Clint Eastwood News

Broadway star, Tony, Grammy and Golden Globe Award winner, Bernadette Peters will pen a second children's book, Stella is a Star, set for publishing and release in the spring of 2010 by Blue Apple Books. The book, inspired by Peters' dog Stella, will feature illustrations by Liz Murphy. Proceeds will go to Broadway Barks, the charitable organization co-founded by Peters and Mary Tyler Moore over over 10 year ago in support of animal shelters.

Broadway Cares/ Equity Fights AIDS has announced the exciting news that Broadway star, Tony, Grammy and Golden Globe Award winner, and long-time BC/EFA friend and Trustee Bernadette Peters will perform a special one night only concert 'Bernadette Peters: A Special Concert for Broadway Barks Because Broadway Cares' on Monday, November 9 at 8 PM at Broadway's Minskoff Theatre (1515 Broadway).

Tony Award winner Bernadette Peters will guest star on the popular talk show 'Live with Regis and Kelly' on Thursday, November 5th. Peters will discuss her upcoming performance at the Minskoff Theatre on November 9th. The concert will benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS as well as Broadway Barks. The show will air on ABC (channel 7) in the NYC area from 9:00am to 10:00am EST.

The legendary songwriter Johnny Mercer's 100th birthday would have been November 18, 2009. Celebrations of his musical legacy, which encompassed more that 1500 songs and countless awards, continue through November with the publication of 'The Complete Lyrics of Johnny Mercer', the premiere of 'Johnny Mercer: The Dream's On Me' on TCM, all-star performances at New York's Carnegie Hall and 92nd Street Y as well as in Chicago and Savannah, and the unveiling of a life-size statue in his Savannah hometown, as well as the debut of Johnny Mercer YouTube, Facebook and Twitter pages.

Tony, Grammy and Golden Globe Award winner and native New Yorker, Bernadette Peters, revealed her 'New York City' favorites to the Sunday NY Post.

Preceded by Michael Bernardi (son of Broadway legend Herschel Bernardi) who, earlier this month, made his cabaret debut at Sterling's Upstairs at Vitello's in Studio City, the venue concludes its festival of October concerts with noted Los Angeles artists Charlotte Ruiz, Lisa Stanley and Jeanne Page.

The producers of the recently announced 'A Christmas Carol' production at the Civic Opera House this December regret to announce that Timothy Hutton and Stockard Channing will not be part of this year's production.

An award-winning cast, including Academy Award winners F. Murray Abraham and Timothy Hutton, Emmy Award winners and Academy Award nominees James Garner and Stockard Channing and popular character actors Wayne Knight ('Seinfeld') and George Wendt ('Cheers,' Second City) will bring Charles Dickens' beloved tale of miserly Ebenezer Scrooge and his visit from the three Ghosts of Christmas to life on the stage of Chicago's Civic Opera House from Dec. 22- 27. Tickets will go on sale Friday, Oct. 16 at 10 a.m.

Robert Ginty, experimental theater director, producer, scenarist, film director and stage and screen star died yesterday of cancer in Los Angeles. He was 60 years old.

Sean Mathias is to direct Anna Friel as Holly Golightly and Joseph Cross as William 'Fred' Parsons in Samuel Adamson's new stage adaptation of Truman Capote's classic novella Breakfast at Tiffany's, currently in its 50th anniversary year.

From September 8-16, BAMcinématek, the repertory film program at BAM Rose Cinemas, presents Robert Redford: Artist & Activist, a 16-film tribute to Redford's 50-year career in film. Robert Redford will be at BAM in-person to discuss his work as one of the 20th century's most celebrated actors and as an Academy-award winning director, as well as a leading environmental and social change activist, and champion of independent cinema as founder of The Sundance Institute.

Director Jacob Estes, who made a splash with his 2004 thriller 'Mean Creek,' has recruited as stellar cast for his new black comedy 'The Details.' According to Variety, James McAvoy, Laura Linney, Elizabeth Banks and Anna Friel have all signed on for the independently financed feature.

Sean Mathias is to direct Anna Friel as Holly Golightly and Joseph Cross as William ?Fred' Parsons in Samuel Adamson's new stage adaptation of Truman Capote's classic novella Breakfast at Tiffany's, currently in its 50th anniversary year.

The Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities announces three new visual art exhibitions--'Jill Greenberg: Monkeys and Bears,' 'Haze Diedrich: Devotion - New Work' and 'Scramble' Campbell: Music with a View'--that will be on display June 11 - August 30, 2009 in the Center's three gallery spaces. An opening reception for all three exhibitions will be held on Thursday, June 11 from 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. An exhibition discussion will also be held on Monday, June 15 at 10:00 a.m. Both events are free to the public.

The Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities announces three new visual art exhibitions--'Jill Greenberg: Monkeys and Bears,' 'Haze Diedrich: Devotion - New Work' and 'Scramble' Campbell: Music with a View'--that will be on display June 11 - August 30, 2009 in the Center's three gallery spaces. An opening reception for all three exhibitions will be held on Thursday, June 11 from 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. An exhibition discussion will also be held on Monday, June 15 at 10:00 a.m. Both events are free to the public.

CAPA's 2009 Summer Movie Series, the longest-running classic film series in America, celebrates its 39th anniversary with a lineup of classics, cult favorites, and most beloved films. The 2009 series will run July 17 - August 30, at the historic Ohio Theatre (39 E. State St.), and is made possible through the generous support of National City, now a part of PNC.

The producers of the critically acclaimed Off-Broadway production of' Thornton Wilder's Our Town, have announced that Obie Award-winner Jason Butler Harner will assume the central role of 'Stage Manager' in David Cromer's staging of Wilder's timeless play. Beginning Tuesday, August 25th, Mr. Harner will succeed Mr. Cromer who departs the company to begin rehearsals for his Broadway directorial debut this fall with Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs and Broadway Bound.

From September 8-16, BAMcinématek, the repertory film program at BAM Rose Cinemas, presents Robert Redford: Artist & Activist, a 16-film tribute to Redford's 50-year career in film. Robert Redford will be at BAM in-person to discuss his work as one of the 20th century's most celebrated actors and as an Academy-award winning director, as well as a leading environmental and social change activist, and champion of independent cinema as founder of The Sundance Institute.

TV Guide is reporting that Rosie Perez has been added to an already starry list of guest stars for the return of Law & Order: SVU, which begins its season on September 23. Previously announced was the news that Eric McCormack, Jessica Walter and Stephen Rea will guest-star in the new season of Law & Order: SVU. The theatre performers will join Christine Lahti, who was previously announced to be joining the show as a new Assistant District Attourney.

Emmy Award nominee Kevin Bacon will sit down for a live chat with the Los Angeles Times' TheEnvelope.com. The actor will participate in the chat today, August 14 at 3 p.m. PDT / 6 p.m. EDT.