A. Cruz & Co. adds to staff

Reality shingle A. Cruz & Co. is adding numerous producers towards the in-house staff. People being elevated did series produced with the prodco. Formally aboard are Lindsay Kugler, who presently may serve as co-professional producer on Fox's "Kitchen Bad dreams or nightmaresInch John Richardson, professional producer of "Full Throttle Saloon" on TruTV Mark Rowland, co-professional producer of TV An individual's "Unsung" and Anthony Storm, professional producer of UFC Countdown." Besides concentrating on their unique programs, all may also get the extra responsibility of developing new series. Other current A. Cruz & Co. skeins include "Hell's Kitchen," "American Ninja Warrior" and Conspiracy Theory With Jesse Ventura." Contact Stuart Levine at stuart.levine@variety.com

Justin Hartley Will get Male Lead In CW Pilot First Cut

EXCLUSIVE: The CW‘s Gray’s Anatomy-esque medical drama pilot First Cut took its McDreamy in former Smallville co-star and CW heartthrob Justin Hartley. Compiled by Jennie Snyder Urman and created by CBS TV Galleries, First Cut involves a recently minted female physician working in a hospital. Hartley will have Will, a handsome and sexy surgical intern, a golden boy that women want up to now and all sorts of men wish to spend time with. Hartley includes a strong following from his role because the Eco-friendly Arrow on Smallville, and that he would be a fans’ option to reprise his role within the CW’s pilot Arrow, a contemporary retelling from the story of Electricity Comics character Eco-friendly Arrow. The part ultimately visited Stephen Amell, and today Hartley gets a CW pilot lead of their own.

Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck Reveal New Baby's Name

When will viewers say their final goodbye to the folks of Tree Hill? The CW has announced this season's finale dates, including April endings for One Tree Hill and freshman drama Ringer. The network also revealed the premiere date for the six-episode Canadian series The L.A. Complex, which follows the lives of six young performers living in an apartment-style motel. Read More > Other Links From TVGuide.com America's Next Top ModelOne Tree HillSupernaturalGossip Girl90210The Vampire DiariesNikitaRingerThe Secret CircleHart of DixieThe L.A. Complex

Summit biz matters mind Matosich ankles

Summit Entertainment mind of economic matters Andrew Matosich is departing the studio to start an purchases and development shingle getting an initial-look deal at his soon-to-be former company, Variety knows.Matosich is ankling Summit that belongs to them accord his departure is not some the lay offs that switched in the The month of the month of january acquisition by Lionsgate, sources say. Variety first reported Tuesday that 4 or 5 key Summit professionals were release incorporated within the integration, plus much more lay offs are anticipated.Matosich increased being Summit's general counsel and business matters mind in 1995, focusing exclusively on business matters when Summit re-launched just like a full-service small-major in 2007. Named among Variety's top Hollyood dealmakers of 2011 in December, Matosich aided negotiate the studio's acquisition of "The Twilight Saga" and contains overseen all talent deals and production financing. More recently, he was responsible for settling a co-financing deal between Summit, OddLot and Digital Domain for "Ender's Game," slated for just about any March 2013 to create co-financing and distribution agreement between Summit and RCR Media for your "Highlander" franchise as well as the acquisition of "The Evening Circus," which David Heyman is creating produce. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

Cinematographer Ric Waite dies

Ric Waite, cinematographer of films including "Footloose," "48 Hrs.," "Red Dawn" and "The Long Riders," died Saturday, Feb. 18, in Los Angeles of natural causes. He was 78. For his work in television, Waite earned four Emmy nominations, including a win in 1976 for the NBC miniseries "Captains and the Kings." Waite began as a still photographer. At the NY City photography studio he owned, he did fashion and advertising work for magazines including GQ, Vogue, Glamour, Seventeen and Playboy and advertisers such as Jaguar and DuPont. He moved to Los Angeles in 1970 and began work as a cinematographer. Waite initially worked in television, lensing episodes of series including "Emergency!," "Police Story" and "City of Angels" as well as numerous telepics, including "Tail Gunner Joe" (for which he received an Emmy nom), "The Life and Assassination of the Kingfish" (another Emmy nom), "Dead of Night" and "Amateur Night at the Dixie Bar and Grill." He scored his final Emmy nom for a much later effort, the 1996 TNT telepic "Andersonville." Waite successfully transitioned to bigscreen work with the critically lauded Walter Hill Western "The Long Riders" in 1979. Among the features he shot were Hill's "Brewster's Millions," starring Richard Pryor and John Candy; Carl Reiner's "Summer Rental," with Candy; Nicholas Meyer's "Volunteers," starring Tom Hanks and Candy; "Cobra," starring Sylvester Stallone; Chris Columbus' "Adventures in Babysitting"; and a number of films starring Steven Seagal. Richard Waite was born in Sheboygan, Wisc. After high school he joined the Air Force and flew with the Photo Intelligence group. Waite was a member of the American Society of Cinematographers. In 2002 he moved to the Denver area, where he taught cinematography and lighting at the Colorado U. Film School. In recent years Waite shot the films "Best Ribs in Town" and "Assassins' Code," and he was set as director of photography on the film "Legacy," which is in pre-production. Waite is survived by his wife of 48 years, Judy; a son; and a daughter. Contact Variety Staff at news@variety.com

Shankman in predicts direct, produce 'Leave You'

ShankmanAdam Shankman will "This Is Where I Cause You To,In . is at early discussions later on aboard to direct and provide your family drama for Warner Bros. "This Is Where I make youInch will probably be produced by Paula Weinstein and Rob Levine via their Spring Creek banner and Shankman and Jennifer Gibgot through their Offspring Entertainment shingle. Jesse Ehrman is controlling the job for Warners. Project's experienced development at Warner Bros. since early 2009, when the studio acquired the screen rights to Jonthan Tropper's novel with Greg Berlanti pointing. Tropper's book, launched by Dutton, concentrates on a parent or gaurdian who dies and demands that his highly dysfunctional and non-religious family sit Shivah for seven days. Shankman and Gibgot signed a preliminary-look production deal with New Line a year ago. The siblings and siblings had already produced three photos for completely new Line -- "Hairspray," which Shankman helmed "17 Again" and "Going the lengthInch -- and so are in publish-production for completely new Line's "Rock old range," likely to be in June, and "Step-up 4," likely to be in This summer time from Summit. Carrying out a career just like a top Hollywood choreographer, Shankman made his directorial debut in 2001 while using Gibgot-produced "The Marriage Coordinator," starring Jennifer Lopez and Matthew McConaughey. More youthful crowd directed Mandy Moore starrer "A Stroll to help keep in mindInch for Warner Bros. and "Cheaper with the Dozen 2" for Fox. Shankman's also developing "The Nutcracker" for completely new Line with expects to direct and provide with Gibgot. He's been attracted onto direct NBC's untitled Hilary Winston single-camera pilot, in the new the new sony TV and Jamie Tarses' Fanfare and concentrating on a shy lady who, after being left by her fiance, sways on her behalf account co-employees to help her leave her spend and plot her revenge. Shankman also recently directed cases of "Glee" and "Modern Family." Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com

Steven Spielberg talks Tintin 2

Total Film lately swept up with Steven Spielberg, and that we got him to spill the beans around the approaching Tintin follow up.Spielberg directed the very first instalment from the performance-capture/animated undertake Hergé's spirited comic series, with Peter Jacskon becoming producer. The happy couple decided on the trilogy, and also the ending from the Secret From The Unicorn certainly left things open for any follow up.What exactly can Spielberg inform us about Tintin 2?"Peter [Jackson]'s doing the work. I needed to get it done, but Peter needs to because we designed a deal. I stated, 'I'll direct the first, you direct the 2nd one.'"And Peter, obviously, can do it immediately after he finishes photography around the Hobbit. He'll go directly into the 31, a 3 week period of performance capture."We are not telling the planet what books we are basing the 2nd movie on yet."But did not producer Kathleen Kennedy say it will likely be The Calculus Affair?"We've not made the decision that yet. She's tossing a monkey wrench to your story! Maybe. I love The Calculus Affair. So it may be.InchWe've completed a tale outline now. There exists a author onto it. I am simply not proclaiming what it's. It will likely be several book, but a maximum of two."The Adventures Of Tintin: The Key From The Unicorn arrives on DVD and Blu-ray on 19 March 2012.For additional from Steven Spielberg, obtain the new problem of Total Film magazine, which hits newsstands on Thursday 16 Feb.And, it is a special interactive problem this month, meaning that exist great extra content with the free Blippar application. Browse the mag for full particulars!Click the link a subscription to Total Film magazine.Click the link to obtain Total Film magazine on iPad and apple iphone from Apple Newsstand.

Hungarian helmers host Film Week

Istvan Szabo's 'The Door,' starring Helen Mirren, tested competing in the Budapest event.BUDAPEST -- In show of defiance and solidarity, Hungarian filmmakers located the 43rd Hungarian Film Week on February. 3-5, while using nation's premier festival to collect worldwide support for Hungary's battling moviemaking industry.Locked in two movie theaters in Budapest, it was the very first time in memory the big event wasn't directly backed through the Hungarian condition.Based on Bela Tarr, leader from the sponsoring Hungarian Filmmakers Assn, the fest occured to display to the world "that Hungarian film is alive."Hungary's troubled domestic cinema industry has languished among the financial crisis in Hungary and Europe."Our plan for the festival was zero," states Tarr, certainly one of Hungary's noticably film auteurs. "We'd no condition support. Everything was free. Everything was volunteer. It had been a filmmakers' event."The fest seemed to be used like a platform for European filmmakers to lend support for his or her Hungarian brethren inside a nation noted for auteurs for example Alexander Korda, Istvan Szabo and Miklos Jancso.On February. 3, the festival's opening day, a slate of Europe's top festival company directors, including Dieter Kosslick (Berlin), Thierry Fremaux (Cannes) and Daniela Michel (Morelia), in addition to Michel Reilhac, director of movies at ARTE-France, and held a press conference to voice support for that autonomy of Hungarian film and also the protection of the skill of cinema.The panel expressed opposition for lately passed film legislation in Hungary that changes the way in which public money is allotted to domestic films, and also the criteria for selection.The drafting from the current law was overseen by Hungarian-born Hollywood producer Andrew G. Vajna, who told Variety soon after the legislation's passage his intention ended up being to bring transparency towards the condition film funding process.Europe's fest company directors belittled the brand new system for "a potential inclination to favor show business-like productions (i.e., commercial movies) while neglecting important segments of filmmaking (traditional art films.)"Although Vajna told Variety he wished Hungarian films would are more audience-friendly, the newest projects to get condition funding with the fund seem to be traditional art projects, and can include a film to become directed by Film Week prize-winning director Janos Szasz in addition to projects including Hungarian auteurs Gabor Dettre and Karoly Ujj Meszaros.Hungarian film might be battling throughout these dire economic occasions, however the weekend fest says the neighborhood audience continues to be behind it. Tarr introduced that as much as 10,000 moviegoers attended the 3 times of tests in Budapest's Urania and Toldi movie theaters.In comparison with previous years, no competition occured for that 10 movies tested, which incorporated releases by Szabo ("The DoorwayInch), Peter Forgacs ("German Oneness@Balaton"), and Sara Cserhalmi ('Dear Tricked Friend").(Ten is really a low number for that fest and coordinators say they scrambled to locate and screen exactly what was available. This Year's edition had 18 features -- exactly the same number as with 2008 -- and 31 shorts. The 2011 edition also tested three children's films, 50 documentaries, 30 animated films, nine scientific paperwork, and 13 shorts."Every showing was offered out," Tarr states. "I believe our visitors were built with a good feeling."Despite these warm sentiments, your decision from the filmmakers' association to keep the Film Week throughout the fest's traditional pre-Berlin fest slot at the begining of Feb may spark a fest war in Hungary.This Year, the federal government backed a movie Week in Might just days prior to the opening from the Cannes film fest.Tarr cautions when the federal government decides to keep a festival next May, it can't make use of the Film Week title without permission. "Who owns the copyright for that Film Week is our association," Tarr states. "Only we've the privileges into it.InchBut Tarr added that no festivals are coming in Hungary unless of course film production gears up soon. "If you prefer a national film week, you need films," Tarr states. "And also to appear the coming year, the flicks have to be shot now. However we're not shooting." Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

Time Warner Cable profits jump to $564 mil

Time Warner Cable profits jumped to $564 million last quarter from $392 million the year before. Revenue grew 4% to $5 billion.The nation's second largest cabler said Friday it lost 129,000 video subscribers last but offset that by adding others in high-speed data and voice, making for a solid quarter ending the year with 14.5 million customers. CEO Glenn Britt said, "Time Warner Cable's 2011 results demonstrate the continued strength of our business amidst rapid change in technology and the consumer marketplace."Last quarter was marked by a carriage battle with NY's MSG Networks. As of the first of this year, Knicks, Rangers and Devils games have gone dark for TWC subs and the two companies remain in a standoff.Residential services revenues increased 2.6% year-over-year to $4.3 billion; Video revenue was flat, offset by growth in high-speed data and phone service.Business services revenues grew 37% to $409 million.Advertising revenue decreased 10% to $242 million primarily as a result of a year-over-year decline in political advertising revenues, the company said.Time Warner Cable returned $3.3 billion worth of stock to shareholders during the full year in stock repurchases and dividends. It said its board has replenished its share repurchase authorization to $4 billion effective today. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

Paula Deen: I Have Type 2 Diabetes

Paula Deen Paula Deen says she has Type 2 diabetes. "I was determined to share my positive approach and not let diabetes stand in the way of enjoying my life," Deen said Tuesday, announcing her launch of Diabetes in a New Light. VIDEO: Paula Deen asks Dr. Oz to help her quit smoking The 64-year-old Food Network chef, who's famous for her butter and oil-laden Southern cooking, has been in the news about her health before. In October she appeared on the Dr. Oz Show to get help with quitting smoking. And last summer fellow chef Anthony Bourdain shocked her when he said she "revels in unholy connections with evil corporations and she's proud of the fact that her food is f---ing bad for you." After learning of Deen's condition, Bourdain told Eater.com that although he takes no pleasure in hearing the information, "When your signature dish is hamburger in between a doughnut, and you've been cheerfully selling this stuff knowing all along that you've got Type 2 diabetes ... It's in bad taste if nothing else." Paula Deen: I'm shocked by Anthony Bourdain's comments - since I've never cooked for him But Deen says her diagnosis won't stop her from cooking good food. She says she's making "lifestyle adjustments, including lightened-up versions of her favorite recipes" adding: "I'm excited to ... show others that managing diabetes does not have to stop you from enjoying the things you love." Watch Deen talking about her diabetes on Today:

50 Cent States He Released Photo-Looked Images Of Jay-Z & Beyonces Newborn To Avoid Fans From Mocking

First Launched: The month of the month of january 12, 2012 6:35 PM EST Credit: Getty Images La, Calif. -- Caption 50 Cent attends the Cinemax Films & The Cinema Society screening of Sunset Limited sometimes Warner Screening Room, New you are able to city, February 1, 201150 Cent is clearing the atmosphere of a publish to his Twitter page that came out to mock Jay-Z and Beyonces light blue Ivy Carter. The publish shown photos of the people while using emcees face photo-looked inside the infant. But 50 Cents repetition notifies AccessHollywood.com he did not publish the appearance. He wasn't mocking Jay-Z or Beyonce but instead was trying to discourage his fans from carrying this out. After Tweeting a web link for the pictures, with the content, [Yall] play [too] much congratulations to JAYZ and Beyonce BABY #BlueIvyCarter IS GEORGOUS, 50 mentioned he only re-Tweeted the photos to be able to stop his fans from ridiculing the kid. I'd never produce a picture such as this its throughout time frame, he later written. [Yall] play [too] much I understand Jay might be probably the most pleased hes are you currently within the existence. The In Da Club rapper also appreciated their very own fond recollections being a preliminary-time father. From the when MARQUISE was produced I used to be so happy, 50 Tweeted. If only to possess another kid eventually. Copyright 2012 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All rights reserved. These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Deja view for 2011's top domestic films

2011 was the initial year the very best seven domestic grossing films were franchise obligations, within the "Harry Potter" finale and "Transformers: Dark in the Moon" through "Fast Five" and "Cars 2." In the year's top, six films unspooled in 3d -- a format that saw mixed results in 2011. Still, 3d saw more commercial releases a year ago, with 36, in comparison to each other year (2010 bowed 22 3d game game titles). In 2012, 37 3d films are slated for release (or re-release). For Variety's top 250 domestic box office chart, see pages 22-23. Contact Variety Staff at news@variety.com