Exclusive Video: SVU's Michael Weston States Benson Is "Aching" for just about any Family Connection

Law & Order: SVU five years after Law & Order: SVU fans met Det. Olivia Benson's estranged half-brother, Simon Marsden (Michael Weston) has came back too as with desperate demand for her help . "He is not perfectly-fitted for your world since it is,In . Weston states in this particular exclusive behind-the-moments video. "He's a small self-esteem plus an failure to proceed difficult conditions along with his mind up, and therefore he finds themselves acquiring rapid finish in the stick a good deal and feeling somewhat sorry for themselves." Exclusive: Law & Order: SVU books Large Love's Chloe Sevigny In Wednesday's episode (10/9c, NBC) Benson (Mariska Hargitay) calls on defense attorney Bayard Ellis (returning guest star Andre Braugher) to help when child services expects to think about away Simon's kids. "He needs his family similar to In my opinion Mariska's character also does," Weston states. "This can be his approach to finding his sister, In my opinion, in a few deep convoluted, subconscious way. He tracks her lower extending its love to their very own self-hindrance." But tend to Olivia help much him? That is still to look. "The positive thing regarding their moments together is they can be aching for the mention of the a part of their real family." Watch the whole exclusive interview: Are you currently presently excited that Benson's brother has came back?

Viola Davis Debuts New Wigless Look

Viola Davis Will best actress nominee Viola Davis be sporting her all-natural (and wigless!) look at Sunday's Academy Awards?She will if her husband, Julius Tennon, has anything to do with it. The 46-year-old actress, who has sported wigs for years, stepped out with a shorter 'do at a private event in Los Angeles Thursday.Oscar Predictions: Who will win?"My husband wanted me to take the wig off," she told InStyle.com. "He said, 'If you want to wear it for your career, that's fine, but in your life wear your hair. Step into who you are!' It's a powerful statement."While she's enjoying her natural, wig-free look for now, Davis says she can't guarantee it will be for good. "We'll see. I think I'll change it up every once in a while," she said. "It gives me flavor. It makes me feel like I'm spicing my life up a bit."Davis' role as Aibileen Clark in The Help earned her a nomination for best actress at Sunday's Oscars.What do you think of her natural look?

Swipe fires up 'Fire' biz

Frank Mannion's Swipe Films has offered questionable clerical sex abuse pic "Beyond the Fire," for the BBC for Blighty, Pretty Pictures for Gaul and Ireland's TV3. Helmer-scribe Maeve Murphy's pic stars Cara Seymour ("InstructionInch) and Scot Williams as kids of sexual abuse whose relationship is jeopardized due to their condition of denial, together with other dark secrets they have hidden for any very long time. The BBC will broadcast "Beyond the Fire" this year, which Murphy describes as "a good chance to pay attention to the issue of religious sexual abuse, that's presently emerging inside the U.K." Contact Diana Lodderhose at diana.lodderhose@variety.com

Ascot rides to 'Viking' tale

Swiss group Ascot Elite gets into production by getting an ambitious actioner "Northmen: A Viking Saga," set to roll this summer season. Claudio Faeh is pointing the storyplot of Vikings stranded behind enemy lines round the coast of Alba (Scotland) after their longboat goes lower in the violent storm. Crossing hostile territory to be able to acquire a Viking settlement, this rock band is attacked by angry Scots prior to the Norsemen turn the table round the enemy as well as the potential predators finish up being the hunted. Allotted at 8 million ($10.5 million), the film is positioned to shoot this summer season inside the Scottish Highlands and Bulgaria. Producers are trying to find a greater-profile European cast. Ascot Elite Boss Take advantage of Dietrich remains attempting to transfer to production, saying it made sense for that organization and to own worldwide rights to game game titles. Ascot Elite has yet to sign a sales company for "Northmen," the business's first foray into worldwide production in nearly 20 years. Switzerland's finest indie distrib has mainly dedicated to theatrical and residential entertainment distribution. The Swiss-born Faeh has directed and/or produced photos including Joe Dante's "The Outlet,In . Billy Zane starrer "Sniper: Reloaded," "Starship Military 3: Marauder" and "Hollow Guy II." Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

Jovovich to host Sci-Tech Oscars

Milla Jovovich will host the Academy of motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Scientific and Technical Honours Feb. 11 within the Beverly Wilshire in Beverly Slopes. Jovovich can have 10 honours to 30 individual visitors through the evening. Portions from the Scientific and Technical Honours presentation will probably be incorporated inside the Oscar ceremony, which happens Feb. 26 which is public survive ABC in than 225 nations worldwide. Contact Christy Grosz at christy.grosz@variety.com

The Grey tops the u . s . states box office

Liam Neeson's rock-hard thriller The Grey has slogged its method to the peak US box office, following a dent weekend of $20 million knocked Underworld: Awakening off its perch.The vampires of the underworld from the underworld and werewolves saga wound up to second getting a $12.5 million weekend, narrowly edging out Katherine Heigl's latest misfire, One For The Investment.Red-colored-colored Tails wound up several places to fourth with $10.4 million, while Mike Worthington's Guy Around The Ledge opened up up disappointingly with only $8.25 million inside the coffers.The Oscar-nominated Very Noisy And Very Close ongoing to underwhelm within the box office, adding roughly $7 million towards the overall haul. The Academy Award announcement also made an appearance to produce a minimal relation to The Descendants which needed around $6.5 million.Mark Wahlberg's Contraband reaches eigth perfect $6.5 million, with another action thriller propping within the table exactly the same shape as Haywire, on $4 million. Sandwiched between people two might be the 3 dimensional refit of Beauty As Well As The Animal, which needed £5.3 million.Inside a couple of days sees Daniel Radcliffe reach US screens while using Lady In Black. Can he scare some existence right into a normally turgid box office? We'll have to wait and discover...

Maya takes int'l rights to 'Mosquita y Mari'

'Mosquita y Mari'Maya Intl., the sales and distribution arm of L.A.-based indie Maya Entertainment founded by executive co-chair Moctesuma Esparza, is at Sundance handling worldwide rights to Next Film selection "Mosquita y Mari," Aurora Guerrero's helming debut. The coming-of-age tale is about two 15-year-old Latinas coming to grips with the sexual undercurrent in their friendship. Pic is a co-production between Chad Burris' Indion Entertainment and Maya Intl., which will manage foreign sales. The Film Collaborative handles domestic sales of the pic at Sundance. Pic has also been accepted for the Sundance Selects selection at Berlin's European Film Market, which Maya Intl. prexy Elias Axume will attend."Mosquita y Mari" was recently awarded the 2011 SFFS/KRF Filmmaking Grant and an LG Cinema 3D Fellowship. Guerrero is a former Sundance Institute/Ford Foundation Film Fellow and was recently named a Time Warner Fellow. Maya Intl. is selling rights to pics including Indion Entertainment's "Ass Backwards," starring Alicia Silverstone; "It's a Disaster," toplined by Julia Stiles and America Ferrara; "Cafe," starring Jennifer Love Hewitt and Jamie Kennedy; and "Without Men," led by Eva Longoria Parker, Christian Slater and Oscar Nunez. Axume will also be looking out to acquire international rights to new titles at Sundance. Parent company Maya Entertainment Group, Inc. is a multi-platform content and distribution company that has built a library of more than 100 titles aimed at American Latino as well as global auds. Led by Esparza, whose credits include "Selena" and HBO's "Walkout," and prexy Jeff Valdez (founder of SiTV, now nuvoTV), Maya has been expanding its reach via evolving distribution technologies. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com