John Wells News

Eighty-four nominations from 27 Arizona communities were submitted in six categories for the 33rd annual Governor's Arts Awards for individuals and businesses who have made substantial and outstanding contributions to arts and culture statewide.

Seven artists from Phoenix, Tucson and Scottsdale have created awards for each of the Governor's Arts Awards six categories and the Shelley Award to be presented at the 33rd annual event today, March 25 at The Mesa Arts Center, 1 E. Main Street in Mesa.

Seven artists from Phoenix, Tucson and Scottsdale have created awards for each of the Governor's Arts Awards six categories and the Shelley Award to be presented at the 33rd annual event on Tuesday, March 25 at The Mesa Arts Center, 1 E. Main Street in Mesa.

Highly respected Warner Bros. Television (WBTV) executives Susan Rovner and Brett Paul have been named Co-Presidents of Warner Horizon Scripted Television

Tony Award winner Cynthia Nixon joins the Broadway cast of Tom Stoppard's The Real Thing opposite Ewan McGregor and Maggie Gyllenhaal. She'll play the role of Charlotte. The show will begin performances at Roundabout Theater Company's American Airlines Theatre on October 2, 2014, directed by Sam Gold. Gyllenhaal will make her Broadway debut starring as 'Annie' opposite McGregor as 'Henry'.

SHOWTIME has picked up brand new seasons of its critically-acclaimed hit drama SHAMELESS and comedy series HOUSE OF LIES with a 12-episode order for each to air in 2015.

SHOWTIME airs a pivotal new episode of its hit drama series SHAMELESS this Sunday, February 16th at 9 PM ET/PT. Check out a sneak peek below!

Premium entertainment network EPIX will celebrate the Academy Awards with aseries of programs and films devoted to all things Oscar. And the Envelope Please..., a series in collaboration with the Los Angeles Times, featuring panel interviews with casts and crews of this year's Oscar hopefuls, moderated by writers from the Los Angeles Times. The 30-minute encore presentations will air on EPIX between February 17 and 24, Academy voting week. For more information visit http://www.epix.com/envelope-screening-series/.

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) just announced that Maggie Gyllenhaal will make her Broadway debut starring as "Annie" opposite Ewan McGregor as "Henry" in Tom Stoppard's Tony® Award-winning play The Real Thing, directed by Sam Gold.

Meryl Streep leads an all-star ensemble in this black comedy about a dysfunctional family based on Tracy Lett's Pulitzer & Tony award winning play.

Nine-time Grammy Award winning artist John Legend has announced dates for his 2014 North American tour titled 'An Evening with John Legend: The All of Me Tour.' The tour which begins March 20th in Temecula, CA and goes through early June will feature John in an intimate and acoustic setting, highlighted by guitar/vocal accompaniment as well as a string quartet. The tour will stop at Santa Rosa's Wells Fargo Center for the Arts on Tuesday, April 1, with an 8 p.m. performance, and other stops on the tour will include a night at the prestigious Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, CA on March 26th as well the Brooklyn Academy of Music in Brooklyn, NY on May 31st.

Eighty-four nominations from 27 Arizona communities were submitted in six categories for the 33rd annual Governor's Arts Awards for individuals and businesses who have made substantial and outstanding contributions to arts and culture statewide.

The award-winning, mega-hit series ER, which dominated the television landscape for 15 seasons, is returning to TV screens…this time as a Spanish-language version that RCN, Fox International Channels and TC have commissioned in Colombia from Warner Bros. International Television Production.

Award-winning writer-director-producer John Wells will receive the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) 2014 Board of Governors Award.

Below, watch what happens when New York Yankee stars CC Sabathia and Mark Teixeira re-enact a scene from Tracy Letts August: Osage County!

Sony Music has announced the release of the original motion picture soundtrack of August: Osage County, featuring songs specially written for the film by Kings of Leon and by JD and The Straight Shot, as well as celebrated songs by Bon Iver, Eric Clapton and Billy Squier. These tracks are backed up by new music composed by Gustavo Santaolalla and others. The original motion picture soundtrack of August: Osage Countyis available today, January 7, 2014.

Academy Award winning actress Meryl Streep stopped by ABC's THE VIEW to talk about fighting with Julia Roberts in her gritty new film, August: Osage County.

Sony Music is proud to announce the release of the original motion picture soundtrack of August: Osage County, featuring songs specially written for the film by Kings of Leon and by JD and The Straight Shot, as well as celebrated songs by Bon Iver, Eric Clapton and Billy Squier.

Julia Roberts will be honored for her performance in AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY with the Spotlight Award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival today, January 4, 2014. The festival runs now through January 13, 2013.