Ellen Barkin News

The 2010 Tribeca Film Festival (TFF), presented by American Express, the Founding Sponsor of the Festival, today announced its remaining out-of-competition feature film selections in the Encounters, Discovery, Cinemania and Spotlight sections. The Festival will take place from April 21 to May 2, 2010 in lower Manhattan, offering audiences film screenings, conversations and an array of free community events. As previously announced, the 2010 film selection encompasses feature films from 38 different countries, including 45 World Premieres, 7 International Premieres, 14 North American Premieres, 6 U.S. Premieres and 12 New York Premieres.

Cheyenne Jackson is an award winning stage and film actor currently starring as Woody in the new Broadway revival of Finian's Rainbow at the ST. James Theatre.

The critically-acclaimed new American two-character play by Keith Huff is directed by Tony Award nominee John Crowley, and began previews on Thursday, September 10, 2009, and celebrated Opening Night on Tuesday, September 29, 2009.

Amanda Seyfried has found her pursuit of a stage career discouraging; The 'Mamma Mia!' film star has not been able to get past auditions for a Broadway show.

Summit Entertainment's film adaptation of 'Letters to Juliet' will star 'Mamma Mia!' darling Amanda Seyfried, Vanessa Redgrave, Gael Garcia Bernal and Franco Nero. The film will be directed by Gary Winick and is produced by Mark Canton, Ellen Barkin and Caroline Kaplan. Production on the movie will begin June 25th in Italy.

Fool for Love will run at the New Village Theatre in San Francisco, featuring Joshua Everett Johnson*, Kristianne Kurner*, Jack Missett* and Greg Wittman and directed by Dana Case.

The revival of Clifford Odets's 'The Country Girl' opened on April 27th, at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre directed by Mike Nichols and starring Morgan Freeman, Frances McDormand and Peter Gallagher.

The revival of Clifford Odets's 'The Country Girl' opened on April 27th, at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre directed by Mike Nichols and starring Morgan Freeman, Frances McDormand and Peter Gallagher.

The Vertical Hour, starring four-time Academy Award nominee Julianne Moore (The Hours, Magnolia) and acclaimed British film and stage actor Bill Nighy (Pirates of the Caribbean 2, Love Actually), opened on November 30th at the Music Box Theatre

The Roundabout Theatre Company's new Broadway production of Eugene O'Neill's drama 'A Touch of the Poet,' directed by Tony Award-winner Doug Hughes at Studio 54 opened on December 8 and BroadwayWorld.com was there.

Tony Adams, the veteran film and stage producer whose credits include Blake Edwards' Pink Panther hits, S.O.B. '10,' and the film and stage versions of Victor/Victoria died Saturday, October 22nd, of a stroke at Beth Israel Hospital in Manhattan. He was surrounded by family and friends. He was 52 years old.

Tony Award-nominee Billy Crudup will work on filming two new films--The Good Shepherd and Mission: Impossible 3--after he completes his run in The Pillowman, and will also be seen in Trust the Man

Star-studded photo coverage of the red carpet arrivals for Spamalot's opening night on Broadway, Thursday, March 17 at the Shubert Theatre.