Benedict Cumberbatch News

The Hollywood Reporter writes that 12 YEARS A SLAVE star Chiwetel Ejiofor is in discussions to join Marvel's DOCTOR STRANGE film.

Celebrating its 6th year bringing live theatre to cinema audiences around the world, NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE is pleased to announce an international broadcast of Academy Award nominee Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave) in the title role of Everyman, adapted by Carol Ann Duffy and directed by Rufus Norris, live from The National Theatre of Great Britain's Olivier Theatre on Thursday, July 16, 2015. Dates will vary at venues internationally and encore screenings will follow.

Balloting for this year's Actor® recipients will close tomorrow, Friday, Jan. 23, at Noon (PT). Final voting information was mailed to 111,228 eligible SAG-AFTRA members on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014. Votes must be cast online or previously requested paper ballots returned by Jan. 23 to Integrity Voting Systems, the SAG Awards' official teller. The results will be tallied and sealed until the envelopes are opened onstage by the presenters at the 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® ceremony on Sunday, Jan 25.

Award season is in full swing and E!, the worldwide red carpet destination, once again brings fans from across the globe to the heart of the A-List action with 'Live from the Red Carpet: The 2015 SAG Awards."

This week we introduce you to one of Paula Flautt's outstanding actors: Holly Hill, an 18-year-old senior at Christ Presbyterian Academy, who is busy doing her college auditions while preparing for what could well be the most challenging role any young actress could aspire to: Mary Poppins in CPA's April production of the Broadway musical. In addition, she is a member of the Tennessee State Thespian Conference advisory board

Deadline reports that Simon Pegg will co-write the script for STAR TREK 3 with Doug Jung (Dark Blue). Pegg will also reprise his role as engineering genius 'Scotty'.

The National Theatre's production of TREASURE ISLAND will be broadcast to cinemas internationally tonight, January 22, 2015 (with many encore dates in U.S. cities).

Adrien Brody, Laverne Cox, Bryan Cranston, Benedict Cumberbatch, Eric Dane, Viola Davis, Felicity Jones, Lenny Kravitz, Eddie Redmayne, Tony Revolori and J.K. Simmons will be presenters at the 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®, Executive Producer Kathy Connell announced today.

Maryland Ensemble Theatre (MET) continues its seventeenth Mainstage season with the satirical dark comedy "The Arsonists" by Max Frisch, and translated by Alistair Beaton. Inspired by the Communist takeover of Czechoslovakia in 1948, this absurdist allegory satirizes the way in which people can be manipulated into accommodating their own destruction. In the play, fires are becoming something of a problem, popping up all over town, but Mr. Biedermann has it all under control. A respected member of the community, he tries to live a life of blameless middle-class decency. It is this sense of bourgeois propriety that renders Biedermann defenseless when two strangers finesse their way into his home and settle in. But when they start filling his attic with petrol drums, will he help them light the fuse?

Not only is Benedict Cumberbatch a very gifted actor, his name might be the greatest name ever given to a human being. What if he wasn't named Benedict Cumberbatch?

The Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) announced the winners of the 20th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards tonight, live from the Hollywood Palladium. The show aired on A&E at 9pm ET/6pm PT and was hosted by Michael Strahan. Scroll down for the full list of winners!

MacKenzie is a familiar presence to SDO fans

Below, WYNN LAS VEGAS' Johnny Avello reveals the odds to win ACADEMY AWARDS

Each year, GALECA honors its picks for the year's finest in film and television, from mainstream to gaystream, with its annual Dorian Awards. Presented each February, the Dorians are named with a nod to the great and gay wit Oscar Wilde.

Starz, in partnership with the BBC, will produce and air the television adaptation of Ronald Harwood's classic play "The Dresser," set against the backdrop of World War II and inspired by Harwood's own experiences as a dresser for the distinguished British actor/manager Sir Donald Wolfit.

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) and dick clark productions (dcp) present the 72nd Annual Golden Globe Awards tonight, Sunday, January 11, 2015. Hosted by Golden Globe Award winners Tina Fey and Amy Poehler for the third year in a row, the ceremony will air on NBC live coast-to-coast from 5-8 p.m. (PT) and 8-11 p.m. (ET) from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, CA. BroadwayWorld brings you all the winners below!

Below, check out the rundown of Broadway stars and theater-related nominees hoping to receive one of Hollywood's most distinguished awards this evening. Who will you be rooting for?

Film and television stars (and audiences) are sure to come out in droves when funny ladies Tina Fey and Amy Poehler take the stage for a final time (so they say!) to host the Golden Globes, tonight on NBC at 8pm/7c. While the annual ceremony wouldn't be as geared toward theatre people as, say, the Tony Awards (June 7th on CBS for those who need a heads-up), this year is a bit different, with a collection of nominees having Broadway experience, and a few films up for nods having ties to theatre as well.

Discovery Channel marks Stephen Hawking's 73rd birthday (Jan. 8) with the airing of HAWKING, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, tonight, Jan. 10 at 10 PM ET/PT. HAWKING explores the life of a young Stephen HAWKING who, as a bright and ambitious 21-year-old PhD student at Cambridge University, is diagnosed with the debilitating motor neuron disease and given two years to live.

Nominations for the EE British Academy Film Awards in 2015 were announced by Sam Claflin and Stephen Fry at a press conference held this morning, January 9th.