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It was recently reported that last year's Emmy Award winner of best supporting drama actress, Cherry Jones ('24'), had taken her name off the Emmy ballot. The news was reported by the Los Angeles Times. The popular theatre performer has written an email to Tom O'Neil, the article's author, to explain the situation.

Steph Fearon, who reached the semi-finals of the BBC1's ‘Over The Rainbow', is to star in the first major production of the musical ‘Smokey Joe's Cafe' since its West?End run at the?Prince of Wales in 1996.

Direct Arts, a new intercultural theater and film company, is proud to present on Tuesday, June 8th the short film FRENCH FOR FOREIGNERS written and directed by Kartik Singh, followed by a staged reading of Peter Shaffer's rarely performed play THE ROYAL HUNT OF THE SUN, with live music and a stellar ensemble cast led by John Campion, Raul Castillo and Graeme Malcolm.

To kick-off their 25th Anniversary Year, Diversionary Theatre will stage the musical [title of show] as the first show of its 2010-2011 season. [title of show] has music and lyrics by Jeff Bowen and the book is by Hunter Bell. Diversionary's production will be helmed by James Vasquez, with musical direction by Tim McKnight. The cast of four features Tony Houck, Heather Paton, Karson St. John and Tom Zohar. [title of show] is an official event of San Diego LGBT Pride.

The Williamston Theatre is proud to announce that it has been chosen by the Capital Region Community Foundation to receive two grants. The first will support the Theatre's Apprentice Program for the 2010-2011 Season, and the second will allow the Theatre to purchase a new dimmer pack for the theatrical lighting system.

AMC premieres the final Season Three episode of its Emmy(R) Award-winning drama, 'Breaking Bad' with limited commercial breaks. The season finale, 'Full Measure,' is written and directed by series creator Vince Gilligan, marking his first time behind the camera since the series' award-winning pilot episode.

Acclaimed actress Julia Stiles has joined the cast of SHOWTIME's Emmy(R) nominated drama series DEXTER. Stiles, who will appear in ten episodes in the upcoming fifth season, will play a mysterious young woman who forms a unique relationship with Dexter (Michael C. Hall) in the wake of the death of his wife. Production on season five begins this month and will premiere in the fall on SHOWTIME.

Nickelodeon's hit live-action trio--iCarly, Victorious and Big Time Rush--landed record-breaking ratings on Friday night. A brand-new hour-long iCarly TV movie, 'iPsycho' (June 4, 8 p.m. ET/PT), drew 7.5 million total viewers--ranking as basic cable's top entertainment telecast quarter to date. A new episode of Victorious, 'Robarazzi,' at 9 p.m., set a series record, drawing almost 6 million total viewers. Big Time Rush also posted a record-setting performance with 'Big Time Dance' (9:30 p.m. ET/PT), scoring its highest-rated performance with total viewers (4.7 million) since its launch (1/18/10).

Driven by Game 2 coverage of the 2010 NBA Finals, featuring the Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers, ABC turned in a convincing win on Sunday evening. According to Nielsen's preliminary time-period-based 'Fast Affiliate' ratings, ABC outpaced its nearest competition during primetime by 4.5 million viewers (11.1 million vs. 6.6 million - CBS) and by 137% in Adults 18-49 (4.5/13 vs. 1.9/6 - NBC). In Adults 18-49, ABC beat the combined delivery of CBS, NBC and Fox on the evening (4.5/13 vs. 4.4/13). It was ABC's 2nd consecutive night to claim a dominant primetime victory with coverage of the 2010 NBA Finals.

A second season has been ordered of Disney XD's No. 1 series, 'Kick Buttowski - Suburban Daredevil,' about an extraordinary kid named Kick who is determined to become the world's greatest daredevil. Produced by Disney Television Animation, the network will begin rolling out new episodes of the hit animated comedy series in spring 2011. For the sophomore season, series creator Sandro Corsaro will serve as executive producer.

ABCFamily.com is expanding its music presence on the network's website ABCFamily.com - launching 'The Sound Booth' on Monday, June 7th. 'The Sound Booth' will feature unique opportunities for users to discover new artists, stream music videos, download music, and experience their favorite ABC Family shows and talent.

Starz Entertainment has acquired U.S. television rights to the next installment of the BBC's audience sensation 'Torchwood,' developed and produced by BBC Worldwide Productions. Starz will debut the 10-episode series exclusively in the U.S., and BBC One will debut it in the U.K., both in summer, 2011. This is a co-production between Starz, BBC Cymru Wales and BBC Worldwide, and BBC Worldwide will distribute the show outside the U.S. The deal was jointly announced today by Starz, LLC President and CEO Chris Albrecht and BBC Worldwide Productions EVP Jane Tranter.

Spike TV's 'Blue Mountain State' returns to the gridiron with two new cast members when the network's scripted comedy series begins production on its second season of 13 episodes this week in Montreal. 'Blue Mountain State' is produced by Varsity Pictures' Brian Robbins ('Varsity Blues,' 'Smallville,' 'One Tree Hill') and Sharla Sumpter Bridgett and Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF).

America's favorite muckrackers return for an 8th season of PENN & TELLER: BULLSHIT! on Thursday, June 10th at 10 PM ET/PT. The notoriously outspoken pair continue their crusade to expose the inherent hypocrisy (translation: bullshit) of many of the popular beliefs and sacred institutions in our culture.

Today, PBS enlists HISTORY DETECTIVES fans across the nation to solve a 40-year-old mystery: 'Who is John F.?' - and did he really help send Andy Warhol's art to the moon? HISTORY DETECTIVES has posted 'Moon Museum' online today, two weeks before the segment airs in the June 21 broadcast premiere. The producers of the PBS series, a summertime favorite, are releasing the story prior to the season launch in the hopes that online viewers will produce evidence to answer this question.

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.

Last year's Emmy Award winner of best supporting drama actress, Cherry Jones ('24'), has taken her name off the Emmy ballot, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Fans of The Jim Henson Company's well-known brands like Fraggle Rock and Farscape, as well as fans of the Company's new hit pre-school properties, including Sid the Science Kid and Dinosaur Train, now have an online retail destination to shop for all of their favorite merchandise at the Company's official e-commerce website at www.henson.com.

This summer, the Tony Award-winning Signature Theatre features exciting performances ranging from its specialty, fully staged musicals with Ititle of show] and Chess, to its popular cabaret evenings of show tunes, jazz, blues, and rock.

Juliette Jeffers' highly acclaimed two-act-tour-de-force, 'BATMAN and ROBIN in the BOOGIE DOWN' has been lauded in both Dallas and Los Angeles where it enjoyed sold-out runs.