Elizabeth Banks News

American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) and gala co-chairs Maria and Jeff Spears are proud to announce SUPERGALA! on Thursday, April 14, 2016 at The Regency (1290 Sutter Street) in San Francisco. Tony and Grammy award nominee Jeremy Jordan (Newsies on Broadway, NBC's Smash, CBS's Supergirl, and films The Last Five Years and Joyful Noise) will join students from the A.C.T. Master of Fine Arts Program and Young Conservatory for a special performance. Proceeds from the gala support A.C.T.'s actor training and education and community programs.

Last month, The Reading Room and People's Choice Awards partnered to bring books to an even wider audience through an online vote on TheReadingRoom.com. Readers from around the world selected their favorite books (published in 2015) in six different categories.

An encore telecast of SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE with host Elizabeth Banks and musical guest Exposure (3.2/8 in metered-market households, 1.2/6 in adults 18-49 in the local people meters) delivered the best rating for an 'SNL' rebroadcast in nearly a year in metered-market households.

Suzanne Collins' best-selling book trilogy comes to a thrilling resolution in THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY - PART 2, arriving on Digital HD March 8 and on Blu-ray Combo Pack + Digital HD, DVD + Digital, and On Demand March 22

Music legend Brian Wilson has announced a 2016 world tour to celebrate and perform the iconic album Pet Sounds for a final time, in honor of its 50th anniversary. Originally released on May 16, 1966, Pet Sounds is universally hailed as one of the greatest albums of all time. With more than 70 dates being confirmed, and several previously announced dates selling out in record time, Wilson and his band will be joined by former bandmates Al Jardine and Blondie Chaplin when they kick off the tour this Spring and perform at the Fox Theatre Friday, September 30 at 8 p.m. Fans can expect a live performance of Pet Sounds in its entirety, as well as top hits and fan favorites spanning his 54-year career with The Beach Boys and as a solo artist.

American Conservatory Theater's Master of Fine Arts Program, Class of 2016, will present Dan LeFranc's The Big Meal-a delicious comedy about eight diners, four generations and one family-February 24-27, 2016 in The Rueff at A.C.T.'s Strand Theater (1127 Market Street, San Francisco). Family is not a word, it's a seating chart in this delicious and provocative comedy. Playwright Dan LeFranc orients the drama around four generations of a single family loving and laughing, fighting and yelling over a series of meals. While the passing of time in LeFranc's world is fluid (this feels like a modern cousin of Thornton Wilder's The Long Christmas Dinner), the meals are quick and casual-a moveable feast. One moment, two young lovers are hooking up over cocktails, the next moment, they're middle-aged and clashing about their kids. With characters that develop, flip, and shift, The Big Meal serves up a thought-provoking feast for audiences.

Finalists for the 8th annual SHORTY AWARDS, which honor the best social media content, including Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, YouTube, Instagram, Vine and Periscope, were announced today.

The Golden Raspberry Award Foundation continued its tradition of announcing the nominations for the RAZZIE AWARDS, one day before the OSCAR nominations are revealed. 

The twitterverse can be a battlefield and from time to time, so JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE shines a light on the nasty things people post about celebrities by having those celebrities read them aloud.

VH1 delivered its highest rated tentpole since 2010 last night with the premiere of the 'VH1 Big in 2015 With Entertainment Weekly' special.

American Conservatory Theater's Master of Fine Arts Program, Class of 2017, will present I'm Through with Love-a musical revue featuring a lineup of performances that encompass what it is to be in (and out of) love. Set against the backdrop of an art museum in 1959, patrons contemplate their love lives, conjure romantic fantasies, end torrid affairs, and forge new relationships. Performances of I'm Through with Love will take place this week, December 9-12, 2015 at The Garret at A.C.T.'s Geary Theater (415 Geary St., San Francisco).

Hollywood's biggest celebrities honor the top entertainers of the year in the VH1 BIG IN 2015 WITH ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY celebration premiering Monday, December 7, 2015

Stage and screen star Patina Miller took to Twitter today to share a clip of her covering 'The Hanging Tree', a tune from THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY - PART 1. Check it out below!

IMAX Corporation and Lionsgate today announced that The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2, the next installment of the global blockbuster “Hunger Games” franchise, will be digitally re-mastered into the immersive IMAX® format and released in IMAX® 3D theaters domestically for the film's November 20th rollout.

Elizabeth Banks stopped by GMA to discuss her role as Effie Trinkett in 'The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2.' Watch the appearance below!

Multitalented actor, comedian and author Aziz Ansari has been named as an honoree at the 'VH1 Big In 2015 with Entertainment Weekly' celebration, which premieres Monday, December 7, 2015 at 9pm ET/PT on VH1.

On Saturday's SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, six students (Elizabeth Banks, Taran Killam, Aidy Bryant, Kyle Mooney, Kate McKinnon, Beck Bennett) put on an avant-garde theatre show that takes aim at SeaWorld.