Brad Pitt News

CHANEL has selected world renowned actor Brad Pitt to be the face of the upcoming advertising campaign for CHANEL N 5. The company made the announcement in an official press release today.

L.A. Theatre Works has recorded "8," a dramatization of the legal fight against California's Proposition 8 written by Academy Award-winning screenwriter and American Foundation for Equal Rights founding board member Dustin Lance Black, for release on audiobook and for broadcast on LATW's nationally syndicated radio theater series.

Paramount Pictures, a division of Viacom, Inc., announced today it has signed a first-look deal with veteran producer Ian Bryce. Additionally, Bryce has announced the hiring of Rebecca Rajkowski, who joins the new shingle as Director of Development.

MOMO films officially announced today that '8' the new play by Academy Award winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black (Milk and J. Edgar) will come to life featuring an all-star Australian cast; Shane Jacobson, Lisa McCune, Daniel MacPherson, and Spencer McLaren with more actors announced in the coming weeks.

The American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) with license from the American Foundation for Equal Rights (AFER) and Broadway Impact, presents a one-night-only reading of "8," a play chronicling the historic trial in the federal constitutional challenge to California's Proposition 8, written by Academy Award-winning screenwriter and AFER Founding Board Member Dustin Lance Black at OBERON tonight, April 30th at 8pm.

The 41st Annual ASJA (American Society of Journalists and Authors) Writers Conference features over 80 workshops and panels, plus networking opportunities, geared toward freelance writers and authors.

Spike TV has announced the nominees for one of Hollywood's hottest marquee events of the year, the sixth annual 'Guys Choice' awards. This year's star-studded homage to the year in Guydom once again brings together the biggest names in entertainment and sports.

The 41st Annual ASJA (American Society of Journalists and Authors) Writers Conference features over 80 workshops and panels, plus networking opportunities, geared toward freelance writers and authors.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Lionsgate, the studio behind the blockbuster THE HUNGER GAMES, has seleced Francis Lawrence to direct the film's sequel 'Catching Fire'.

The Press Association reports that Angelina Jolie has just been names a special envoy by the United Nations refugee agency. The film star, who was recently engaged to long-time partner Brad Pitt, has been promoted from being a goodwill ambassador to a role that will allow her to represent the UN at the diplomatic level to governments and diplomats.

Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth is the undisputed champ's first foray into live stage performance and, it turns out, it is funny, profane, moving and somewhat enlightening. People who see it expecting huge revelations or confessions of wrongdoing in, say, his tumultuous marriage to Robin Givens may be disappointed. But Tyson is nothing if not entertaining. He's got a great sense of humor and is pretty realistic about himself and his life.

The American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) with license from the American Foundation for Equal Rights (AFER) and Broadway Impact, today announced a one-night-only reading of "8," a play chronicling the historic trial in the federal constitutional challenge to California's Proposition 8, written by Academy Award-winning screenwriter and AFER Founding Board Member Dustin Lance Black at OBERON on Monday, April 30th at 8pm.

Inspired by recent insight from Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Bradley Cooper (ASDS MFA'00), Jennifer Aniston, James Franco, the casts of Mad Men, Glee and Modern Family, as well as other distinguished celebrity guests of their craft class - Dean Emeritus James Lipton's Inside The Actors Studio - a new generation of performers and creators have taken the stage at The Theatre at Dance New Amsterdam for a five-week Repertory Season, March 28 - April 28, 2012.

Oliver King and Emily Tucker star in A WARSAW MELODY, a UK premiere of Leonid Zorin's Russian Classic, which runs from March 28 through April 28 at London's Arcola Theatre. Set during the heyday of the Soviet bloc, the story of A WARSAW MELODY follows the blossoming relationship between a Russian boy and a Polish girl and their struggle against the public and social institutions that explicitly forbid the existence of their love. A WARSAW MELODY is described as 'a very human story that goes to the heart, not to the head'.

A one-night-only staged reading of 8, the play about the federal court trial contesting the Proposition 8 voter ban in 2008 on same sex marriage in California, will have its New Jersey premiere at Montclair State University on Saturday, March 24, at 7:30 p.m. at Memorial Auditorium. 8 had its single-night Broadway premiere last September and its only West Coast performance in Los Angeles on March 3, starring George Clooney and Brad Pitt.

TVGuide.com reports that 'Two and a Half Men' star Ashton Kutcher has signed on to become the 500th astronaut on Sir Richard Branson's upcoming Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo rocket plane.

Academy Award® nominee and Emmy® Award winner David Strathairn (Dr. Austin Sloper) will join Academy Award® nominee Jessica Chastain (Catherine Sloper) in the Tony Award®-winning play The Heiress. Written by Ruth Goetz & Augustus Goetz, The Heiress will be directed by Tony Award® nominated playwright and director Moisés Kaufman and will open in the Fall of 2012 at a theatre to be announced.

The 2012 Actors Studio Drama School Repertory Season performances will take place at The Theater at Dance New Amsterdam, 53 Chambers St., just north of City Hall, Wednesdays through Fridays at 8 p.m. and Saturdays at 3 and 8 p.m. from March 28 through April 28. The full schedule and information about plays, actors, directors and playwrights can be found online at www.Pace.edu/ASDSRep

A one-night-only staged reading of 8, the play about the federal court trial contesting the Proposition 8 voter ban in 2008 on same sex marriage in California, will have its New Jersey premiere at Montclair State University on Saturday, March 24, at 7:30 p.m. at Memorial Auditorium. 8 had its single-night Broadway premiere last September and its only West Coast performance in Los Angeles on March 3, starring George Clooney and Brad Pitt.

Oliver King and Emily Tucker star in A WARSAW MELODY, a UK premiere of Leonid Zorin's Russian Classic, which runs from March 28 through April 28 at London's Arcola Theatre. Set during the heyday of the Soviet bloc, the story of A WARSAW MELODY follows the blossoming relationship between a Russian boy and a Polish girl and their struggle against the public and social institutions that explicitly forbid the existence of their love. A WARSAW MELODY is described as 'a very human story that goes to the heart, not to the head'.