Alfre Woodard News

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) has selected actress Corinne Foxx, daughter of Golden Globe winner and two-time Golden Globe nominee Jamie Foxx, as Miss Golden Globe 2016 for the 73rd Annual Golden Globe Awards.

The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra is thrilled to announce that award-winning actress, playwright and director Regina Taylor will be narrating poems of Dr. Maya Angelou during the world premiere performances of newly-commissioned orchestral works this weekend, Nov. 13-14 at historic Music Hall.

CINCINNATI – The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra is thrilled to announce that award-winning actress, playwright and director Regina Taylor will be narrating poems of Dr. Maya Angelou during the world premiere performances of newly-commissioned orchestral works Nov. 13-14 at historic Music Hall. The works, written by pre-eminent American composers Jonathan Bailey Holland, Kristin Kuster and T.J. Cole, are based on Dr. Angelou's poems “Forgive,” “Elegy” and “Equality,” which Ms. Taylor will narrate as part of the performance of the works. The concerts (11 a.m. Nov. 13 and 8 p.m. Nov. 14) mark the culmination of the CSO's annual One City, One Symphony initiative, designed to bring people together through music. Also on the concert program is Dvo?ák's beloved Symphony No. 9 (“From the New World”) and Beethoven's Leonore Overture No. 2. 

The new Broadway production of D.L. Coburn's Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, The Gin Game, starring Tony Award winners James Earl Jones and Cicely Tyson, opened last night, October 14 at the Golden Theatre (252 West 45th Street, between Broadway and Eighth Avenue). The production will play a limited engagement through Sunday, January 10, 2016. Below, BroadwayWorld brings you photos from the red carpet arrivals!

'I came to see how it's done.'

Alfre Woodard has officially joined the cast of Marvel's upcoming Netflix series LUKE CAGE, starring Mike Colter, it was announced today.

According to Deadline.com, Alfre Woodard is finalizing a deal to star opposite Mike Colter in Luke Cage, the third series in Marvel's four-series package at Netflix.

John Heard, Cloris Leachman, Jacinda Barrett, Dash Mihok and Jessica Collins have signed on to the upcoming road trip drama SO B. IT.

The two-time Emmy nominated series WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? returns this summer to share more fascinating stories, and shed light on surprising revelations, of the real life family history of celebrities.

According to Variety, NBC has cancelled its two freshman dramas STATE OF AFFAIRS, starring Katherine Heigl, and CONSTANTINE, based on the DC Comics character.

TNT and the USO of Metropolitan New York (USO) are calling on Americans to step up and show their support for the troops this Memorial Day by taking a #SelfieWithaSailor.

Young Chicago Authors (YCA), producers of the world's largest youth poetry festival, is currently presenting Louder Than A Bomb (LTAB). The six-week festival culminates with Indy Finals on Saturday, March 21 at the Rubloff Theater at the Art Insitute of Chicago (280 S Columbus Dr, ) and Team Finals on Saturday, March 28 the Arie Crown Theater (2301 S Lake Shore Dr.) Both events run from 6 - 9 p.m. These events will feature the most talented youth poets in the Chicago area, sharing verses filled with their insights, including stories of injustice and inequality.

Young Chicago Authors (YCA), producers of the world's largest youth poetry festival, Louder Than A Bomb (LTAB), will present a day-long series of special events to celebrate its 15th anniversary Sunday, March 1.

Sundance Institute screens several films in the out-of-competition Premieres and Documentary Premieres sections, as well as hosting the Special Events section and welcoming participants for two panels, at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, running today, January 22 to February 1 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah. The Festival is the centerpiece of the year-round public programs for the Institute, which also hosts 24 residency labs and grants more than $2.5 million to independent artists each year.

Oprah Winfrey hosts a gala of events honoring some of the legendary men and extraordinary women of civil rights, the arts and entertainment who made history and redefined what was possible for us all in the primetime television event OPRAH WINFREY PRESENTS: LEGENDS WHO PAVED THE WAY

Actress Alfre Woodard stopped by CBS's THE TALK to discuss working with co-star Katherine Heigl on “State of Affairs.”

Based on the most recent book by Kristof and WuDunn entitled A Path Appears: Transforming Lives, Creating Opportunity, the three-part series premieres as a special presentation of Independent Lens on three consecutive Monday nights, January 26, February 2, and February 9, 2015 at 10:00 PM ET