Skylar Astin News

TEEN CHOICE 2013 will once again break into summer and celebrate the hottest teen icons in television, music, film, sports, fashion, comedy and the web in the choicest, star-studded two-hour event airing live Sunday, August 11 (8:00-10:00 PM ET live/PT tape-delayed) on FOX. "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2" leads the TEEN CHOICE 2013 nominees with seven nominations.

TBS has greenlit Ground Floor, a new workplace comedy with a romantic twist written by Emmy(R) nominees Bill Lawrence (Cougar Town, Scrubs, Clone High) and Greg Malins (2 Broke Girls, How I Met Your Mother). The series stars Skylar Astin (Pitch Perfect), Briga Heelan (Cougar Town) and John C. McGinley (Scrubs). Ground Floor is being produced by Lawrence's Doozer, in association with Warner Horizon Television, with Lawrence and Jeff Ingold (Like Father) serving as executive producers. TBS has ordered 10 episodes of the series, which will premiere on the network in 2014.

Last night at the Montblanc Rodeo Drive Boutique in Los Angeles, Montblanc and Urban Arts Partnership announced the cast of the third annual and highly anticipated return of The 24 Hour Plays in Los Angeles, taking place on June 22nd at the Broad Stage. President and CEO of Montblanc North America, Jan Patrick Schmitz, and Urban Arts Partnership Artistic Board Chair Rosie Perez, announced the lineup of highly esteemed actors including Lizzy Caplan, Brooklyn Decker, Seth Green, Melanie Griffith, Gillian Jacobs and Justin Long.

Fresh from taking the mtvU Woodies by storm, MTV previously announced that hip hop hit makers, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (Macklemore&RyanLewis.MTV.com) will return to the MTV stage for what's sure to be an Unforgettable performance of their hot new single, 'Can't Hold Us,' LIVE during the '2013 MTV Movie Awards' tonight, April 14th at 9:00pm ET/PT.

"MTV Sneak Peek Week" ends tonight following a week-long celebration of the Summer Blockbuster Movie season, with the highly anticipated new Sophia Coppola film "The To Do List." Stars Emma Watson, Katie Chang, Israel Broussard, Taissa Farmiga and Claire Julien will be onsite to introduce an exclusive clip from the film at 11:00 p.m. ET on MTV and immediately following treat fans to an extended live Q&A with MTV News' Josh Horowitz on MTV.com. Those at home can get in on the action via Twitter using the @MTVNews handle, hash tag #MTVSneak or submit their questions for the cast online via MTV.com. Fans that live in the Los Angeles area are invited to attend tonight's Q&A taking place at the "5 Towers" on Universal CityWalk.

As a part of the week-long celebration of the Summer Blockbuster Movie season, 'MTV Sneak Peek Week' rolls on tonight with the new film 'The Heat.' Stars Melissa McCarthy and Paul Feig will be onsite to introduce an exclusive clip from the film at 11:00 p.m. ET on MTV and immediately following treat fans to an extended live Q&A with MTV News' Josh Horowitz on MTV.com. Those at home can get in on the action via Twitter using the @MTVNews handle, hash tag #MTVSneak or submit their questions for the cast online via MTV.com. Fans that live in the Los Angeles area are invited to attend tonight's Q&A taking place at the '5 Towers' on Universal CityWalk.

MTV today announced that Academy Award-winning actor and Grammy winning artist Jamie Foxx will receive the coveted "Generation Award" at the "2013 MTV Movie Awards," LIVE on Sunday, April 14 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT from the Sony Pictures Studios Lot in Culver City, CA.

MTV's 'Sneak Peek Week' rolls on tonight as a part of the week-long celebration of the Summer Blockbuster Movie season, with the new film 'The To Do List.' Stars Aubrey Plaza and Scott Porter will be onsite to introduce an exclusive clip from the film at 11:00 p.m. ET on MTV and immediately following treat fans to an extended live Q&A with MTV News' Josh Horowitz on MTV.com. Those at home can get in on the action via Twitter using the @MTVNews handle, hash tag #MTVSneak or submit their questions for the cast online via MTV.com.

Fresh from taking the mtvU Woodies by storm, MTV today announced that hip hop hit makers, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (Macklemore&RyanLewis.MTV.com) will return to the MTV stage for what's sure to be an unforgettable performance of their hot new single, “Can't Hold Us,” LIVE during the “2013 MTV Movie Awards” on Sunday, April 14th at 9:00pm ET/PT.

MTV today announced the stars of the hit musical comedy, “Pitch Perfect,” will kick off the “2013 MTV MOVIE AWARDS' with a musical bang as they come together for the first time on stage to debut a never-before-heard musical mash-up LIVE on Sunday, April 14th at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT.

'Dando la nota' es la historia de Beca (Ana Kendrik) una chica con pocos amigos, que al llegar a la universidad entra en un grupo de canto a capella. Ana Kendrik ('Camp', 'Up in the Air') protagoniza la pelicula musical de la temporada, junto a Anna Camp ('True Blood'), Brittany Snow (la mala en la pelicula musical de 'Hairspray'), la australiana Rebel Wilson hasta Skylar Astin (que protagonizo 'Spring Awakening' en Broadway) o el comico Adam DeVine.

In support of Heartthrob, Tegan and Sara have announced a huge North American summer tour with their good friends in FUN.

First things first, you need to watch this!In a new skit, Tegan and Sara teach Andy Samberg how to be a heartthrob. It's part of a series the girls have released around their new album obviously titled, 'Heartthrob: The Interviews,' where they interview past and present heartthrobs about what it's like to be them.

Students from Theatre Under The Stars' (TUTS) Humphreys School of Musical Theatre (HSMT) recently received several accolades including Outstanding Achievement in Music, Outstanding Student Director, Outstanding Student Choreographer and Outstanding Performance in the nation-wide Junior Theater Festival, January 18 - 20, 2013.

21 AND OVER is coming to theaters on March 1, 2013. The comedy is directed by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore and stars Miles Teller, Justin Chon, Skylar Astin and Sarah Wright. Check out the trailer below!

Oscar and Tony Award-winning composer Alan Menken, director Jeff Calhoun and producer Thomas Schumacher will join Kara Lindsay, Andrew Keenan-Bolger and Mike Faist, stars of the Tony award-winning Broadway musical, Newsies, for a special presentation to 4,000 students and teachers representing 82 groups from 23 states at the 2013 Junior Theater Festival, it was announced today by Theater of the Stars President Nick Manos and Timothy Allen McDonald, founding Chairman of iTheatrics. The Junior Theater Festival is being held January 18, 19 and 20 at the Cobb Galleria in Atlanta.

With Universal Pictures' Pitch Perfect hitting Blu-ray and DVD this week, news has just reached Movieweb that a sequel is in the works. Skylar Astin told the site that he and fellow star Rebel Wilson are currently in talks with Universal for Pitch Perfect 2.

Spring Awakening's Skylar Astin stars in Avenue Q director Jason Moore's new film Pitch Perfect as part of a rival boys a capella group. In this new clip, the group performs a cover of Flo Rida's 'Right Round.' Check it out below!

Mike Tompkins got the opportunity to perform with the cast of PITCH PERFECT and pieced together footage of the stars with videos from YouTube users to recreate Nicki Minaj's song 'Starships.' The result has gone viral. See it for yourself below!

STATE OF THE ARTS (SOTA), the critically acclaimed weekly performing arts radio series which previously, since its May 31, 2010 premiere, aired live on Mondays from 4:00 - 4:50 pm PST on the LATalkRadio.com Network, is moving its weekly broadcast to Thursdays beginning today, July 19, 2012, it was previously announced by State of the Arts co-producer/co-hosts and theatre professionals MICHAEL STERLING & Paul Stroili.