Steven Spielberg News

CBS has enlisted a few more cast members for its ensemble miniseries, UNDER THE DOME. GLEE's Jolene Purdy and Nicholas Strong of Nashville have both signed on for the summer special, The Hollywood Reporter has learned, as CBS works diligently to fill the large number of roles.

Haute Living has announced its annual Haute 100 Issue, which lists the 100 most influential and A-list billionaires, athletes, power couples, philanthropists, originators, hoteliers, designers, entrepreneurs and entertainers in Los Angeles. Making the list this year are Steven Spielberg, the LA Kings' Dustin Brown, The Kardashian family, Jennifer Aniston, Ben Affleck & Jennifer Garner and many more.

The MENSCH International Foundation and Steven Geiger, the Foundation's Founder, will present The 2013 International Holocaust Remembrance Day Program honoring two-time Academy Awarda-winning producer, BRANKO LUSTIG ("Schindler's List," "Gladiator") with The 2013 MENSCH For All Seasons Award to be held at the Writer's Guild Theater, 135 South Doheny Drive (south of Wilshire Boulevard), Beverly Hills, CA 90211 tonight, January 29, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. The event will also feature eight distinguished guest speakers, along with film clips.

Writers Guild and Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Tony Kushner has been chosen to receive the WGAW's 2013 Paul Selvin Award for his adapted screenplay for Lincoln. Named after the late Selvin, who served as counsel to the Guild, the award is given to the WGA member whose script best embodies the spirit of the constitutional and civil rights and liberties, which are indispensable to the survival of free writers everywhere. Kushner will be recognized, along with other honorees, at the Writers Guild Awards ceremony on Sunday, February 17, at the JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE.

Broadway In Chicago has announced that individual tickets for CATCH ME IF YOU CAN go on-sale to the public Friday, Feb. 1, 2013 at 10 a.m. Based on the hit DreamWorks film and the incredible true story that inspired it, the first national tour of the high-flying Broadway musical CATCH ME IF YOU CAN will land in Chicago at the Cadillac Palace Theatre (151 West Randolph) for a limited engagement April 2-14, 2013.

Hands down one of the most hypnotic, creatively-staged plays ever conceived for the theater, the Tony Award-winning WAR HORSE--whose National Tour is now on stage at Costa Mesa's Segerstrom Center for the Arts through February 3--is an utterly stirring feat of theatrical magic, expertly combining dazzling technical wizardry with a touching story of hope and perseverance.

SMASH makes its long-awaited return to the NBC lineup for a second season on Tuesday, February 5 (9-10 p.m. ET) and will continue in its regular time slot on Tuesday, February 12 (10-11 p.m. ET). Season two will feature a slew of new talent, including Jennifer Hudson, Jeremy Jordan, Andy Mientus, Krysta Rodriguez, Sean Hayes, Jesse L. Martin, Liza Minnelli, Bernadette Peters, Nikki Blonski, and more. Check out the SMASH billboard that just went up on 42nd Street below!

Cinemark Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CNK), a leading motion picture exhibitor, announced that Cinemark's OSCAR MARATHON will take place February 15-16 and February 22-23.

Tony nominated actress Montego Glover has been tapped to play the recurring role of ‘Marissa' in Season two of NBC's SMASH, currently filming in New York. Marissa is described as the compassionate, authoritative stage manager. Glover won a Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle award for Best Actress in a Musical for the Tony Award Winning MEMPHIS on Broadway and has been previously seen on The Good Wife, White Collar and Made In Jersey. She is repped by DGRW and Liebman Entertainment.

Alan Arkin, Jessica Chastain, Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, John Goodman, Damian Lewis and Julianne Moore will be presenters at the 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, Executive Producer Jeff Margolis announced today.

Theatre Communications Group (TCG) today announced the publication of Tony Kushner's critically acclaimed screenplay for Lincoln, now a major motion picture directed by Steven Spielberg. Based in part on Pulitzer Prize-winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin's book, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, the published screenplay of Lincoln, available in both paperback and a limited edition hardcover, contains a Foreword by Kearns Goodwin and eight pages of color photos from the film.

Tony Kushner's screenplay for LINCOLN, directed by Steven Spielberg, is set for release on Jan. 22, it was announced today.

LA director and acting coach to the stars Michelle Danner will be holding two Master Intensive acting workshops in Sydney, Australia, this March and places are filling fast.

Violinist Itzhak Perlman returns to Houston for a recital concert on Thursday, Feb. 7, at 8 p.m. in Jones Hall, presented by Society for the Performing Arts.

The SAG Awards Ceremony Auction benefiting the Screen Actors Guild Foundation's Children's Literacy and Emergency Assistance programs begins online today at 6 p.m. (PT) atsagawards.org/auction.

The Paramount Theatre continues to celebrate its origins as a spectacular, 1920s art deco movie palace with its ongoing Classic Movie Mondays film series.

The MENSCH International Foundation and Steven Geiger, the Foundation's Founder, will present The 2013 International Holocaust Remembrance Day Program honoring two-time Academy Award-winning producer, BRANKO LUSTIG ("Schindler's List," "Gladiator") with The 2013 MENSCH For All Seasons Award to be held at the Writer's Guild Theater, 135 South Doheny Drive (south of Wilshire Boulevard), Beverly Hills, CA 90211 on Tuesday, January 29, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. The event will also feature eight distinguished guest speakers, along with film clips.

HBO has finally announced its follow-up to the previous miniseries BAND OF BROTHERS and THE PACIFIC. The latest entry comes as an adaptation of Donald Miller's nonfiction piece, MASTERS OF THE AIR - with Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks set as executive producers. The Hollywood Reporter first broke the news.