Martha Stewart News

'America's Got Talent,' NBC's hit television talent show from American Idol producers Fremantle Media North America and Simon Cowell's SYCO Television, will launch its first ever nationwide tour this fall, bringing the country's most dynamic and diverse entertainers to 25 cities beginning October 1 st at the Paramount Theatre in Oakland, CA.

Oxygen counts down Jersey's Top 25 celebrities who were either born in, raised in, or have lived in the hottest of states when Oxygen's '25iest: Jersey Celebs' premieres on Tuesday, July 20 at 11pm ET/PT. The one-hour special follows the season finale of original series of 'Jersey Couture,' featuring the Scalis (New Jersey's 'First Family of Fashion').

With his infectious enthusiasm and keen eye for detail, Charles Phoenix celebrates the 55th Anniversary of the Magic Kingdom's grand opening with his Retro Disneyland Slide Show. One performance only takes place at the Crown Plaza Hotel Anaheim Resort in Garden Grove on Saturday morning, July 17 at 10 a.m.

Rick Bayless, the award-winning renowned chef, restaurateur, bestselling cookbook author, television personality and 'Top Chef Master' will host Fiesta at Rick's, an exclusive five-week satellite radio series on SIRIUS XM's Martha Stewart Living Radio.

Oxygen counts down Jersey's Top 25 celebrities who were either born in, raised in, or have lived in the hottest of states when Oxygen's '25iest: Jersey Celebs' premieres on Tuesday, July 20 at 11pm ET/PT. The one-hour special follows the season finale of original series of 'Jersey Couture,' featuring the Scalis (New Jersey's 'First Family of Fashion').

August 2010 Concerts set for the RRazz room at Hotel Nikko San Francisco. The RRazz room at Hotel Nikko is located at 222 Mason Street (between Ellis and O'Farrell) San Francisco, California 94102

That irrepressibly zany team that brings you the annual Fruitcake Follies in December presented for the very first time - hopefully, it will be an annual event - Firecracker Follies @ the Cavern Club Theater @ Casita del Campo in Silverlake. Believe me, folks, this democratically liberal revue turned American history upside down and rightside up and gave brand new meaning to the anthem 'This Land Is My Land'. With devilishly creative James Gray and the one and only drag impresario Momma at the helm, how could it be anything less than a total camp, an irreverant sendup a la National Lampoon and Monty Python of our great heroes and heroines and all we hold sacred as Americans?! So much PR is put out there to make us feel guilty about the war, the recession, the environment and taking advantage of our freedom, it's about time we just laid back, blamed everyone else for what's happening and had some sheer fun with it all!

Here is the full list of winners of the 2010 Daytime Emmy Awards, which were presented on Sunday night, June 27, 2010.

When we last left FRANK BLOCKER he was at the Stage Left Studio Theatre where he was starring in his sold-out, critically-acclaimed, three-times-extended and award-nominated (Drama Desk & Audience Awards) 'Southern Gothic Novel' which has since been published in paperback by CreateSpace and is available on Amazon.com.

Jenna gives a rundown of where she's been and what's coming up in the world of cabaret (and sometimes beyond!) This week's column features the Ciao Italy Festival in Williamsburg, Darcy James Argue's Secret Society at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola, Bill Boggs' Talk Show Confidential at The Triad, and more!

The NYC Food Film Festival (June 23 - 27) will close out the 2010 Festivities in New York, the NYC Food Film Festival presents two events on Sunday, June 27th. At high noon, enjoy a screening of the vintage food film, It's Grits! followed by a Grits Takedown from cooking competition guru Matt Timms, featuring 30+ Grits dishes from NYC amateur chefs. Later that evening, the Festival offers its first Brooklyn Burger 'N Beer Garden featuring a screening of Anat Baron's Beer Wars, an all-inclusive menu of burgers and craft brews and the Closing Awards Ceremonies for the 2010 summer season.

The Daytime Entertainment Emmy Awards will be broadcast from Las Vegas for the first time on June 27th, 2010 over the CBS Television Network. 'It is with great pleasure that the Daytime Emmy Awards returns to the CBS Network,' said Herb Granath, Chairman, NATAS. 'The Daytime Emmy Awards are one of the cornerstones of our business and this year's Las Vegas-based broadcast promises to be even more exciting.'

The NYC Food Film Festival (June 23 - 27) announced today that the 2010 Festival is set to kick off with The Great New York City Shuck 'N Suck. On Wednesday, June 23, Oyster lovers from near and far will descend upon Water Taxi Beach at the South Street Seaport for an oyster evening of epic proportions.

With his infectious enthusiasm and keen eye for detail, Charles Phoenix celebrates the 55th Anniversary of the Magic Kingdom's grand opening with his Retro Disneyland Slide Show. One performance only takes place at the Crown Plaza Hotel Anaheim Resort in Garden Grove on Saturday morning, July 17 at 10 a.m.

Drury Lane Oakbrook, 100 Drury Lane, features a special benefit at the musical comedy SUGAR on Wednesday, June 9. The evening's festivities begin at 7:00 p.m. and include

On the heels of the multi-year strategic partnership announced earlier this year, executives from Hallmark Channel and Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia today revealed the original 'how-to' programming block set to launch exclusively on the cable network this fall. The slate of new programming is anchored by the debut of the Emmy(R) Award-winning series 'The Martha Stewart Show' on Hallmark Channel beginning September 13th at 10:00-11:00 a.m., ET/PT weekdays.

When we last left FRANK BLOCKER he was at the Stage Left Studio Theatre where he was starring in his sold-out, critically-acclaimed, three-times-extended and award-nominated (Drama Desk & Audience Awards) 'Southern Gothic Novel' which has since been published in paperback by CreateSpace and is available on Amazon.com.

Acclaimed chef Rocco DiSpirito partners with Bravo for development on a weekly cooking competition series, 'Rocco's Dinner Party,' in which DiSpirito sizes up some of the country's most promising aspiring chefs to see if they have the chops to impress at a private dinner party attended by his discriminating guests.

ABC Family has acquired the basic cable television rights to the Emmy(R) Award-winning television series 'Friday Night Lights,' in a deal with NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution, it was announced today by Tom Zappala, Executive Vice President, Program Acquisitions & Scheduling, ABC Cable Networks Group, and Frances Manfredi, Executive Vice President/General Sales Manager, Cable and Non-Theatrical Sales for NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution.

Drury Lane Oakbrook, 100 Drury Lane, features a special benefit at the musical comedy SUGAR on Wednesday, June 9. The evening's festivities begin at 7:00 p.m. and include