James Bowen

The 2019 Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition shortlist is unveiled today, showcasing a mix of songs ranging from top of the pops to under-the-radar.

Cleopatra Entertainment has acquired North American rights to the German-language drama/thriller FOUR HANDS. Written and directed by Oliver Kienle, FOUR HANDS stars Frida-Lovisa Hamann, Friederike Becht, Christoph Letkowski, Agnieszka Guzikowska, and Detlef Bothe. The film premieres theatrically on September 14th at the Laemmle Music Hall in Beverly Hills.

Rich Rubin's LEFT HOOK is a powerful play about the displacement of Portland's African American community from Albina in the 1970s.

 Cleopatra Entertainment has acquired the North American rights to the new adventure film CHINA SALESMAN, produced by China's Wanda Corporation, which was written and directed by Chinese filmmaker Tan Bing. The film, with a reported budget of over $20 million, stars Mike Tyson, Steven Seagal, Dong-Xue Li, Janicke Askevold and Li Ai, with Eriq Ebouaney rounding out the cast. CHINA SALESMAN premieres theatrically this spring and had previously been a high profile title at last year's AFM.

Cleopatra Entertainment has acquired the North American rights to LOVE IS THICKER THAN WATER, a modern Romeo and Juliet tale that follows the passionate yet heartbreaking relationship of Vida and Arthur.

40 Australian songwriters and composers across the categories of Popular Contemporary, Classical, Jazz, Film & Television, Country, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander andDance/Electronic have today been announced as finalists in the 2017 APRA PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AWARDS (PDAs).

Cleopatra Entertainment, a Los Angeles based multimedia company, has acquired the North American, United Kingdom and Australian distribution rights to the Action-Adventure film DIAMOND CARTEL it was announced today.

Last night in London (11/3), Sony Pictures Releasing UK had their World Premiere of A STREET CAT NAMED BOB. The Premiere benefits the charity Action on Addiction and was attended by the charity's Patron, Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge.

Cleopatra Films, the movie division of famed indie record label Cleopatra Records, has acquired all domestic rights to the feel-good true story A STREET CAT NAMED BOB, directed by Roger Spottiswoode (TOMORROW NEVER DIES, TURNER AND HOOCH) and starring Olivier Award-winning actor Luke Treadaway (UNBROKEN), Ruta Gedmintas ("The Strain") and Golden Globe-winner Joanne Froggatt ("Downtown Abbey"). The film, written by Tim John and Maria Nation, is based on the international bestseller by James Bowen and Garry Jenkins. Produced by Adam Rolston for Shooting Script Films, the uplifting story will be released domestically in theaters on November 18th, 2016.   

Last night, Wednesday 23 March, saw the opening night of the much-anticipated production of Duncan Macmillan's intoxicating new play, PEOPLE, PLACES & THINGS, at the Wyndham's Theatre. Having recently extended its run for two weeks due to popular demand, PEOPLE, PLACES & THINGS is booking to 18 June 2016. BroadwayWorld has photos from the opening night festivities below!

The Open Table Series at Performance Network Theatre begins its second year tonight, October 21, 2015 with a reading of THE OTHELLO PRINCIPLE, an adaptation by James Bowen and John Manfredi that will run March 10­-April 10 as part of the Network's season.

The Open Table Series at Performance Network Theatre begins its second year on October 21, 2015 with a reading of THE OTHELLO PRINCIPLE, an adaptation by James Bowen and John Manfredi that will run March 10­-April 10 as part of the Network's season.

Through a partnership with Logic Solutions in Ann Arbor, patrons will be treated to a redesigned online experience when visiting www.pntheatre.org to purchase single tickets which are on sale now for the 2015-2016 Performance Network Theatre season. Tickets range in price from $25 to $44 and include a special Pay-What-You-Can rate for the first Thursday preview. Discounts are available for all performances, but cannot be combined, and include student, senior, military and group rates. To purchase tickets or for more information on events at the Network, call the box office at 734-663-0681 or go online to www.pntheatre.org.

NOOK Media LLC, a subsidiary of Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE:BKS), the leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products, today announced the launch of the NOOK Christmas Shop, a dedicated section on NOOK.co.uk featuring curated book lists and great offers to help customers discover the best books for the Christmas season. The site features a special Christmas sale, with prices starting as low as 59p on a wide range of select popular books, as well a list of the NOOK Editor's Choice of the Best 100 Books of 2014, and many more great lists and offers, the NOOK Christmas Shop (www.nook.co.uk) is a great resource for people in the UK who love to read.

This week's events at Bookworks are below. For more information visit bkwrks.com/event.

This week at Bookworks includes Concscious Living, Conscious Aging, Renowned Native American Poet, Tony Hillerman Prize Winner and more. For more information, please visit bkwrks.com/event.

This November's events at Bookworks are below. For more information on any event, visit bkwrks.com/event.

Direct from its run at Performance Network and part of the Fifth Third Bank Fox Theatre Series, 'Driving Miss Daisy' will play a limited five show engagement at City Theatre in Detroit tonight, October 31­ November 2.

Direct from its run at Performance Network and part of the Fifth Third Bank Fox Theatre Series, "Driving Miss Daisy" will play a limited five show engagement at City Theatre in Detroit October 31­ November 2. Tickets are $30 and may be purchased at OlympiaEntertainment.com, the Fox Theatre and Joe Louis Arena box offices, Hockeytown Authentics in Troy (without service charge), at all Ticketmaster locations and Ticketmaster.com. To charge tickets by phone, call 1­800­745­3000.

Having begun a successful run of 'Driving Miss Daisy', the Network is shifting some of its focus to additional programming. Every Saturday, beginning today, October 4, the Network will host a free Story Time at 11 a.m. for children ages 3-8 where a staff member will read from popular children's books.