Billie Jean King News

BATTLE OF THE SEXES Starring Emma Stone and Steve Carell Released on Blu-ray and DVD Today!

HBO Real Sports: Year-in-Review Debuts Tonight at 10:00pm ET/PT on HBO

Alfre Woodard, Garrett Hedlund, Kristen Bell and Sharon Stone announced the nominees for the 75th Anniversary of the GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS today, Monday, Dec. 11 from the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif The nominees share their reactions below!

Time Inc.'s (NYSE: TIME) SPORTS ILLUSTRATED (SI) and Time Inc. Productions will produce the first national telecast of the annual SPORTS ILLUSTRATED SPORTSPERSON OF THE YEAR AWARDS.

59E59 Theaters (Val Day, Artistic Director; Brian Beirne, Managing Director) is thrilled to launch the 2018 Subscription Series with BALLS, written by Kevin Armento and Bryony Lavery and directed by Ianthe Demos and Nick Flint with movement direction byNatalie Lomonte. Produced by One Year Lease Theater Company and Stages Repertory Theatre,BALLS begins performances on Tuesday, January 16 for a limited engagement through Sunday, February 25. Press Opening is Wednesday, January 24 at 7 PM. The performance schedule isTuesday Friday at 7 PM; Saturday at 2 PM & 7 PM; and Sunday at 2 PM. Performances are at 59E59 Theaters (59 East 59th Street, between Park and Madison). Single tickets are $25 - $70 ($25 - $49 for 59E59 Members). Tickets are available by calling Ticket Central at 212-279-4200 or online atwww.59e59.org.

Time Inc.'s (NYSE: TIME) SPORTS ILLUSTRATED (SI) and Time Inc. Productions will produce the first national telecast of the annual SPORTS ILLUSTRATED SPORTSPERSON OF THE YEAR AWARDS.

BATTLE OF THE SEXES arrives on Digital 12/19 and Blu-ray and DVD on 1/2. In the film, Emma Stone and Steve Carell bring their A game to this crowd-pleaser based on the electrifying true story of the 1973 tennis match between women's champion Billie Jean King (Stone) and former men's champ Bobby Riggs (Carell).

The Philly POPS will bring The Music of Elton John to the Kimmel Center on November 10, 11, and 12. Michael Cavanaugh and his energetic rock band will join the POPS.

59E59 Theaters will re-launch their Theater A subscription series for 2018.

The Philly POPS will bring The Music of Elton John to the Kimmel Center on November 10, 11, and 12. Michael Cavanaugh and his energetic rock band will join the POPS.

On Monday, October 16, Sing for Hope held its 11th annual Sing for Hope Gala, uniting New York's philanthropic and cultural leaders for a magical evening in support of the organization's programs and commitment to bring the arts to under-resourced areas at Tribeca Rooftop in downtown Manhattan. BroadwayWorld has photos from the evening below!

Stages Repertory Theatre, in conjunction with New York's acclaimed One Year Lease Theater Company, has announced the World Premiere of Balls, a spectacular new work that bounces one of the most memorable tennis events of all time the 1973 Houston Astrodome-hosted Battle of The Sexes match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs off the cultural debates it ignited.

Politics can be the graveyard of the poet. And only Poetry can be his resurrection. Langston Hughes, 1964 These words by the great Langston Hughes adorn the backdrop of Metrostage's moving production of Carlyle Brown's Are you now, or have you ever been Waiting for the play to begin the audience is left to ponder these words and how they frame the action on stage. Politics and the arts have had a difficult time coexisting during certain eras, particularly during the Army-McCarthy hearings of 1953-54, which colloquially known as McCarthyism. The 90 minute intermission-less play takes place on the eve of Mr. Hughes testimony to the committee and the committee hearing itself. The evening before the hearing, Mr. Hughes is struggling to comprehend his subpoena to the hearings while attempting to write the poem, Georgia Dusk .

Stages Repertory Theatre, in conjunction with New York's acclaimed One Year Lease Theater Company, has announced the World Premiere of Balls, a spectacular new work that bounces one of the most memorable tennis events of all time the 1973 Houston Astrodome-hosted Battle of The Sexes match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs off the cultural debates it ignited.

Since the early days of television some of the most unforgettable, moving, and hilarious moments have come from brilliant and talented women, and to recognize this The Paley Center for Media will host the Paley Honors in Hollywood: A Gala Celebrating Women in Television

The electrifying 1973 tennis match between World number one Billie Jean King (Emma Stone) and ex-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs (Steve Carell) was billed as THE BATTLE OF THE SEXES and became one of the most watched televised sports events of all time. The match caught the zeitgeist and sparked a global conversation on gender equality, spurring on the feminist movement.

Emma Stone, Steve Carell and more attended the premiere of their new film BATTLE OF THE SEXES at this year's Toronto Film Festival. Check out photos below!

Broadway veteran and star of THE GOOD WIFE, Alan Cumming stars in the new film BATTLE OF THE SEXES, about the iconic tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs.

Day three of the US Open, all two weeks exclusive to ESPN – with much of day two on the docket, thanks to Tuesday's rain – provides a heavy slate of tennis' top stars starting on ESPN3 and the ESPN app at 11 a.m. ET with ESPN joining at 1 p.m. before the coverage switches to ESPN2 at 6 p.m.

The long-anticipated return of five-time Major champion Maria Sharapova to a Grand Slam tournament – across the net from an opponent no less than the No. 2 seed Simona Halep – headlines opening night under the stars