Christian Bale News

Imagine for a minute going home... moving away, and coming back to the town you once knew. The town you grew up in, fell in and out of love, and yet something still calls you back home. This ideal and the centralized themes that lessons from our past will continue to haunt our futures is the heart of the story found deep within the roots of Josh Tobiessen's Lone Star Spirits on stage at freeFall Theatre after its transfer from the Hippodrome in Gainsville. Josh Tobiessen's script is smart, edgy and full of laughs and is a thrilling comedy keeping you tuned in from the first beer to the last shot of whiskey. Director Stephanie Lynge and the entire producing team at the Hippodrome have put together a top notch show that is so fine-tuned you feel just as much a part of this small town as the characters at its center. Something very intriguing about this story is the dialogue and the flow in which its delivered. I think Director Stephanie Lynge said it best in her Director's Notes by saying, 'When you read the script, you can hear the pattern of the dialogue and how it trips along, builds to a joke, and then tops it again with another. And each individual character has their own voice, even in the writing. You can hear the dry humor of Jessica and the stumbling nature of Walter just from reading off the page. A truly gifted comedic writer like Mr. Tobiessen is a gift to a director and the actors as well, guiding us into the world he has created.' This is just one very true testament of what makes this show great.

See how Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winner, Tracy Letts, has been spending his time in the decade since his last work took its final New York bow.

Variety reports that Margot Robbie will star opposite Christian Bale in an upcoming film from David O. Russell.

Acting Against Cancer identifies itself as 'a nonprofit semiprofessional theatre company that strives to change the lives of children touched by cancer through the arts.' Within the Kentuckiana theatre scene, they have also developed a reputation as an ambitious theatre company most likely to perform modern musicals often labeled as 'counter-culture' or 'edgy.' Their current production of Duncan Sheik's American Psycho is absolutely the type of show we have come to expect from this talented group.

Longtime independent film champion, Film Threat, helmed by founder and filmmaker Chris Gore, are stepping into the void to honor true indies and right the Oscar snubs with Award This! Live from Los Angeles on Wednesday, February 5th at the Studio Movie Grill in Glendale, CA. Award This! will feature the creative forces of independent cinema both in front of and behind the camera with inventive new categories: Oscar Snub nominating those performances and filmmakers who blew us away this year like Awkwafina, Jennifer Lopez, Robert DeNiro, Adam Sandler, Greta Gerwig, and Lulu Wang; Movie Critic Worthy of Your Attention honoring the film critics with a pulse on movie commentary including Alachia Queen, John Campea, Leonard Maltin, Luke Thompson and Michael Dequina; Short Film, Socially Relevant Documentary hitting topics that get to the heart of us like Afghan Cycles, The Animal People (executive produced by Joaquin Phoenix), Don't Be Nice, Fat: A Documentary, Life Overtakes Me, Mr. Toilet, No Safe Spaces, and Tell Me Who I Am; Sports Documentary, Indie Sci-Fi, Pop Culture Documentary, Indie Horror, Indie Comedy, Indie LGBTQ+ Themed Film, Indie Action/Thriller, WTF Indie, Director, Directress, Indie Made for Less Than the Contents of an Oscar Gift Bag (Under $100K), Indie Movie of the Year, and Ensemble Cast.

On Sunday, January 19. the 26th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards were held live on TNT and TBS! The SAG Awards celebrate the outstanding motion picture and television performances from the previous calendar year.

Matt Damon and Golden Globe® Nominee Christian Bale star in this “thunderously exciting” (Peter Travers, Rolling Stone) film based on the remarkable true story about Ford Motor Company's attempt to create the world's fastest car. American car designer Carroll Shelby (Damon) and the fearless British-born driver Ken Miles (Bale), together battled corporate interference and the laws of physics to build a revolutionary race car and take on Enzo Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France in 1966.

Variety reports that former Batman Christian Bale is in talks to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe in upcoming sequel 'Thor: Love and Thunder.'

The 77th Annual GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS, aired live on NBC, hosted by Ricky Gervais, on Sunday, January 5, 2020 and many of Broadway's favorites took home awards!

Tim Allen (Golden Globe Award winner and five-time nominee), Jennifer Aniston (Golden Globe Award winner and four-time nominee), Ana de Armas (Golden Globe Award nominee), Christian Bale (Golden Globe Award winner and five-time nominee) Antonio Banderas (five-time Golden Globe Award nominee), Jason Bateman (Golden Globe Award winner and five-time nominee), Cate Blanchett (Golden Globe Award winner and ten-time nominee), Matt Bomer (Golden Globe Award winner), Pierce Brosnan (two-time Golden Globe Award nominee), Glenn Close (Golden Globe Award winner and fourteen-time nominee), Daniel Craig (Golden Globe Award nominee), Ted Danson (Golden Globe Award winner and twelve-time nominee), Leonardo DiCaprio (Golden Globe Award winner and twelve-time nominee), Ansel Elgort (Golden Globe Award nominee), Chris Evans, Dakota Fanning, Will Ferrell (two-time Golden Globe Award nominee), Lauren Graham (Golden Globe Award nominee), Tiffany Haddish, Kit Harington (Golden Globe Award nominee), Salma Hayek (Golden Globe Award nominee), Scarlett Johansson (five-time Golden Globe Award nominee), Elton John (Golden Globe Award winner and five-time nominee), Nick Jonas (Golden Globe Award nominee), Harvey Keitel (Golden Globe Award nominee), Zoë Kravitz, Rami Malek (Golden Globe Award winner and four-time nominee), Jennifer Lopez (Golden Globe Award nominee), Kate McKinnon, Helen Mirren (Golden Globe Award winner and sixteen-time nominee), Jason Momoa, Gwyneth Paltrow (Golden Globe Award winner and two-time nominee), Brad Pitt (Golden Globe Award winner and seven-time nominee), Amy Poehler (Golden Globe Award winner and three-time nominee), Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Margot Robbie (two-time Golden Globe Award nominee), Paul Rudd (Golden Globe Award nominee), Wesley Snipes, Octavia Spencer (Golden Globe Award winner and three-time nominee), Bernie Taupin (Golden Globe Award winner and four-time nominee), Charlize Theron (Golden Globe Award winner and six-time nominee),Sofia Vergara (four-time Golden Globe Award nominee), Kerry Washington (two-time Golden Globe Award nominee), Naomi Watts (Golden Globe Award nominee), Rachel Weisz (Golden Globe Award winner and three-time nominee) and Reese Witherspoon (Golden Globe Award winner and seven-time nominee) have been announced as presenters by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) for the 77th Annual Golden Globe® Awards. Ricky Gervais will host the high-profile ceremony airing live coast to coast on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020 from 5-8 p.m. PT/8-11 p.m. ET on NBC from The Beverly Hilton. Previously announced eight-time Golden Globe Award winner and fifteen-time nominee Tom Hanks will be the recipient of the 2020 Cecil B. deMille Award. Three-time Golden Globe Award nominee Ellen DeGeneres will receive the Carol Burnett Award. Dylan & Paris Brosnan will serve as this year's Golden Globe Ambassadors.

As a big-city dweller feeling disconnected from the food he eats, David Moscow will show audiences what it takes – really takes – to make a meal with the debut of the television series “From Scratch,” which will premiere on Sunday, February 16 at 6 p.m. ET on FYI (www.fyi.tv).  

Grand Horizons is now in previews on Broadway!  Grand Horizons will play a strictly limited 10-week engagement, and officially open on January 23, 2020 at The Hayes Theater (240 West 44th Street).

 Nominees for the 26th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards for outstanding individual, cast and ensemble performances in film and television of 2019, as well as the nominees for outstanding action performances by film and television stunt ensembles, were announced this morning at the Pacific Design Center's SilverScreen Theater in West Hollywood.

This morning, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) announced the nominees for the 77th Annual Golden Globe Awards from The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California.  The three-hour telecast hosted by Ricky Gervais will air live on NBC coast to coast Sunday, January 5, 2020 at 8:00 p.m. EST/5:00 p.m. PST.

On the third anniversary of the fire that nearly destroyed the historic cinema, Sag Harbor Cinema and Bay Street Theater team up to usher in the Holidays and celebrate the unique and festive spirit that is the Village of Sag Harbor. Bay Street throws open its doors for hot cider, mulled wine, and a visit from Santa at 6 pm, followed at 7 pm by a free screening of Giuseppe Tornatore's Academy Award winning film Cinema Paradiso.   At the conclusion of the screening, Hollywood screenwriter and local resident Bill Collage will discuss the film with SHC's Artistic Director Giulia D'Agnolo Vallan.

UCLA plans to launch The Promise Armenian Institute, an entity that will establish a world-class research center and platform for public outreach about Armenia while integrating and expanding the university's existing Armenian studies offerings and connections to that country.

Overall, this is a play about the young having their voices heard. Says Director of this Skylight production, Molly Rhode, a?oeThe Newsboys Strike of 1899 may have been at the turn of the century, but it doesn't feel far away. The way these young people stand up and say, 'Listen to me!' is happening right now, all across the globea?? Young people are paying attention. And they deserve a seat at the table.a?? 

Despite being set in 1899, NEWSIES feels marvelously modern. It is sharp, slick, and explosive. Even if, like me, you saw the bright new production of NEWSIES on Broadway in 2012, the Arena Stage setting is instantly memorable. Being emerged in the theater-in-the-round is like the difference between seeing a beloved film on the big screen and walking into the middle of the action in the Disney theme parks.

PRIMARY STAGES (Andrew Leynse, Artistic Director; Shane D. Hudson, Executive Director; Casey Childs, Founder) announced today a monthlong festival of solo performances, readings, and special events, featuring members of the Primary Stages family. Additional performances will be added throughout the month.

Second Stage Theater (Carole Rothman, President and Artistic Director; Casey Reitz, Executive Director) has announced Ben McKenzie (Ben) will complete the cast of Bess Wohl's GRAND HORIZONS. The production will mark his Broadway debut.