Lifetime Networks has hired Tanya Lopez as senior vice president of original movies and also promoted Nancy Bennett to vice president of original movies. Lopez, who had been a television packaging agent at ICM, will oversee the development of all original movies for Lifetime and Lifetime Movie Network. Bennett was with Mattel Entertainment before joining Lifetime last May.

Discovery Kids Media has promoted Dea Perez to acting general manager, where she will manage the daily operations of the Discovery Kids network. Perez had previously been vice president of programming.

The Outdoor Channel has hired Scott Mann as vice president of affinity marketing, where he will be the network's main contact with the outdoor industry. He had worked at PRC as director of business development.

Showtime has ordered a pilot episode of Tim Robbins' drama "Possible Side Effects." The pilot was written by Robbins, who will also direct. The show follows a family who owns pharmaceutical company trying to find a miracle drug that will make them all rich.

Guardian America, the U.S. web site for The Guardian, has hired Elana Schor and Megan Mulligan as congressional reporter and senior editor, respectively. Both join from The Hill.

Cosmopolitan has promoted Kate Slavin to executive fashion director, a newly created position. Slavin was previously fashion director there.

Good Housekeeping has hired Miriam Arond as director of the Good Housekeeping Research Institute. Arond was previously editor in chief at Child.

ABC News has hired Clarissa Ward as its Moscow correspondent. Ward, who was previously a news correspondent in Beirut for Fox News Channel, will now report from Russia for all ABC News' broadcasts and platforms.

ABC has added Lauren Stamile to the cast of "Grey's Anatomy," in a major recurring role. Stamile will play opposite Patrick Dempsey, though producers have yet to expand on what her role will be.

Deborah Curling, who worked as a contestant screener for CBS’s "The Price is Right," is suing former host Bob Barker and the show's producers. Curling says that after she testified against Barker in a fellow employee's wrongful termination lawsuit, Barker got back at her by moving her from a good working environment to one that was so bad it forced her to leave the show. The suit seeks an unspecified amount in damages. Barker retired after 35 years as host of the show earlier this year.

Ad agency Jack Morton Worldwide has named David Israel senior vice president and executive creative director, working out of the company’s New York office. Israel has previously held senior creative posts at Ogilvy & Mather and Desgrippes Gobe.

World Wrestling Entertainment has named Michael Lake president of WWE Films, up from his previous position as executive producer of the studio's "The Condemned." He will work to develop theatrical and direct-to-video opportunities.

Independent production company Diverse has hired Ed Crick and Mark Roberts as vice president of production and development and executive producer for factual programs, respectively. Crick, formerly an executive with TLC will now be charged with increasing the company's formats and features in the UK and the U.S. Roberts will work to develop documentaries, current affairs and special projects.