Jada Pinkett Smith News

"Fela!," the 2010 Tony Award nominee for Best Musical which celebrated a successful run at the Ahmanson in 2011, returns to the Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre, opening Friday, April 26 at 8 p.m. at the Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre.

The Boston Theater Critics Association has announced its nominations for the 31st Annual Elliot Norton Awards. The awards, which recognize excellence in Greater Boston theater, will be presented on Monday, May 13, at 7 p.m. at the Paramount Mainstage, 559 Washington Street, Boston. Tickets are $30 (including post-party) and available by phone at 617-824-8000 or online www.nortonawardsboston.com. (Use "NortonSave" code to receive $5 off for the month of April only.) Sponsors for the 2013 awards ceremony include, ArtsEmerson, Actors' Equity Association, ArtsBoston, EdgeBoston, Emerson College, TheaterMania, The Boston Globe, WBUR, WERS and WGBH.

The Boston Theater Critics Association (BTCA) has announced its nominations for the 31st Annual Elliot Norton Awards. The awards, which recognize excellence in Greater Boston theater, will be presented on Monday, May 13, at 7 p.m. at the Paramount Mainstage, 559 Washington Street, Boston. Click below to watch the announcement, and scroll down for a full list of the nominees!

Sony Electronics today announced the launch of a year-long relationship as the official concert series partner of the ABC late night hit, Jimmy Kimmel Live.

Producers Shawn 'Jay-Z' Carter, Will & Jada Pinkett Smith and Ruth & Stephen Hendel previously announced that Grammy Award-winning recording artist and former member of Destiny's Child Michelle Williams would star in the national tour of the award-winning Broadway musical Fela!, coming to Miami's Ziff Ballet Opera House at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts from tonight, March 19 - 24.

The Tribeca Film Institute (TFI) today announced projects selected for the 10th Annual Tribeca All Access (TAA) program. TAA will support each project with an initial $15,000 grant as well as offer year-round support, guidance, and resources for filmmakers to help advance their projects toward completion.

ABC's “Jimmy Kimmel Live” and Sonos will present a unique concert experience, shutting Hollywood Boulevard down for an exclusive performance by Dave Grohl and the Sound City Players featuring Rick Springfield, John Fogerty, Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick and Lee Ving of Fear

ABC's “Jimmy Kimmel Live” and Sonos will present a unique concert experience, shutting Hollywood Boulevard down for an exclusive performance by Dave Grohl and the Sound City Players featuring Rick Springfield, John Fogerty, Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick and Lee Ving of Fear

FELA! has announced its return to Atlanta for six performances only tonight, February 28, 2013 - March 3, 2013 at the Fox Theater, 660 Peachtree Street, NE in downtown Atlanta, Georgia.

Sony Pictures announced today that it will be 'getting a new deal for Christmas' when it releases the highly-anticipated remake of ANNIE on December 25, 2014.

The 8th annual "Jimmy Kimmel Live: After the Oscars" special featuring Channing Tatum and Academy Award winner Jamie Foxx, aired on Sunday, February 24. This year's show marked "JKL's" most-watched post-Oscar telecast in the franchise's history. Below, check out highlights from the broadcast!

The 8th annual 'Jimmy Kimmel Live: After the Oscars' special featuring Channing Tatum and Academy Award(r) winner Jamie Foxx, which originally aired on Sunday, February 24, will have a special encore presentation on THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28 (10:01-11:00 p.m., ET) on ABC. This year's 'Jimmy Kimmel Live: After the Oscars' marked 'JKL's' most-watched post-Oscar telecast in the franchise's history.

Overbrook Entertainment, Marcy Media, director Will Gluck and Sony Pictures Entertainment have cast Academy Award nominee Quvenzhane Wallis, the star of Beasts of the Southern Wild, in the title role of Annie, it was announced today by Doug Belgrad, president of Columbia Pictures, and Hannah Minghella, president of Production for the studio.

The 8th annual JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE: AFTER THE OSCARS, special airs live on ABC SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24 with guests including Academy Award Winner Jamie Foxx, Channing Tatum and "Good Morning America" host Robin Roberts.

Producers Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter, Will & Jada Pinkett Smith and Ruth & Stephen Hendel have announced that Grammy Award-winning recording artist and former member of Destiny's Child Michelle Williams will play the role of Sandra Isadore, activist and love interest to Fela Kuti in the national tour of the hit Award-winning Broadway musical Fela!, coming to Cleveland for three performances ONLY at PlayhouseSquare's Palace Theatre, April 2-4, 2013. Tickets are on sale now!

Cesar Millan, best-selling author, star of the new series "Leader of the Pack," and longstanding hit TV show "Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan" on National Geographic WILD is coming shares his secrets on how to transform dogs and their owners in this unique and new live multi-media event that has wowed audiences across the world. Fans and dog lovers alike will be inspired by the simplicity of 'Cesar's Way' as he reveals that the secret to happier, healthier relationships between humans and their canine companions starts with transforming ourselves.

Below, check out a clip from last night's JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE on ABC featuring Baltimore Ravens wide receiver and Super Bowl champion Jacoby Jones. Jones reveals that his touchdown dances are hardly impromptu choreography!

Fresh off the big win, Jacoby Jones of the Super Bowl Champion Baltimore Ravens will make his late night debut on "Jimmy Kimmel Live," TOMORROW, THURSDAY FEBRUARY 7. The star wide receiver will visit Kimmel to discuss setting a Super Bowl record and taking the Vince Lombardi Trophy home to Baltimore.

Willow Smith, the 'Whip My Hair' tween hitmaker daughter of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, has withdrawn from the forthcoming feature film remake of ANNIE. Charles Strouse, Thomas Meehan and Martin Charnin's Tony Award-winning stage musical ANNIE has previously been filmed twice, the first time in 1982 with John Huston in the director's chair and later in a made-for-TV adaptation produced by Disney and helmed by CHICAGO director Rob Marshall in 1999.

Deadline reports that Sony Pictues has hired Will Gluck to take on directing duties for its upcoming reboot of the Broadway musical ANNIE. While Will and Jada Smith's daughter Willow was in line to take on the title role, she is no longer attached to the project.