Nine chosen for TV Acad exec committee

Gail Berman, Jason Kilar, Steven Lafferty, Steve Mosko and Dana Walden have been appointed to the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences executive committee for 2012-13 by chairman/CEO Bruce Rosenblum. Rosenblum, who was elected to the post by the Academy's board of governors in November, filled five of his six slots with the appointments, approved by the board, which also elected Beth Bohn, Michael Olman, Lori Schwartz and Rob Swartz to the exec committee. "I couldn't be happier that this esteemed group of industry leaders and colleagues has agreed to join the Academy's executive committee," said Rosenblum. "I have great respect for each of these executives and feel extremely fortunate to have the opportunity to collaborate with them along with the board of governors as we look to expand our mission and elevate the profile of the Television Academy." Berman is co-owner and founding partner of production company Berman Braun, Kilar is CEO of Hulu, Lafferty is CAA head of television and managing partner, Mosko is Sony Pictures TV prexy and Walden is, along with Gary Newman, chairman of Twentieth Century Fox TV. Bohn is president of Beth Bohn Management and represents the professional representatives peer group. Olman comes from the Cinema Audio Society, on behalf of the sound peer group. McCann Worldgroup chief technology catalyst Schwartz will represent the interactive media peer group, while independent producer Swartz will represent the TV execs peer group. Rosenblum outpolled Nancy Bradley Wiard in November's election to become the highest-ranking exec to head the organization, which presides over the primetime Emmy Awards, since then-Walt Disney Studios chief Richard Frank in the 1990s. Contact Jon Weisman at jon.weisman@variety.com

Chris Smith's United kingdom Film Report Released

ITV and Sky told to step upA week on from David Cameron's questionable comments apparently promoting the mainstreamification from the British film industry, The almighty Smith's review has been released, showing less inflammatory than we may have feared. The report champions "as wide a variety of films as you possibly can,Inch Cruz guaranteed, "in the overtly commercial towards the overtly arty and far among.InchThe Pm "knows, just like we all do, that there's an entire selection of movies and kinds of movie that people support. He's very obvious on that," he added."We're not attempting to dictate a creative vision. We are attempting to occur place a variety of financial and legislative plans that will enable an extensive selection of movies to become made. We're not creating a distinction within the review between something known as mainstream then one known as... another thing.InchThe report's 56 recommendations include elevated film education in schools a plan to obtain projection equipment into towns that do not possess a local cinema more powerful purchase of training and abilities development, having a beady eye on technology elevated measures to combat piracy and also the inauguration of the annual celebration, like a "British Film Week" to "provide audiences over the United kingdom with access fully spectrum of British film, providing them with a larger understanding of its breadth, depth and originality."Outdoors that British Film Week however, the report does not cash to say of the distribution systems that make independent British films hard to catch in United kingdom movie theaters. Therefore if you are outdoors London and you are not lucky enough to get possess a Watershed or perhaps a Cornerhouse or perhaps your own regional equivalent, you might still find it difficult to see a small fraction of what's created.Call-Me-Dave's comments concerning the industry increasingly "dynamic and business", will have some roots within the report's strategies for leaving an "overall reliance on public funding" and rewarding commercial success. The report advocates using test tests to gauge potential audience response before a movie is completed, to ensure that it may be modified accordingly (out of the box common Hollywood practice). Also it indicates that the film's profits visit its producers, director and authors (instead of their needing to return their lottery funding) for reinvestment later on projects."The key of rewarding success is essential if [film-makers] did it once, they are likely to get it done again," stated Cruz. The federal government won't dictate towards the BFI which films should receive its support, however the BFI "should bear the crowd in your mind.InchThe almighty Smith's independent review panel also designated tv stations Sky and ITV because of not doing enough within their support of British film. "They're doing hardly any, and that we believe they must be doing more," Cruz stated."We've recommended the federal government sits lower with each one of the tv stations to ascertain if a contract could be arrived at to make sure greater purchase of and purchase of British films.We've also recommended when agreement works out to become impossible it's something the federal government might turn its focus on within the Communications Act that is suggested for a while within the next couple of years. Hopefully that will not be necessary and tv stations may wish to step-up towards the plate under your own accord."Both Sky and ITV protested this via claims, with Sky saying it intends to increase purchase of "homegrown content" to £600m by 2014, and ITV trumpeting it makes Downton Abbey.Work welcomed the report, with shadow Culture, Media and Sport Secretary Harriet Harman saying it "provides an important chance for that Government to provide the film industry the support it requires and warrants, and also to welcome a brand new era for British film."Shadow Culture Minister Serta Jarvis stated, "The Federal Government now needs to hear The almighty Smith's review and make up a climate by which our film industry could flourish."Erectile dysfunction Vaizy, the Conservative Minister for Culture, Communications and inventive Industries, who commissioned the report, states the federal government can make a proper response inside a couple of several weeks time.

Is Sweet Valley High A Musical?

Diablo Cody teases the possibilityWhen Diablo Cody promised back in November that her in-the-works new Sweet Valley High movie would be "a feast for the senses", we didn't quite expect this. Speaking to MTV, Cody has teased that we might possibly expect her Francine Pascal-inspired opus to arrive as a musical."There's original songs being written for it right now," she revealed, "which is the most exciting development. They're amazing. They're being written by these Tony and Pulitzer winning songwriters from Broadway who are the best!"Asked if that actually meant SVH is going to be a musical, she grinned "Perhaps it is..."Cody previously talked about her film being "to the '80s what American Graffiti was to the early '60s", which might in itself indicate the need for an extensive soundtrack. But George Lucas' nostalgia trip used wall-to-wall classic choons, whereas Cody's hints at all-new Broadway showstoppers now suggests something slightly different...Whatever, we can certainly expect "glamorous and bubblegum". And perky twins, since the books were about Elizabeth (the goody two-shoes one) and Jessica (the reckless one) Wakefield, blonde twins with blue-green eyes and perfect size 6 figures (as we were reminded in every single book) and their trials and tribulations at high school. Sweet Valley High is still officially "in development", so it's a while away yet. In the meantime, Cody's death metal crisis-of-faith drama Lamb Of God is in pre-production, and Young Adult, which she wrote for Jason Reitman, is out on February 10.

VIDEO: Revenge's Paolo Says Declan Will Become An Important Piece in the Grayson Divorce

Christa B. Allen, Connor Paolo Revenge's Conrad (Henry Czerny) and Victoria (Madeleine Stowe) may have never warmed up to the fact that their daughter Charlotte (Christa B. Allen) is dating a townie, but Connor Paolo, who plays Declan, says that the Graysons will soon be fighting for his affection. "Conrad and Victoria are looking for leverage, and Charlotte's big leverage," Paolo says. "Whoever keeps Charlotte happy has a big point over the other one, and being nice to Declan makes Charlotte happy." See photos from Revenge In the video interview below, Paolo talks about a major bump in the road Charlotte and Declan will face and how soon all the show's characters will be in a dark, rough place. Revenge airs Wednesdays at 10/9c on ABC.