More Reservations & Signings

Montana Artists has signed first AD Serta "Laz" Lazarovits ("The Frozen Ground"), production designer Alan Bainee ("Burglars"), d.p. Cameron Duncan ("Southland") and costume designer Kim Wilcox ("Nobody Walks").Montana reserved producers Sophistication Gilroy on CW's "First Cut" and Paul Marks with an untitled Shaun Eastin work for USA professional producer Tim Coddington with an R&D period for Disney's "Matterhorn" co-producers Darlene Cass on John Putch's "Atlas Shrugged Part Two" and Darren Demetre on Sofia Coppola's "The Jewelry Ring" and UPM's Cecilia Kate Roque, on CBS' "Golden Boy," Michele Greco on NBC's "Chicago Fire" and Buddy Enright on Mikael Hafstrom's "The Tomb."Montana reserved d.p.'s Feliks Parnell on NBC's "County," Jerzy Zielinski on CBS' "Basic Level,Inch Attila Szalay, on CW's "The Choice,Inch Jamie Barber on USA's "Covert Matters," Craig Donlevy on Syfy's "Haven," John Rutland on Eduardo Sanchez's "Is available" and Lloyd Ahern on Lifetime's "Drop Dead Diva." Agency reserved first AD's ABC's "Gilded Lillys," Louis Guerra on CBS' "Elementary" and Phil Patterson on NBC's "The Frontier."Montana reserved production designers John D. Kretschmer on NBC's "Chicago Fire," Christopher Nowak on ABC's "666 Park Ave," Shaun Knipp on ABC's "Nashville," Gae Buckley on NBC's "Continue,Inch Brent Thomas on CW's "Cult," Sandy Cochrane on Nickelodeon's "Fairly Oddparents 2" and Ough Eyres on Kazuaki Kiriya's "The Final Dark night."Montana reserved costume designers Christie Wittenborn on NBC's "Beautiful People," Kelli Johnson on Fox's untitled Kevin Williamson project and Betsy Heimann on Fox's untitled Karyn Usher project. Agency reserved editors Alan Cody on ABC's "Beauty and also the Animal," Michelle Tesoro, on HBO's "Luck," Jonathan Schwartz on Showtime's "The Large C" and Vikash Patel on the&E's "Longmire." * * * Dattner Dispoto signed advertisements and music video stylist Brigitte Pavich Echols, costume designer Jill K. Lucas ("Raising the Bar") and d.p.'s Rachel Morrison ("Tim and Eric's Big Movie") and Michael Wale ("Smallville").Dattner Dispoto film reservations: production designer Cecil Gentry on Susan Seidelman's "The Menopausal Flashes," costume designer Mary Claire Hannan on Diablo Cody's "Lamb Of God," d.p. Rodney Taylor on Deon Taylor's "Supremacy," line producer Patty Lengthy on Erectile dysfunction Gass-Donnelly's "The Final Exorcism 2" and d.p. Bobby Bukowski on Ariel Vromen's "The Iceman."Dattner Dispoto TV reservations: costume designer Nadine Haders on TNT's "Leverage" and d.p.'s John Lindley on NBC pilot "The Frontier," Robert Gantz on CW pilot "Cult" and USA's "Whitened Collar," Xavier Grobet on HBO's "Enlightened," Flavio Labiano on CBS pilot "Quean" and Jo Willems on ABC pilot "Gotham." * * * Innovative artists signed editor Ron Shaine ("Stories of Narnia: Voyage of Beginning Treader"), art director John Collins ("The Hunger Games"), costume designer Kimberly Tillman ("Battleship") and d.p.'s Tobias Datum ("Smashed") and John Inwood "Parks and Entertainment").Innovative reserved line producers Kate Dean on Kaira Copeland's "Coffee Town," David Sophistication on Lake Bell's "Inside a World," Tim Iacofano on ABC pilot "Penoza," Gideon Amir on The new sony pilot "Frontier" and Ron Mcleod on UPM pilot "Quean." Agency reserved d.p.'s Tim Suhrstedt on Diablo Cody's next feature, Doug Chamberlain on Kat Coiro's "A Situation Individuals,Inch David Hennings on Dylan Kidd's "Obtain a Job," Checco Varese as second unit d.p. on Guillermo Del Toro's "Off-shore Rim," Eric Edwards with an untitled Hilary Winston pilot for The new sony Theo Van p Sande on CBS pilot "Beauty and also the Animal," Darren Genet on CBS pilot "Applebaum," Levie Isaacks on ABC pilot "American Judy" and John Thomas on Showtime's "The Large C."Innovative reserved production designers Craig Chusid on Mikeal Hafstrom's "The Tomb," Zack Grobler on Warner Bros. pilot "Revolution," Corey Kaplan on Warner Bros. pilot "Shelter," Victoria Paul on The new sony pilot "Save Me," Stefania Cella" on Fox pilot "The Resource," Stephen Lineweaver on "Applebaum," Stuart Blatt on NBC Uni pilot "County," Nick Lundy on Warner Bros. pilot "Guilty," Tony Medina on Lifetime movie "Blue Lagoon" and Ray Kluga on USA's "Royal Pains."Innovative reserved editors Matt Ramsey on ABC pilot "Gilded Lilly's," Matt Barber on Warner Bros. pilot "Cult," Tim Alverson on Walter Hill's "Bullet towards the Mind," Annette Davey on Kaira Copeland's "Coffee Town," Cara Silverman on Fox pilot "Susan 313," Michael Knue on David Hackl's "Red-colored Machine," Dorian Harris and John Valerio on HBO's "Enlightened" and Michael Ruscio on HBO's "True Bloodstream." Agency also reserved costume designers George Little on Kathryn Bigelow untitled feature, Alysia Raycraft on NBC Uni pilot "Mindy Kaling," Molly Maginnis on Cinemax feature "Muhammed Ali's Finest Fight," Rachel Sage Kunin on Warner Horizon's "Longmire," Sanja Hays on Justin Lin's "Fast and Furious 6," Victoria Auth with an untitled Berman/Wright/Dinner pilot for The new sony, Kim Tillman on The new sony pilot "Save Me," Monique Prudomme on Thor Freudenthal's "Percy Jackson 2," Kathryn Morrison on The new sony pilot "Last Measure" and Tish Monaghan on Warner Bros. pilot "Arrow." Innovative also reserved stunt coordinator Markos Rounthwaite on Shane Black's "Iron Guy 3." Contact Peter Caranicas at peter.caranicas@variety.com

IATSE, Teamsters set Monday rally for 'Die'

The Intl. Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees as well as the Intl. Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 399 have set a Monday rally outdoors the Burbank headquarters of Original Prods. incorporated inside a push to unionize the tv series "1000 Techniques to Die." The rally remains occur the wake of producers neglecting about 30 crew those who have been attempting to unionize. Teamsters busines repetition Steve Dayan mentioned the fired crew people are actually transformed. A speaker for Original mentioned the business did not have comment in regards to the rally. Four-year-old "A Thousand Techniques to Die" airs on Spike TV with re-enactments of strange conditions through which people have left. Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com

Watch Kevin Kline and Mike Myers in Marginally Funny 'Oscar Etiquette' Promo

Another Academy awards promo video, another vain make an effort to show some personality and pep through the Academy this time around round the Academy awards have drawn on Mike Myers to complete an uppity butler type straight from the discards from the Austin Forces supporting character brainstorming boards, who shows Oscar champion Kevin Kline the best way to hold his statuette. If the type of humor tickles you silly and enables you to set your TV calendar for Sunday, then hold onto your pants and chill a couple of cans of Ensure! We're set for a riot, people. I am talking about, what states amusing and relevant a lot more than KEVIN KLINE and MIKE MYERS?? Sigh. It isn't even funny to joke about how exactly unfunny these bits are. I won't believe this is actually the very best that Funny or Die could use the Academy awards. Because of the choice, I election "Die." Follow Jen Yamato on Twitter. Follow Movieline on Twitter.

Viasat Extends NFL Broadcast, Simulcast Rights In Nordic Region Through 2017

Viasat Broadcasting today announced that it has extended its live broadcasting rights to the National Football League (NFL) in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland, until the end of the 2017 NFL season. The rights include live broadcast coverage on free-TV and pay-TV, as well as live simulcast for mobile phones and the internet. Viasat has broadcast the NFL in the Nordic region since 2006. Beginning with the 2012 season, Viasat Broadcastings rights include regular season games and all post-season games including the Super Bowl. Swedish viewers will be able to watch live games from the regular season, the playoffs and the Super Bowl on free-TV channel TV10 and premium pay-TV channel Viasat Fotboll HD. Norwegian viewers will be able to watch the Super Bowl live on free-TV channel Viasat 4, while games from the regular season, the playoffs and the Super Bowl will be shown live on premium pay-TV channels Viasat Sport and Viasat Sport HD. Danish viewers will be able to watch Sunday games at 22.00 and 02.00 from the regular season, the playoffs and the Super Bowl live in standard and high definition on free-TV channel TV3+. Joint venture pay-TV channel TV 2 Sport Denmark will show live Sunday games at 19.00 and Monday games live at 02.30 during the regular season. Finnish viewers will be able to watch games from the regular season, the playoffs and the Super Bowl live on the Nelonen Pro sports channels, available on Viasats Finnish digital satellite pay-TV platform and in Viasat pay-TV packages. All televised games on Sunday (at least 1 and up to 2) at 19.00 and 22.15 will also be made available as a simulcast on the online pay-TV service Viaplay in all Nordic countries for customers who subscribe to the TV + Film + Sport package. The NFL is a premium worldwide sports right and the Super Bowl is one of the most watched events of the sporting calendar. The sport has a loyal following in the Nordic region and we are delighted to have extended our successful five year partnership for another five years. We have an unrivalled sports offering across multiple channels and platforms and we are committed to bring our viewers the very best in local and international sports entertainment, said Peter Nrrelund, Head of Sports for Viasat. Importantly, were also showing our commitment to bringing our viewers Entertainment at your Command! by securing multi-platform rights for this popular sport. Viasat has supported the NFL and its fans in the Nordic region for many years, and we are pleased to be extending our partnership, said Julie Moeller, NFL Director of International Media and Business Development.

Lay off vitamins!

Sumner Redstone Dr. David Agus welcomes Terrence Howard and Lance Armstrong to his book signing. Tom Sherak and Robert Evans meet at Soho House. Joan Collins It's a very rare book signing that not only brings out Sumner Redstone but inspires him to take the mic and give a speech.Monday night at WeHo's Soho House, the media magnate spoke of "two geniuses," the evening's host, Robert Evans, who gave the world "The Godfather" and "Chinatown," and author of the hour, Dr. David Agus, whom Redstone thanked for his "miracle recovery."Evans called it "the best Valentine's Eve Party in my life. I'm talking about the greatest wealth of all: our health," and went on to credit Dr. Agus' team with having "discovered new methods to stamp out plagues that affect us all." As for the doctor's book, "The End of Illness" (Simon & Schuster), Evans said the title "is not hyperbole. It's the real thing."Dr. Agus revealed that the tome had originally been called "What Is Health?" but the late Steve Jobs talked him out of it, saying that title "made it feel like you're chewing cardboard."Regarding mastication, Dr. Agus told the starry gathering, among other things, to take aspirin and avoid vitamins.Those listening to his advice included Les Moonves, Brad Grey, Joan Collins, Tom Sherak, Variety's Peter Bart, Brett Ratner (who tried to help Evans with the mic but was shooed away) and another Dr. Agus true believer, Lance Armstrong. Contact Robert Hofler at bob.hofler@variety.com

Tune hard of hearing

It can't be Oscar season when the Academy's music branch did not drum up some type of debate. This season the audience asked more bad press because of its collective decision to appoint 3 tunes (from "Muppets" and "Rio") -- the cheapest number since Oscar began rewarding songwriters in 1934. Responses ranged from disgust (studio music chiefs) to outrage (music experts) to mystified (John Q. Public). And following on a number of broadly perceived problems (snubbing, amongst others, the Cher song from 2010's "Burlesque," the Springsteen song from 2008's "The Wrestler" along with a clutch of Eddie Vedder tunes from 2007's "In to the Wild"), the branch now faces an emergency. Many experts -- including some high-profile songwriter people -- are with a re-considering the guidelines to get rid of the 7-year-old certifying system and just nominate 5 top election-getters. States one top music professional: "Let us obtain a branch along with a rulebook that understands how to nominate honours with integrity which could be respected because the pinnacle from the craft, less an irrelevant punchline." There have been lots of candidates. Thirty-nine tunes were considered qualified this season, included in this award-worthy tunes from "Gnomeo and Juliet," "The Assistance,Inch "Albert Nobbs," "Winnie the Pooh," "Captain America," "Hugo" and "Footloose." 3 ("Guy or Muppet" and "Real in Rio") received the required 8.25 average among voters who made a decision to take part in the song balloting -- and when you've joined an audio lesson of your, you are not permitted to sign up, another rule that some people have trouble. There is much less debate within the score category, even though early disqualification of scores that incorporated High cliff Martinez's spoken-about "Drive" music and Conrad Pope's well-loved "My Week With Marilyn" styles triggered a stir in December. The large news once the noms were introduced Jan. 24 was the crowning of 5-time Oscar champion John Williams with a brand new all-time mark of 47 noms, which capped Alfred Newman's 45, an archive which had was since 1970. Williams has become probably the most-nominated living individual and 2nd-most overall (behind Wally Disney). The majority of the score noms were foreseeable, as veterans Williams, Howard Shoreline and Alberto Iglesias were became a member of beginning with-timer Ludovic Bource for his wall-to-wall score for that mostly quiet "The Artist." It is also an worldwide crowd: the U.S.-born Williams became a member of by Canadian-born Shoreline, The spanish language-born Iglesias and French-born Bource. That does not mean there were not surprises, however. Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, who won this past year for "The Social Networking," were overlooked for his or her edgy synth score for "The Lady Using the Dragon Tattoo" Thomas Newman wasn't nominated for "The AssistanceInch and also the prolific Alexandre Desplat skipped out despite 2011 scores for "The Ides of March," "Very Noisy & Incredibly Close" and also the "Harry Potter" finale. You will find 232 voting people within the music branch, based on Acad executives they all are composers, songwriters or music editors. Studio music executives and music administrators are usually excluded in the process. Eye around the Academy awards: The MusicTune deafThe nominees:Score Song Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

Pay Attention, Twitter: Demi Lovato and Demi Moore Are Two Differing People

Demi Moore, Demi Lovato Recent reviews about Demi Moore being put in the hospital for "exhaustion" possess some folks on Twitter confused. It appears they are mixing in the 49-year-old star of G.I. Jane using the 19-year-old Demi Lovato, that has also had her share of health problems. They might share a title, however the two stars could not become more different. To wit:Demi Lovato: I had been consuming and taking advantage of drugs to numb the discomfort-Moore's breakout role is at the 1985 coming-of-age film St. Elmo's Fire. Lovato got her Hollywood begin in Disney's Camping Rock, which opened in 2008.-They have both dated hunky stars who made an appearance on That '70s Show. Moore married Ashton Kutcher in 2005 (they separated in November 2011). Lovato has already established an on-again, off-again relationship with Wilmer Valderrama.-On Wednesday, after Moore was put in the hospital and her reps confirmed she was seeking treatment, reviews appeared it was a direct result allegedly breathing in a harmful quantity of nitrous oxide (also called Whip-Its). Lovato, that has searched for strategy to drug abuse, an eating disorders, and self-injuries, has openly extolled the benefits of rehab: "To have the ability to share my story and inform them it will get simpler. Existence is beautiful... You should have it," she tweeted in December about a vacation to the center where she received treatment.Did whip-its send Demi Moore towards the hospital?-Moore lately dropped from the film Lovelace, by which she ended up being to portray feminist Gloria Steinem. In April 2011, Lovato left the Disney TV series Sonny With an opportunity to concentrate on her music career and becoming healthy.All obvious now?