Exclusive Start Looking: Ringer's Feb Sweeps Gets Hotter

Sarah Michelle Gellar Ringer will quickly return, and together with it, Siobhan's The Big Apple homecoming. TVGuide.com comes with an exclusive start looking at Ringer's Feb sweeps art, featuring Henry (Kristopher Polaha) and... well, Sarah Michelle Gellar. The actual question: Is she representing Bridget or Siobhan within this photo? If it's Siobhan, the pair's closeness within the photo may mean Henry will quickly maintain around the large secret. "Henry may pick on that certain day," executive producer Nicole Snyder teases. Adds Polaha: "When Siobhan returns to NY, and [with] Henry being this type of strong a part of her existence, there needs to be, sooner or later, some crossing points." Exclusive: Ringer Lands Awkward's Nikki DeLoach for Sexy Role Once the show returns on Tuesday, Jan. 31 at 9/8c, we'll finally discover why Siobhan is really hell-bent on destroying Bridget's existence. "There's one singular incident that drove this gigantic wedge between your siblings and we are likely to uncover what that's," executive producer Eric Charmelo states. "And why Bridget is about this path of redemption and why Siobhan is about this path of revenge. It will be throughout Feb sweeps." Browse the photo below:

Billy Ray Says His Kids Are The Best Cure For A Morning Slump

First Published: January 20, 2012 2:22 PM EST Credit: Access Hollywood Caption Billy Ray Cyrus strums his guitar during a visit to Access Hollywood Live on January 20, 2012LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Billy Ray Cyrus seems to be in a perpetually good mood, but the country crooner admits he wakes up in a slump at times. When the 50-year-old dad is feeling blue, his children are the cure. Seeing my kids, Billy Ray told Billy Bush and Kit Hoover when asked what lifts his spirits on Fridays Access Hollywood Live. Taking my little girl to school, watching her ride a horse. The singer/actor whose latest single, Im American, is in stores now also sported a shorter do, but revealed the cropped look is for an upcoming movie role. Im working on a new character for a film Im looking at, Billy Ray said, when asked by Kit why he had toned down the famous party in the back. Im just trying to develop this guy a little bit. As for how he keeps his body in tip-top shape, Billy Ray confessed he still indulges in good old Southern favorites. I like chicken and dumplings, he said. Ive never put any limits on it. I may need to! Copyright 2012 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

'Contraband' steals top place at Friday B.O.

'Contraband'With three new hopefuls entering the domestic marketplace, auds around the sides with Universal's "Contraband," producing it $8.7 million yesterday.The Relativity/Working Title co-production apparently cost $25 million to produce, and may slightly exceed that in gross inside the four-day weekend.To be able to make the most of Monday's school holiday as well as the massive success of the "Lion King" 3d re-release, Disney opened up up its 3d publish-converted "Beauty as well as the Animal" Friday to $5.6 000 0000. Mouse distribution prexy Dork Hollis mentioned the "Lion King" conversion to 3 dimensional cost the studio inside the low single amounts, meaning a comparatively low open for "Beauty" (affiliates say close to $22 million through Monday) means solid returns for that organization.Third place Friday saw an inactive tie between Warner Bros.' opener "Pleased Noise" and Paramount's holdover "Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol." Both made $3.3 million yesterday. The 2nd, within the fifth week in release, has showed up at $178.5 million Stateside, because the former is searching inside a four-day consume the mid- to high-teens.Componen Insurge's "The Demon Inside" added another $2.7 million yesterday for just about any domestic cume of $41 million. The scarer apparently cost only $millions of to obtain, so even its astounding 87% week-to-week drop won't have professionals worried. The running drop is most likely due to poor word-of-mouth, with 66% of auds giving the pic a Cinemascore of C or lower. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

Pair join indie thriller 'Drones'

Matt O'Leary and Eloise Mumford are toplining Whitewater Films' miltary thriller "Drones," opposite William Russ, Whip Hubley and Jacob Wysocki."Drones" is directed by Whitewater Films founder Rick Rosenthal ("Nearing Grace") and currently filming in Los Angeles with a screenplay by TV producer Matt Witten ("House") based on his play of the same name. Rosenthal, Jim Hart, Trent Broin, Witten and Nick Morton are producing.Story follows two Air Force pilots operating an RPA (remote piloted aircraft) from a trailer in Nevada with a mission is to surveil a remote compound in the rugged Afghan mountains in hopes of identifying and assassinating a target believed to be a high-ranking member of Al Qaeda.O'Leary most recently appeared in Andrew Niccol's "I'm Mortal for Fox" and HBO's "Cinema Verite." He wrapped "Fat Kid Rules the World," Matthew Lillard's directorial debut for Whitewater, and is in Disney's upcoming "The Lone Ranger."Mumford stars in ABC's upcoming supernatural horror series, "The River." She made her debut in "Lone Star" recently wrapped a starring role in the film "So Undercover" for The Weinstein Co.O'Leary is repped by ICM and Lena Roklin of Luber/Roklin; Mumford is repped by Paradigm; Wysocki is repped by Osbrink Talent Agency and Brittany Kahan of One Talent Management; and Rosenthal is repped by APA. Contact Dave McNary at dave.mcnary@variety.com