Facebook Co-Founder Chris Hughes Vows He Wont Dumb Lower The Brand New Republic

You will probably find it tough in the beginning to seea link between Facebook co-founder Chris Hughesand the general public intellectuals who founded The Brand New Republic in 1914, Herbert Croly and Walter Lippmann. But Hughes just added themself for their newspaper tradition by obtaining a big part stake within the venerable opinion magazine and taking control since it's Writer and Editor-In-Chief. Hughes, 28,informs visitors there’s you don't need to worry he’ll replace playboy’s thoughtful confirming and analysis using the type of clips of knowledge and opinion which are so common in internet sites.Tablet computersand e-visitors open “opportunities to reinvigorate the types of journalism that examine the difficulties in our time in most their complexity,” he states today inside a letter to visitors. “Although the technique of delivery of important ideas has gone through drastic change in the last fifteen years, the hunger on their behalf hasn't dissipated.” Opinion magazines are famous to be money starts, butHughes told NPR today he’s confident TNR “can be lucrative” — although he adds it’s “not the next Facebook.”

Top Chef's Sarah: I Feel Like I Won Too

Barry Hinckley and five-year-old son Hudson In a bizarre interview with Fox News on Friday, correspondent Neil Cavuto asks Senate candidate Barry Hinckley (R- R.I.) about using his young son Hudson in campaign appearances and videos. Hinckley defends the practice, insisting that the 5-year-old is concerned about the issues. "Are you worried about our debt?" Cavuto asks Hudson. "No," he replies. (Oops. Sorry, Dad!) "What do you want to be when you grow up?" Cavuto asks, and that's where things get a little weird. Watch the vid to see how Hudson - and his dad - respond:

Nicole Kidman to star in 'Railway Man'

LONDON -- Nicole Kidman remains cast as Colin Firth's wife in ''The Railway Guy,'' altering Rachel Weisz inside the role.Weisz was expected to drop in the project because she's required to complete additional shooting on ''The Bourne Legacy'' and ''Oz: The Fantastic and Effective.''''The Railway Guy,'' directed by Jonathan Teplitzy, is at pre-production to start shooting in April. A U.K.-Australian co-production backed by Lionsgate Intl., it's based on Eric Lomax's autobiography about his terrible encounters just like a Japanese prisoner in World War Ii, and also the amazing reconciliation using one of his captors thirty years later.Lomax's wife Patti, who certainly are carried out by Kidman, needed an important role in aiding him to handle within the historic mental damage triggered by his war time problems, too as with getting him back together again using one of japan authorities who had required part in the torture.Jeremy Irvine (''War Horse'') plays the greater youthful Lomax inside the World war ii moments.Producer Andy Paterson co-written the variation with Frank Cottrell Boyce.''The Railway Man'' will shoot in Scotland with Firth and Kidman, before moving to Australia's Gold Coast for your World war ii section. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

Viola Davis Debuts New Wigless Look

Viola Davis Will best actress nominee Viola Davis be sporting her all-natural (and wigless!) take a look at Sunday's Oscars?She'll if her husband, Julius Tennon, has anything related to it. The 46-year-old actress, that has carried hairpieces for a long time, walked by helping cover their a shorter 'do in a private event in La Thursday.Oscar Forecasts: Who'll win?"My hubby wanted me to accept hairpiece off," she told InStyle.com. "He stated, 'If you need to put on it for the career, that's fine, however in your existence put on hair. Walk into what you are!A It is a effective statement."While she's taking pleasure in her natural, hairpiece-free search for now, Davis states she can't guarantee it will likely be permanently. "We'll see. I believe I'll change it out up every every now and then," she stated. "It provides me with flavor. It can make me seem like I am spicing my existence up a little."Davis' role as Aibileen Clark within the Help gained her a nomination for the best actress at Sunday's Academy awards.Exactly what do you think about her natural look?

Lionsgate stock continues to soar

Stock of Lionsgate is heading for a fourth consecutive all-time high amid Wall Street optimism over its young-adult franchises "The Hunger Games" and "Twilight."The issue soared 6% Friday, gaining 81 cents to $13.71 in mid-session trading on the NY Stock Exchange. The issue had gained 3% on Thursday and posted 2% hikes on Wednesday and Tuesday.The stock has jumped 59% since Jan. 13, when Liosngate completed its $412.5 million leveraged buyout of Summit Entertainment.Several factors have led to the bullish outlook including sales of 5 million units of "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1" in its first 11 days and the announcement by the Fandango ticketing site that first-day advance ticket sales of "The Hunger Games" had already sold out hundreds of showtimes in advance of the March 23 release date -- breaking the previous first day advance ticket-seller record held by "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" on May 14, 2010. Contact Dave McNary at dave.mcnary@variety.com

Pumping up for sex, laffs

Kerri Kenney-Silver and Malin Akerman flank Kathryn Hahn at Westwood party. Judd Apatow produces, Jennifer Aniston and Paul Rudd co-star in "Wanderlust." Chairman, Universal Pictures Adam Fogelson, Writer/Director David Wain and President & COO of Universal Studios Ron Meyer arrive at the Los Angeles premiere of "Wanderlust."Actor/writer Ken Marino and actor Joe Lo Truglio.David Wain and Ken Marino When you make a movie set in a commune where nudity and free love reign, it helps if your actors know each other beforehand. On Thursday, Jennifer Aniston and Paul Rudd preemed Universal's "Wanderlust" at the Mann Village Theater in Westwood, and on the red carpet, helmer David Wain said he was very happy they'd appeared together years ago in "The Object of My Affection," not to mention a few episodes of "Friends.""Chemistry is everything and the fact that they had worked together in the past and were already friends only helped when they came together on set," Wain noted.The helmer, who wrote the laffer with Ken Marino, enthused over one scene where Rudd pumps himself up in front of the mirror before having sex. "And the funny thing is we almost ruined it because all of us were laughing so hard behind the camera," he added. Contact Justin Kroll at justin.kroll@variety.com

Kino buys Auteuil pic

Kino Lorber has acquired all U.S. privileges to vet thesp Daniel Auteuil's directorial debut "The Well-Digger's Daughter" (La Fille du puisatier), a remake of Marcel Pagnol's 1940 classic film.Pic toplines Auteuil, up-and-comer Astrid Berges-Frisbey, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Sabine Azema and Nicolas Duvauchelle.Pic continues to be selected to unspool in the NY Rendez-Vous with French Cinema in March. Darroussin will attend the big event.Kino Lorber will release the film in June at NY's Lincoln subsequently Plaza Movie theaters and can expand the theatrical rollout with other major marketplaces within the summer time. VOD and homevid releases follows later around.Arranged around the eve of World war 2 in Southern France, the melodrama focuses on a properly digger and the 18-year-old daughter. She falls for each other and it has a young child by having an upper-class youthful pilot who's been sent off and away to war.Auteuil broke through a lot more than twenty five years ago in Claude Berri's "Jean p Florette" and "Manon from the Spring," both modified from Pagnol.The thesp-helmer can also be aboard to direct the remake of Pagnol's nineteen thirties trilogy "Marius," "Fanny" and "Cesar." Photos is going to be created by Alain Sarde's AS Films and Jerome Seydoux's Pathe, who last teamed on "The Well-Digger's Daughter."Deal was discussed between Kino Lorber's Boss Richard Lorber and Pathe's professional Vice president of worldwide sales, Muriel Sauzay. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com