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After months of speculation, ROCK OF AGES film director Adam Shankman has confrimed that Tom Cruise has officially begun work as Stacee Jaxx. He tells the Toronto Sun: 'I think we're going to see him every drop the rock'n'roll god. He's pouring himself in this part in a way I've never had an actor do. It's pretty intense. Between the voice lessons, the incredible study... researching the period, it's like 1987, just going there!'

As previously announced, Anne Hathaway and James Franco will co-host the 83rd Annual Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2010 on Sunday, February 27, 2011, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center. The show will be televised live by the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 200 countries worldwide. In the hilarious video below from Funny or Die, James Franco gets some hosting advice from Judd Apatow via Skype. Click below to check it out!

A group of West End actors got together to support the Trevor Project's 'It Gets Better Campaign.' These actors join their fellow West End performers from the first West End It Gets Better video as well as a slew of other celebrities showing support. Click below to watch the video.

Nearly 10,000 of you have filmed videos which have been watched over 30 million times across the globe. Now we're ready to publish 'It Gets Better: The Book' on March 22nd, six months after we launched the project.

The Public Theater (Oskar Eustis, Artistic Director; Joey Parnes Interim Executive Director) announced the line-up today for the third Public Forum event of the season, "Imagination and Memory," on Monday, March 7 at 8 p.m.

The 83rd Annual Academy Awards ceremony for outstanding film achievements of 2010 will be broadcast live on Sunday, February 27, 2011, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center. Despite early reports that hosts James Franco and Anne Hathaway would perform 'Suddenly Seymour' from LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, producer Bruce Cohen admits that the number didn't make the cut.

Nominations for the first annual 'The Comedy Awards' were announced today by COMEDY CENTRAL and MTV Networks, both divisions of Viacom (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B). 'The Comedy Awards' is the first-ever multi-network, multi-platform, annual event dedicated to honoring and celebrating the world of comedy.

COMEDY CENTRAL and MTV Networks, both divisions of Viacom (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), have tapped New York City to host 'The Comedy Awards,' the first-ever multi-network, multi-platform, annual event dedicated to honoring and celebrating the world of comedy, it was announced today by Doug Herzog, president, MTV Networks Entertainment Group. A night for comedy of all kinds, 'The Comedy Awards' will be taped at New York City's Hammerstein Ballroom on Saturday, March 26 and will premiere on Sunday, April 10, 2011, simultaneously across MTV Networks' COMEDY CENTRAL, Spike TV, TV Land, VH1 and Nick At Nite.

Now, Showbiz411.com reports that Mary J. Blige has officially signed on for the film and will play Justice, the bartender and mother of the character Sherrie who gets to sing 'Harden My Heart' amongst other songs.

Miracle House, a New York City charity that provides temporary housing, meals and advocacy to patients and caregivers coming to the city for critical medical treatment, announced today that its "Be Our Valentine" concert will feature performances by Broadway stars Annaleigh Ashford, Farah Alvin, Terry Burrell, and Ed Staudenmayor among many others.

From last night (February 12)'s episode of SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE... 'The law firm of Gublin and Green will represent anyone injured watching or acting in 'Spider-Man' on Broadway.'

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater is pleased to announce that it will launch the national tour of Second Stage Theatre's production Let Me Down Easy. This one-woman production, which is conceived, written and performed by Anna Deavere Smith (Nurse Jackie, Fires in the Mirror) and directed by Leonard Foglia (Broadway's Thurgood) and was named one of Entertainment Weekly's Top 10 of 2009, is 'a continually engaging and engrossing collection of testimonials' (The New York Times) that explores the fragility of the body and the resilience of the spirit. Let Me Down Easy closes February 13, 2011 in the Kreeger Theater.

Deadline.com reveals today that Tom Cruise is close to signing a deal with the producers of the ROCK OF AGES film to appear as Stacee Jaxx. In talks to play opposite Cruise is film and stage actress - and upcoming host of the Oscars - Anne Hathaway.

According to Variety, stage and screen star Bradley Cooper is set to star in The Words. Brian Klugman and Lee Sternthal are set to direct the movie, and to write the screenplay. Cooper will play a writer who gets in trouble for stealing from another writer.

TVLine.com has broken the news that Audra McDonald will be leaving the hit, ABC drama PRIVATE PRACTICE at the end of this season so she can be closer to her NY-based family, including 10 year old daughter Zoe. She expected to make future guest appearances on the show however.

The Hasty Pudding Theatricals of Harvard University has named comedian and talk show host Jay Leno as its 2011 Man of the Year

TRACES, the high energy acrobatic spectacle which blends circus, physical theater, music and dance will make its national late night TV debut on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Monday February 7th on ABC.

TRACES, the high energy acrobatic spectacle which blends circus, physical theater, music and dance will make its national late night TV debut on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Monday February 7th on ABC.

From December 1, 2010, through January 17, 2011, JerseyArts.com invited the public to vote for their favorite nonprofit arts groups in its third annual People's Choice Awards. The categories ranged from theater and performing arts centers, to museums and galleries, to symphonies and dance companies (along with many more -- there were 15 in all). Many organizations rallied their audiences to vote, and more than 6,200 people cast their ballot in this year's contest and remarkably, nearly one-third of all votes cast were for Paper Mill Playhouse. The winners were announced today online at JerseyArts.com and via email to all the voters. Recipients will formally receive their awards in a ceremony at The Governor's Conference on Tourism, held March 23-25, 2011 in Atlantic City, NJ.

After more than 5 million votes were cast internationally, AskMen's 10th Annual 'Top 99 Most Desirable Women' list today uncovered Gossip Girl actress Blake Lively as this year's No. 1. While seasoned list-veterans Gisele Bundchen and Angelina Jolie have made it onto all 10 editions, this year shows an emergence of fresh, new faces. Additionally, a very deserving Beyoncé emerged as 'Woman of the Decade' by ranking high on the list an impressive nine times, and even making it to No. 1 in 2007.