced by Ben Stiller, who will make a rare dramatic turn in the Noah Baumbach-helmed project.

No official reason has been given for Ruffalo’s departure, but considering the circumstances, it’s easy to understand what his motivation might be.

Beverly Hills police continue to investigate whether his brother, Scott Ruffalo, died from a gunshot wound to the head after playing Russian roulette. An autopsy is scheduled to be performed later today.

Ruffalo’s not the only major departure from Greenburg. Amy Adams was supposed to costar, but she, too, has decided to pass, and a search is under way for her replacement.

Mark Ruffalo is speaking out about the tragic death of his brother.

“Mark Ruffalo and his family deeply appreciate the outpouring of prayers and support during this most difficult time of the passing of Scott Ruffalo, beloved son, brother and husband,” a rep for the actor said in a statement, TMZ reports. “The funeral service will be private.”

Scott Ruffalo, 39, died Monday night, one week after he was shot in the head inside his Beverly Hills apartment.

In remembrance, the family has created a memorial fund in Scott’s name. Donations may be sent to:

Scott Ruffalo, Family Fund
c/o Altman Greenfield & Selvaggi, CPA’s
200 Park Avenue South 8th Floor
New York, NY 10003

A day after actor Mark Ruffalo’s brother died of a gunshot wound to the head, an attorney for the woman arrested in the case says she was merely a witness to a game of Russian Roulette.

Scott Ruffalo, 39, died late Monday night at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, Beverly Hills Police Sgt. Renato Moreno said.

Authorities continued Tuesday to investigate the role of Shaha Mishaal Adham, 26, who turned herself in to police Monday after authorities issued a warrant for her arrest for investigation of attempted murder.

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Adham’s initial court appearance was scheduled for Wednesday.

Her attorney downplayed her role late Tuesday, telling the New York Daily News that she witnessed Scott Ruffalo shoot himself during a game of Russian Roulette. Ronald Richards told the newspaper that Adham had gone to Scott Ruffalo’s condo to pick up a set of keys and fled after the shooting.

Richards said in a subsequent e-mail to The Associated Press late Tuesday night that he was still talking to police about the incident and had no further comment.

Police have declined to discuss a motive for the shooting or possible evidence against Adham, who is being held without bail. Scott Ruffalo, a hairstylist, was found with a gunshot wound to the head in Beverly Hills on Dec. 1.

His family released a statement Tuesday evening to thank supporters and announce the creation of a fund in his honor.

“Mark Ruffalo and his family deeply appreciate the outpouring of prayers and support during this most difficult time of the passing of Scott Ruffalo, beloved son, brother and husband,” the statement read.

The family said the funeral service would be private.

Another man wanted for questioning, Brian B. Scofield, also turned himself in to police on Monday and was released. Police have not said whether he is still considered a suspect.

Scott Ruffalo, 39, died today night at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, Beverly Hills Police Sgt. Renato Moreno said.

A phone message left early Tuesday for a Mark Ruffalo publicist wasn’t immediately returned.

Two people wanted for questioning about the shooting had surrendered themselves to police earlier Monday.

Shaha Mishaal Adham was suspected of shooting Scott Ruffalo, and authorities had issued an attempted murder arrest warrant for the 26-year-old. Brian Scofield was being held on a misdemeanor traffic warrant.

Jail records didn’t indicate whether the pair have hired attorneys, but showed that a court date for Adham had been tentatively scheduled for Wednesday.

Scott Ruffalo, a hairstylist, was found with a gunshot wound to the head in Beverly Hills on Dec. 1. Police haven’t discussed a motive.

Only a couple of weekends ago, I had the opportunity to meet and spend an evening with one of my favorite actors, Mark Ruffalo.

Ruffalo, who has starred in and elevated so many different sorts of films over the years — among them “You Can Count On Me” (2000), “The Last Castle” (2001), “We Don’t Live Here Anymore” (2004), “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” (2004), “13 Going on 30″ (2004), “Collateral” (2004), “Just Like Heaven” (2005) and “Zodiac” (2007) — had accepted my invitation to come to Brandeis University for a screening of/Q&A about his latest film, “What Doesn’t Kill You,” along with its director/his close friend Brian Goodman, whose tumultuous journey is chronicled in the film.
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As is customary for all of our east coast Contender Q&A events, Brandeis’ chair of film studies and I introduced the film and then left to meet our guests for a pre-Q&A dinner at a local restaurant. Upon our arrival, Ruffalo couldn’t have greeted us more warmly or thanked us more profusely for having him to campus and casting a spotlight on his little film. During dinner, he seemed positively giddy to hear that an overflow crowd had turned out for the screening, including students, dozens of locals who had worked on the film (which was shot in nearby Boston), SAG/AMPAS voters, and numerous members of Goodman’s family. After dinner, he asked me to join him in his SUV for the short ride to campus so that we could continue our conversation, but not before he quietly called to check in with his wife and young children, one of whom caused him to chuckle by saying, for no particular reason, “I won’t let you down, Daddy.” Upon our arrival at campus, he candidly answered questions from me, and then the audience, for 45 minutes, and then voluntarily spent at least as long posing for photographs, signing autographs, and just chatting with audience members until every last person who had stuck around got what they were looking for. Afterward, backstage, he was again as thankful as could be, as if he felt he needed to top the level of gratitude we had expressed to him for flying across the country exclusively for this event, which was considerable.

The reason I mention all of this is that — believe it or not — most actors are not this classy or impressive, and the fact that Ruffalo was did not go unnoticed by the hundreds of people who came out to attend that evening’s event, or by the one person who moderated it. At the start of the evening, I was a big fan of Mark Ruffalo, the actor; by the end of it, I was an even bigger fan of Mark Ruffalo, the man.

Consequently, I have had a heavy heart ever since learning that Mark’s younger brother Scott Ruffalo was shot in the head — one report called it an “execution-style” shooting — outside of his Beverly Hills condominium early Monday morning, and that he is now only barely clinging to life at a Los Angeles-area hospital. I’m told that Mark is by his side, and that Brian is supporting Mark. (News broke early Friday morning that police are now seeking two suspects for the crime.)

For Mark, this should have been a week for celebration — on Monday, he was unexpectedly nominated for not one but two Satellite Awards, best actor for “What Doesn’t Kill You” and best supporting actor for “The Brothers Bloom.” Instead, it has turned into a nightmare.

Scott Feinberg to LATimes.com