Colm Feore News

As episode five of THE BORGIAS' second season debuts this coming Sunday on SHOWTIME, the network has ordered a third season of Vatican intrigue and Renaissance drama, with ten episodes to premiere in 2013. Production is slated to begin this summer in Budapest, Hungary, starring Jeremy Irons in his Golden Globe® Award-nominated role. The announcement was made today by David Nevins, President of Entertainment, Showtime Networks Inc.

Today we are talking to an Emmy Award-winning actor perhaps most well-known for his title role in the iconic and ground-breaking millennial NBC sitcom hit, WILL & GRACE, who can now be seen eight times a week on Broadway playing a pivotal role in the starry revival of Gore Vidal's politically-themed satire, THE BEST MAN - the affable Eric McCormack. Shining a spotlight on his theatrical roots at the Straford Shakespeare Festival in Canada all the way up to his small-screen sensation in WILL & GRACE and, now, his forthcoming new dramatic series, PERCEPTION, McCormack illustrates all aspects of his career and generously offers his insights, observations and shares his lessons learned over the course of his near-thirty-year career onstage and onscreen. In addition to all of that, McCormack outlines his experiences sharing the stage with titanic talents such as James Earl Jones, Angela Lansbury, Candice Bergin and the rest of the ensemble of THE BEST MAN, as well as sharing his thoughts about the relevance and poignancy of the play today, more than a half decade after its premiere, and what it says about our society, then and now, in addition to expanding on the play's pertinent political themes and their exploration in the classic drama. Plus, McCormack clues us in on his own favorite plays and musicals, initial theatrical inspiration, his stint portraying the eponymous THE MUSIC MAN, future career plans and first news about his new TNT series, PERCEPTION - all of that and much, much more!

The Stratford Shakespeare Festival celebrates its 60th season of theatrical innovation and achievement with the opening of a brand new attraction, the Festival Exhibition. The display, entitled Most Rare Visions: 60 Years of the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, will open on April 23. It will feature content from each decade of the Festival's history, including costume pieces, props, set models, rare photographs and footage, interactive displays, and a room with rare artefacts dating back to 1953-1956 (the years of the Festival's original tent).

Viewers nationwide can now sample the series premieres of the hit SHOWTIME returning series THE BORGIAS, NURSE JACKIE and THE BIG C, two weeks before they premiere on the network.

Viewers nationwide can now sample the series premieres of the hit SHOWTIME returning series THE BORGIAS, Nurse Jackie and THE BIG C, two weeks before they premiere on the network. The premiere episodes can be accessed on the SHOWTIME website www.sho.com/preview, on YouTube www.youtube.com/SHOWTIME, and via select television providers' free On Demand channels and websites, reaching over 40 million digital households across 26 distributors. The series premieres are also available on Showtime ANYTIME®, Showtime apps on iPhone®, iPod Touch®, Android smartphones and tablets, and Nook® tablets, as well as the Showtime Social app for iPad®, on connected TV platforms, major web portals, and for download as a free video podcast on iTunes. The fourth season premiere of NURSE JACKIE airs on Sunday, April 8 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on SHOWTIME, followed by the third season premiere of THE BIG C at 9:30 p.m. ET/PT, and the second season premiere of THE BORGIAS at 10 p.m. ET/PT. The first three episodes of all three series will be made available on SHOWTIME ON DEMAND® and Showtime ANYTIME the day after their series premieres.

Dr. Lee Myers and members of the Board of Governors announced that Antoni Cimolino will be the next Artistic Director of the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, following on the tenure of Des McAnuff.

The full Broadway cast has been announced for The Stratford Shakespeare Festival's hit production of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, directed by the Stratford Shakespeare Festival's Artistic Director Des McAnuff which will open March 22, 2012 (previews begin March 1) at the Neil Simon Theatre (250 West 52nd Street).

It was with great sadness that the Stratford Shakespeare Festival learned of the death of John Neville.

Preparing for it's international release, actor Chris Hemsworth promoted the film Thor in Munich, Germany.

Stratford, Ontario's Stratford Shakespeare Festival has announced the lineup for the 2011 Festival.

Actress Joanne Whalley has joined the cast of the upcoming Showtime series 'The Borgias,' The Hollywood Reporter reports. Whalley will play Vanossa, a former courtesan and the mother of the Borgia children. She joins the previously announced Jeremy Irons, Derek Jacobi, Colm Feore, Francois Arnaud, David Oakes, and Holliday Grainger.

Actors David Oakes and Holliday Grainger have joined the cast of upcoming Showtime series 'The Borgias,' The Hollywood Reporter reports today. Oakes will play Juan Borgia, and Grainger will play Lucrezia Borgia. Oakes and Grainger will join the previously announced Jeremy Irons, Derek Jacobi, Colm Feore, and Francois Arnaud.

Welsh actor Geraint Wyn Davies will portray the legendary Welsh poet, playwright and author of 'Under Milk Wood,' Dylan Thomas in Leon Pownall's play DO NOT GO GENTLE, previewing Off-Broadway starting November 19 prior to opening December 6, 2009 at Theatre Row's Clurman Theatre (410 West 42 Street) in Manhattan.

Welsh actor Geraint Wyn Davies will portray the legendary Welsh poet, playwright and author of 'Under Milk Wood,' Dylan Thomas in Leon Pownall's play DO NOT GO GENTLE, previewing Off-Broadway starting November 19 prior to opening December 6, 2009 at Theatre Row's Clurman Theatre (410 West 42 Street) in Manhattan.

Welsh actor Geraint Wyn Davies will portray the legendary Welsh poet, playwright and author of 'Under Milk Wood,' Dylan Thomas in Leon Pownall's play DO NOT GO GENTLE, previewing Off-Broadway starting November 19 prior to opening December 6, 2009 at Theatre Row's Clurman Theatre (410 West 42 Street) in Manhattan.

As previously reported, screen star and Drama Desk-winning actor Anthony Hopkins will star in Thor, the Kenneth Branagh helmed film for Marvel Studios. Production begins in January and Paramount Pictures will distribute the film on May 20, 2011.

Welsh actor Geraint Wyn Davies will portray the legendary Welsh poet, playwright and author of 'Under Milk Wood,' Dylan Thomas in Leon Pownall's play DO NOT GO GENTLE, previewing Off-Broadway starting November 19 prior to opening December 6, 2009 at Theatre Row's Clurman Theatre (410 West 42 Street) in Manhattan.

Variety reports that screen star and Drama Desk-winning actor Anthony Hopkins will star in Thor, the Kenneth Branagh helmed film for Marvel Studios. Production begins in January and Paramount Pictures will distribute the film on May 20, 2011.

Stratford Shakespeare Festival General Director Antoni Cimolino has announced that proceeds from the October 14 performance of Cyrano de Bergerac will be donated to the Actors' Fund of Canada.