Amanda Peet News

CBS and Warner Bros. Television announced today that Ashton Kutcher will join the cast of the hit comedy, TWO AND A HALF MEN.

NBC has ordered four more comedy pilots to series, likely completing its freshman class for the 2011-12 season.

KIDS 'N COMEDY SETS 'SPRING ALLERGIES SHOW' FOR MAY 15 SEASON FINALE

Kids 'N Comedy, New York's leading presenter of young comic talent, will send five teen comics--Luke Bergamini, Rachel Kaly, David Thompson, Conor Williams, Lee Wolfowitz and Andrew Vatier--to the stage of Gotham Comedy Club, 208 W. 23rd Street, on Sunday, April 10. The show begins at 1:00 PM.

Resonance Ensemble (Eric Parness, Artistic Director; Rachel Reiner, Managing Director; Dori Thompson, Chairman of the Board) will celebrate its 9th season with a benefit reading of Jonathan Tolins' The Forgotten Woman on Monday, April 4, 2011.

Kids 'N Comedy, New York's leading presenter of young comic talent, will send five teen comics--Luke Bergamini, Rachel Kaly, David Thompson, Conor Williams, Lee Wolfowitz and Andrew Vatier--to the stage of Gotham Comedy Club, 208 W. 23rd Street, on Sunday, April 10. The show begins at 1:00 PM.

Resonance Ensemble (Eric Parness, Artistic Director; Rachel Reiner, Managing Director; Dori Thompson, Chairman of the Board) will celebrate its 9th season with a benefit reading of Jonathan Tolins' The Forgotten Woman on Monday, April 4, 2011.

KIDS 'N COMEDY SETS 'STAND UP AND BE COUNTED' CONTEST. Budding teen and 'tween comics are requested to submit their best routines on video.

Resonance Ensemble (Eric Parness, Artistic Director; Rachel Reiner, Managing Director; Dori Thompson, Chairman of the Board) will celebrate its 9th season with a benefit reading of Jonathan Tolins' The Forgotten Woman on Monday, April 4, 2011.

MCC Theater (Robert LuPone, Bernard Telsey, Artistic Directors; William Cantler, Associate Artistic Director; Blake West, Executive Director) will celebrate the company's 25th anniversary by honoring a host of MCC artists past and present at Miscast 2011. This highly anticipated annual gala will take place on Monday, March 14, 2011 at The Hammerstein Ballroom (311 West 34th Street between 8th and 9th Avenues). Andy Cohen (Host of Bravo TV's 'Watch What Happens Live') will host the evening. David Duchovny (star of the recent MCC Theater hit, The Break of Noon), Téa Leoni, Hugh Dancy (star of yet another recent MCC hit, The Pride) and Claire Danes are this year's honorary chairs. Funds raised from Miscast help MCC Theater produce some of the most talked-about new work Off Broadway and support their Youth Company and in-school partnerships that serve New York City public high school students, as well as their literary development work with emerging playwrights.

Talk show listings for Friday, March 11.

KIDS 'N COMEDY SETS 'STAND UP AND BE COUNTED' CONTEST. Budding teen and 'tween comics are requested to submit their best routines on video.

Although Jeffrey Tambor won't be performing on Broadway this season after withdrawing from LA CAGE AUX FOLLES last month, he won't be out of show business for long, either. The actor will co-star in NBC's pilot 'Bent', according to Deadline.com.

MCC THEATER (Robert LuPone, Bernard Telsey, William Cantler, Artistic Directors; Blake West, Executive Director) has announced fabulous additions to their all-star line-up for the company's highly anticipated 25th anniversary gala honoring a host of MCC artists past and present at Miscast 2011. Complementing the glittering, previously announced Miscast will be Christian Borle (Angels In America, Legally Blonde), Justin Guarini ('American Idol,' American Idiot, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown) and Josh Henry (Scottsboro Boys, American Idiot). Andy Cohen (Host of Bravo TV's 'Watch What Happens Live') will host the evening, which will take place Monday, March 14, 2011 at The Hammerstein Ballroom (311 West 34th Street between 8th and 9th Avenues).

Talk show listings for Friday, March 11.

On March 3, 2011, Crest 3D White will celebrate the launch of the New Crest 3D White 2 Hour Express Whitestrips and Crest 3D White Advanced Vivid Enamel Renewal Toothpaste at an exclusive event in New York City, hosted by actress and new Crest 3D White spokesperson Amanda Peet.

The Independent Spirit Awards were held on Saturday in Santa Monica, California, where stage vet Natalie Portman won the title of Best Actress for her work in 'Black Swan.' The film was also named Best Picture and earned an award for best director, Darren Aronofksy.

Adolescent awkwardness made funny! Teenagers with something to say! Kids 'n Comedy gives teenagers a voice (and a microphone) February 27 at Gotham Comedy Club.

Kids 'N Comedy, New York's leading presenter of young comic talent, will present six installments of its revolving comedy showcase this Spring at Gotham Comedy Club, 208 West 23rd Street in Chelsea.

According to TVLine.com, Broadway veteran Amanda Peet is set to join NBC's The Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip star has scored the lead in Bent, a romantic comedy produced by Tad Quill. Peet will star as a divorcee and mom who begins a romantic relationship with her contractor.