Columbia Pictures News

The summer box-office has started to simmer, but MTV will bring it to a full sizzle with a week-long of exclusives from some of summer's hottest films during the '2011 MTV Movie Awards Sneak Peek Week.' Beginning, Monday, May 30th through Friday, June 3rd, MTV and marquee talent from each film, including Emma Stone, Bryce Dallas Howard, Aziz Ansari, Emma Roberts, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Michael Angarano and more will introduce a new exclusive clip at 11pm ET/PT on-air.

Executive Producer Lou Spisto today announced that The Old Globe will produce the World Premieres of four new plays and musicals in its 2011-12 Winter Season. The season will feature the World Premiere musicals Some Lovers by music legend Burt Bacharach and Tony Award winner Steven Sater and Nobody Loves You by Gaby Alter and Itamar Moses, as well as the West Coast Premiere of John Kander and Fred Ebb's The Scottsboro Boys, recently nominated for 12 Tony Awards including Best Musical, directed and choreographed by five-time Tony Award winner Susan Stroman. The two plays receiving World Premiere productions are Somewhere by Globe Playwright-in-Residence Matthew Lopez and The Recommendation by Jonathan Caren. The new season also includes revivals of Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show and the Eugene O'Neill classic Anna Christie directed by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner David Auburn. Special events include the World Premiere of Odyssey by Todd Almond, a music theater event conceived and directed by Lear deBessonet celebrating the Globe's 75th Anniversary, The Old Globe/University of San Diego Graduate Theatre Program production of Twelfth Night and Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, which returns for its 14th consecutive year.

BroadwayWorld.com has excitedly learned that fresh from it's 12 Tony nominations this morning, The Scottsboro Boys will make its west coast premiere from April 22-June 3, 2012 at The Old Globe in San Diego.

Katori Hall's The Mountaintop will hit Broadway this fall, however, with only one of it's previously announced stars. Samuel L. Jackson will open the play as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in his Broadway debut, however the team is in search of a new Camae, as Halle Berry has departed the piece due to child custody issues.'

Michael Stuhlbarg appeared as Arnold Rothstein on HBO's hit show 'Boardwalk Empire.' He last appeared as Hamlet in the Shakespeare in the Park production. Stuhlbarg was a Tony Award nominee for his work in Martin McDonagh's The Pillowman.

Cassie Beck (The Drunken City), Sherman Howard (All My Sons) and Armando Riesco (Four) have been confirmed to lead the cast of Gotham Stage Company's reading of Sara Farrington's Thanksgiving.

Off-Broadway's Gotham Stage Company is announcing the launch of their SPRINGboard Reading Series to run this April through June at Greenwich Village's historic Players Theatre.

Cassie Beck (The Drunken City), Sherman Howard (All My Sons) and Armando Riesco (Four) have been confirmed to lead the cast of Gotham Stage Company's reading of Sara Farrington's Thanksgiving.

Off Broadway Actress Juliette Fairley, best known for her work in the Charles Burnett-directed solo show Mulatto Saga, joins the Hollywood A-List cast of the feature film Art's Demise, starring veteran film and television actors Jared and Jamie Harris.

Although Ryan Murphy, creator of the smash hit GLEE, was reportedly one of the top contenders to direct, talks have ceased and Murphy has 'dropped out of contention' for the film.

Paramount Pictures, The Walt Disney Company and CNN are among the companies who will be sponsoring the Hollywood Arts Council's 25th Annual Charlie Awards Luncheon to be held on Friday, March 25, 2011 starting at 11:30 a.m. in The Blossom Room at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel; 7000 Hollywood Boulevard (at Orange Street); Hollywood, CA 90028.

scenechronize, the only web-based production management system in Hollywood, has closed a $5.0M series B financing, led by 3 private investors --- it was announced today by scenechronize CEO Hunter Hancock.

Paramount Pictures, The Walt Disney Company and CNN are among the companies who will be sponsoring the Hollywood Arts Council's 25th Annual Charlie Awards Luncheon to be held on Friday, March 25, 2011 starting at 11:30 a.m. in The Blossom Room at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel; 7000 Hollywood Boulevard (at Orange Street); Hollywood, CA 90028.

Off-Broadway's Gotham Stage Company is announcing the launch of their SPRINGboard Reading Series to run this April through June at Greenwich Village's historic Players Theatre.

Jimmy Shubert has built an impressive resume as an actor, both in film and on television.

Jimmy Shubert has built an impressive resume as an actor, both in film and on television.

Jimmy Shubert has built an impressive resume as an actor, both in film and on television.

Roundabout Theatre Company in association with Tracy Aron, announces the complete cast for the new Broadway musical THE PEOPLE IN THE PICTURE, starring two time Tony® Award-winner Donna Murphy, directed by Leonard Foglia. THE PEOPLE IN THE PICTURE features book & lyrics by Iris Rainer Dart and music by Mike Stoller and Artie Butler.

The Hypnotist heard on the Bubba the Love Sponge Show. Don't miss this amazing comedy event.

The Hypnotist heard on the Bubba the Love Sponge Show. Don't miss this amazing comedy event.