Paul Rudd News

The ladies ruled the kingdom at the '2011 MTV Video Music Awards,' broadcast live this evening from Nokia Theater L.A. Live, as Katy Perry and Adele each took home three VMA Moonmen and Lady Gaga two. Katy Perry won the biggest prize of the night, 'Video of the Year,' with her pop anthem, 'Fireworks,' as well as honors for 'Best Collaboration' and 'Best Special Effects' for 'E.T.' featuring Kanye West. Adding to her reign atop the album charts, Adele won VMAs for 'Best Art Direction,' 'Best Cinematography,' and 'Best Editing.' Genre and gender-defying Lady Gaga kicked off the night as her alter ego Joe Calderone with a show-stopping performance of 'You and I,' and later walked away with two VMAs for 'Best Female' and this year's new category, 'Best Video with a Message.'

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Weekend movie box office estimates: August 26-28, 2011.

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Lynne Meadow (Artistic Director) and Barry Grove (Executive Producer) announced that Emmy Award nominee Hugh Dancy (Journey's End, 'The Big C') will star with Tony nominee Nina Arianda in Manhattan Theatre Club's Broadway premiere of VENUS IN FUR, the acclaimed new play by David Ives, directed by Tony Award winner Walter Bobbie.

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According to Deadline.com, both Bradley Cooper and Robert De Niro are in talks to join the cast of The Weinstein Company's 'Silver Lining's Playbook.' The film is based on a novel by Matthew Quick, and will be directed by David O Russell.

According to published reports, Broadway veteran Bradley Cooper will star in the upcoming film, Paradise Lost, directed by Alex Proyas. Cooper will play Lucifer in this film adaptation of John Milton's classic poem.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Paul Rudd is set to star in Errol Morris' next project, which remains untitled. THe film will be written by Zack Helm, and is based on a memoir by Robert F. Nelson.

The American Theatre Wing (Theodore S. Chapin, Chairman, Board of Trustees; Howard Sherman, Executive Director) is now accepting applications for the 2011 SpringboardNYC summer program, being held June 6 - 17 in New York City.

There is perhaps a certain truth in the adage that we as adults are simply the end product of a combined cocktail of biologically-inherited traits, as well as the many environmental factors that invade our lives as young children that are carried into maturity. By this logic, is it fair to ask... if we know more about our parents, do we learn more about ourselves? In South Coast Repertory's new admirable revival of Richard Greenberg's Pulitzer Prize-nominated play THREE DAYS OF RAIN--which had its originally-commissioned World Premiere production in this very same theater back in 1997--these questions are tested in our observations of three interlinked individuals and the mysterious generational gap between them and their parents. The play performs at SCR through June 12.

Harold Sanditen, a former, prestigious UK Theatre Producer brings his critically acclaimed, bi-continental cabaret show Thoughts 'Round Midnight to Hollywood's M Bar Friday, June 17 for one night only, it was announced today.

Silver Spring Stage presents Three Days of Rain by Richard Greenberg, directed by Deborah Niezgoda and produced by Seth Ghitelman, the elegant and lyrical drama of the mysterious origins of family told in present and past times.

Silver Spring Stage presents Three Days of Rain by Richard Greenberg, directed by Deborah Niezgoda and produced by Seth Ghitelman, the elegant and lyrical drama of the mysterious origins of family told in present and past times.