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Chris Pine to Star As Walter Cronkite in NEWSFLASH
Greg Silverman's Stampede announced today that Alfonso Gomez-Rejon (THE CURRENT WAR: DIRECTOR'S CUT, ME AND EARL AND THE DYING GIRL) will direct the feature film NEWSFLASH. Chris Pine (WONDER WOMAN 1984; HELL OR HIGH WATER; STAR TREK) is confirmed to star as Walter Cronkite. Production will ...
Spend An Evening With Jane Fonda At MPAC
Academy Award winning actress and social activist Jane Fonda discusses her career at Mayo Performing Arts Center on Sunday, December 8 at 7 pm. Tickets are $49-$79; limited $250 tickets include a photo op....
THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD Will Be Released in May 2020
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Dev Patel-led 'The Personal History of David Copperfield' will be released on May 8, 2020. Armando Iannucci directs....
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD is Headed to the West End
Producers Scott Rudin, Barry Diller and Sonia Friedman Productions announced today that To Kill a Mockingbird, Aaron Sorkin's new play based on Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, directed by Bartlett Sher, will open at London's Gielgud Theatre in May 2020....
Amazon Prime Orders Second Season of MODERN LOVE
Amazon Prime Video announced today that it has ordered a second season of the half-hour romantic anthology series Modern Love. Modern Love, which debuted globally on Prime Video on October 18, is inspired by the popular The New York Times column of the same name. The series explores love in al...
Jeff Daniels Returns to The Purple Rose for ONSTAGE & UNPLUGGED
Fresh off a year-long run on Broadway in a?oeTo Kill A Mockingbird,a?? Chelsea native Jeff Daniels will keep the holiday season fun going with his much loved a?oeOnstage and Unpluggeda?? concert at The Purple Rose Theatre Company (PRTC). Performances run Thursday, Dec. 26 through Tuesday, Dec. 31. T...
Jeff Daniels to Play James Comey in CBS Television Studios Miniseries
Multiple Emmy Award winner Jeff Daniels will star as former FBI Director James Comey in a new four-hour CBS Studios event miniseries based on Comey's New York Times #1 bestselling book, A Higher Loyalty....
VIDEO: Amazon Prime Releases Trailer for MODERN LOVE Starring Anne Hathaway, Tina Fey, John Gallagher, Jr., Cristin Milioti, and More!
Modern Love, coming to Amazon Prime Video on October 18, is inspired by the popular New York Times column of the same name. This half-hour romantic comedy series explores love in all of its complicated and beautiful forms, as each standalone episode brings some of the column's most beloved stories t...
Paramount Will Produce THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7 From Aaron Sorkin
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Aaron Sorkin's 'The Trial of the Chicago 7' is back on track at Paramount Studios. The film was previously canceled by Amblin due to concerns with the budget....
Apple TV's DICKINSON to Premiere at Tribeca TV Fest
Apple's highly anticipated series “Dickinson” will be the centerpiece of Tribeca TV Festival on Saturday, September 14. “Dickinson” will make its festival premiere followed by an all-star panel discussion with Academy Award® nominated star and executive producer Hailee Steinfeld (Bumblebee,...
CBS Grabs New Mother-Daughter Comedy
Deadline reports that CBS has taken on a put pilot from the creator and executive producer of their comedy series 'Fam.' Corinne Kingsbury also created CBS's In The Dark....
Thomas Sadoski to Star Opposite Edie Falco in TOMMY on CBS
Thomas Sadoski is set to star in a series-regular role opposite Edie Falco in the upcoming CBS midseason drama series Tommy in a recasting, according to Deadline....
Tony Nominee Jeff Daniels to Star in New Showtime Series RUST
SHOWTIME has given a straight-to-series order to the drama RUST, starring Emmy winner and Tony® and Golden Globe® nominee Jeff Daniels (The Newsroom, Godless, The Looming Tower), who will executive produce and reteam with Oscar nominee Dan Futterman (Capote). Futterman will write multiple epi...
Obie Award Winner THE TRICKY PART Comes to Ancram Opera House
Martin Moran's Obie Award-winning play THE TRICKY PART will play for three performances only, July 12 and 13 at 8pm and July 14 at 3pm, at the Ancram Opera House, 1330 County Route 7, Ancram, NY. Tickets are $35 at ancramoperahouse.org....
VIDEO: Starz Releases Trailer for THE ROOK
Starz released the official trailer for the Lionsgate and Liberty Global-produced STARZ Original Series 'The Rook.' In addition to the previously released key art, featuring Emma Greenwell in the title role of 'Myfanwy Thomas,' STARZ also today shared the character art for the balance of the star...
Brooke Markham to Star in Gender-Bending Immersive Production In NoHo
Actress Brooke Markham known for the CW's In the Dark, Friend Request, Youtube Red's Foursome and Fullscreen's Cassandra French's Finishing School is starring in a new experiential production of Shakespeare's Hamlet in North Hollywood. Kelsey Landon is set to direct and will produce with Emma Berdie...
Starz Announces June 30th Global Premiere Date for THE ROOK
Starz, a Lionsgate company (NYSE: LGF.A, LGF.B), announced today that the Lionsgate and Liberty Global-produced STARZ Original Series 'The Rook' will premiere Sunday, June 30th, 2019 at 8PM ET/PT on STARZ in the U.S. and Canada, and then on the STARZPLAY platform in Germany and Spain....
Alison Pill, Harry Treadaway And Isa Briones Join Untitled STAR TREK Jean-Luc Picard Series
CBS All Access announced today that Alison Pill ('The Newsroom'), Harry Treadaway ('Penny Dreadful') and Isa Briones ('American Crime Story: Versace') were cast as series regulars alongside Sir Patrick Stewart in its upcoming untitled 'Star Trek' series that will explore the next chapter of Jean-Luc...
DUET FOR ONE By Tom Kempinski Directed By Allen Barton at the Beverly Hills Playhouse
Caroline Gottlieb, Visible Ink Productions, and the Beverly Hills Playhouse have announced a new production of Tom Kempinski's critically-acclaimed drama Duet for One, set for a five-week run at the Beverly Hills Playhouse. Under the direction of Allen Barton, the cast will feature Mia Christou an...
Photo Flash: First Look at the Final Season of EASY on Netflix
Creator Joe Swanberg's “Easy,” returns for a third and final season on May 10, only on Netflix. This season of the anthology series consists of nine episodes and will feature some new faces as well as many returning fan favorite characters, all of whom are navigating the modern maze of love, sex...
Sam Waterston Will Join Joshua Malina, Jeff Perry, Bellamy Young For MS. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON At L.A. City Hall
Sam Waterston (L.A. Law, The Newsroom, Gracie and Frankie) will join Scandal co-stars Joshua Malina, Jeff Perry and Bellamy Young for a one-night only, all-star reading of Ms. Smith Goes to Washington at Los Angeles City Hall on Thursday, Jan. 24 at 7:30 p.m....
Jane Fonda Comes to the Kauffman Center
Today, the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts announced the first event in the 2019-2020 Kauffman Center Presents series, along with the return of a popular fitness program....
DM Playhouse Announces May 2019 Best Of Broadway Tours
Travel to New York City with the Des Moines Community Playhouse, May 2-5, 2019, or May 9-12, 2019, to see the new Broadway shows Tootsie and To Kill a Mockingbird. Registrations for the Playhouse's Best of Broadway tours and a $125 per person non-refundable deposit are now being accepted. Register o...
BWW Flashback: A Look Back at Aaron Sorkin's Best Scenes
There are two kinds of people: those who say The West Wing is the greatest television series ever written and those who are wrong (and they can stand there in their wrongness and be wrong). We're taking a look back at some of Aaron Sorkin's best scenes. See some of the best of the best from The West...
