Helena Bonham Carter News

With yesterday's announcement of the completion of casting for the upcoming big screen adaptation of Les Miserables, theatre lovers are left wondering if country songstress Taylor Swift has got the acting and singing chops to take on beloved, street urchin Eponine. BroadwayWorld has been equally curious, so we bring you the closest thing we found so far to a preview of what to expect from Swift in a Broadway role. In the video below, she sings West Side Story's 'Tonight' as a part of a promo for the 2009 Video Music Awards. Click below to check it out!

El reparto para la adaptación de la película Les Misérables está a punto de cerrarse, con Hugh Jackman en el papel de Jean Valjean y Russell Crowe como Javert. En las últimas semanas se ha anunciado que Sacha Baron Cohen será Thernardier, Eddie Redmayne será Marius, Aaron Tveit Enjolras, Anne Hathaway será Fantine y Helena Bonham Carter será Madame Thernardier.. Twitchfilm.com ha anunciado y Broadwayworld ha confirmado que la cantante de country-pop Taylor Swift dará vida a Eponine y que la protagonista de la película de Mamma Mia! Amanda Seyfried será Cosette.

Today, Twitchfilm.com has reported and BroadwayWorld.com has confirmed that offers are now out to country-pop singer Taylor Swift for the role of Eponine and to the opera-trained Mamma Mia! film star Amanda Seyfriend as Cosette.

Helena Bonham Carter is among the names on the Queen's end of the year Honors list. The actress has been made a CBE.

BroadwayWorld has confirmed that the musical adaptation of Tim Burton's BIG FISH, will hold a private industry reading next week in New York City. As previously announced, the show, which was initially aiming for Broadway in spring 2012, is now set to open in spring 2013.

The much-delayed Lone Ranger movie - headlined by Johnny Depp - has announced additional casting.

SHOWTIME will be available in 60 million households for a Free Preview Weekend from Friday, January 6 through Sunday, January 8. Viewers across the country will have the opportunity to sample the premium network's award-winning programming on SHOWTIME, SHOWTIME HD™ and SHOWTIME On Demand®.

Tim Burton brings his unique screen style to the children's favorite, 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,' airing as the 'ABC Sunday Movie of the Week,' DECEMBER 11 (9:00-11:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.

The UK Sun is reporting that Sacha Baron Cohen, known to musical theatre fans for his turn in SWEENEY TODD opposite Helena Bonham Carter in the Tim Burton film, has joined the upcoming LES MISERABLES film as Monsieur Thernardier. The Sun reports that that he will be reuniting with Bonham Carter in the film. Previous reports had indicated that Geoffrey Rush was in talks to play the part.

Recipients of both The Richard Harris Award and The Variety Award were announced today by Johanna von Fischer and Tessa Collinson, joint Directors, The Moët British Independent Film Awards.

Tim Burton brings his unique screen style to the children's favorite, 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,' airing as the 'ABC Sunday Movie of the Week,' DECEMBER 11 (9:00-11:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts Los Angeles® (BAFTA Los Angeles) has announced that it will add a British Designer Showcase to its 2011 Britannia Awards on Wednesday, November 30 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

BroadwayWorld has confirmed that the musical adaptation of Tim Burton's BIG FISH, will hold a private industry reading next week in New York City. As previously announced, the show, which was initially aiming for Broadway in spring 2012, is now set to open in spring 2013.

MusicalTalk - the UK's top independent musical theatre podcast is to have new and classic episodes broadcast on Global City Radio (http://www.globalradio1.com.)