LA Lakers All-Star Pau Gasol To Appear On THE TONIGHT SHOW 6/18June 18, 2010One day after defeating the Boston Celtics to win the 2010 NBA Championship on Thursday, June 17, Los Angeles Laker/NBA All-Star Pau Gasol will continue the celebration on NBC's "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (Monday-Friday, 11:35 p.m. ET) on Friday, June 18.
Comedy Central Launches PORTABLE LOUNGE Online Talk ShowJune 18, 2010COMEDY CENTRAL is taking it to the streets, laundromats and locations near you with today's launch of 'Portable Lounge,' a new roaming online talk show featuring two rising, as well as established, comedians riffing on technology and pop culture.
Showtime Picks Up SECRET DIARY OF A CALL GIRL For Final SeasonJune 18, 2010SHOWTIME has announced the fourth and final season pick up of its hit comedy series SECRET DIARY OF CALL GIRL. British sensation Billie Piper will reprise her critically-acclaimed role as the title character, with production beginning in London this August. Season four, which will be comprised of eight, half-hour episodes, will follow Belle (PIPER), an internationally successful author, torn between her career and her feelings for her best friend Ben (IDDO GOLDBERG). Additionally, season four will feature a storyline where the high-end London call girl visits New York City.
Game 7 Of NBA Finals Sees Highest Ratings Since 1998June 18, 2010ABC's exclusive coverage of The Finals Game 7 - Boston Celtics at Los Angeles Lakers - delivered an 18.2 overnight rating, the highest-rated NBA game since 1998 (Bulls/Jazz). The overnight rating for last night's Game 7 marks the highest-rated NBA Finals game ever on ABC (surpassing Lakers/Pistons, Game 5, in 2005 - 15.5 overnight rating; ABC overnight records go back to 2003).
History Premieres 10 WAYS TO KILL BIN LADEN 6/29June 18, 2010American efforts to kill or capture Osama bin Laden span more than 10 years and three presidential administrations, yet the elusive terrorist leader has managed to stay alive and in hiding all this time.
Dunagan, Morton, Reed Reprise Roles For Australian AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTYJune 17, 2010Sydney Theatre Company hosts one of the world's greatest ensembles, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, with the originating production of August: Osage County by Tracy Letts, directed by Anna D. Shapiro (Sydney Theatre, 13 August - 25 September 2010). Hailed as the first American classic of the 21st Century, the play is an entertaining, meticulously detailed and deeply moving tragicomedy of family dysfunction.
Gemma Arterton To Star In Almeida Theatre's THE MASTER BUILDERJune 17, 2010Popular actress Gemma Arterton will star as Hilde Wangel in The Master Builder. The production will play November 12 through January 8 at the Almeida Theatre in Islington, North London. The news was reported by Baz Bamigboye in the U.K. Daily Mail.
Ben Barnes To Lead Nunn's BIRDSONG in West End this FallJune 17, 2010Ben Barnes, star of films The Chronicles of Narnia, Dorian Gray and Bigga Than Ben, will play Stephen Wraysford in the West End stage version of Sebastian Faulks's best-selling novel Birdsong, adapted by Rachel Wagstaff and directed by Trevor Nunn. Previews from 18 September 2010.
Moonlight Stage Productions Presents OKLAHOMA 7/14-31June 17, 2010To open its 30th anniversary summer season, Moonlight Stage Productions presents the most American of American musicals, Rodgers and Hammerstein's OKLAHOMA! from July 14-31 at the Moonlight Amphitheatre.
Music By The Sea Presents Donald Hall In Concert 20 JuneJune 17, 2010Last concert at the Sandgate Town Hall before it closes its doors for 12 months (for much needed restorations), Music By The Sea will present a harp recital with Donald Hall. He'll be performing works by Mozart, Bizet, Verdi, Bach, also Spanish, Celtic and English music.