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Outback Concerts presents comedian Lisa Lampanelli at the State Theatre on Friday, February 17th.

Nickelodeon announced today the nominees for the milestone 25th ANNUAL KIDS' CHOICE AWARDS, helmed by international superstar Will Smith and airing live from USC's Galen Center in Los Angeles on Saturday, March 31, at 8 p.m. (ET/tape delayed for West Coast).

59E59 Theaters (Elysabeth Kleinhans, Artistic Director; Peter Tear, Executive Producer) welcomes Pure Projects, Inc, in association with Uncle Frank Productions, with the Off Broadway premiere of THE MARIA PROJECT, written and performed by Marcella Goheen and directed by Larry Moss.

Actor Bob Connolly will complete the cast of THE HOBBIT, it was revealed today.

The good news for the contestants on tonight's AMERICAN IDOL is that they made it through the audition round - but the bad news is that more than 300 other contestants did too, and the judges warn at the start of the show that half of them will be headed home over the next two days of auditions.

Potted Potter is a hit play direct from the West End, that cleverly combines all seven Harry Potter books into one seventy minute show. As someone who has yet to read any of the Harry Potter books, I was eager to speak to the show's creators (and stars) about the production and how it translates to non-Potterites. Dan and Jeff speak to me about the mass appeal of the show, the live on-stage Quidditch game and The Toronto Maple Leafs

59E59 Theaters (Elysabeth Kleinhans, Artistic Director; Peter Tear, Executive Producer) welcomes Pure Projects, Inc, in association with Uncle Frank Productions, with the Off Broadway premiere of THE MARIA PROJECT, written and performed by Marcella Goheen and directed by Larry Moss.

For the seventh consecutive year, ABC's JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE: AFTER THE ACADEMY AWARDS'(R) will be televised LIVE from the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood on SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26th immediately following 'The 84th Annual Academy Awards' hosted by Billy Crystal and late local news.

On the February 4th edition of NBC's SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, actor Channing Tatum will guest host. Musical guest for the show will be Bon Iver.

Roundabout Theatre Company in association with Damian Arnold, has announced casting for the Broadway premiere of Marc Camoletti's classic farce Don't Dress For Dinner, starring Ben Daniels as "Robert," Melora Hardin as "Jacqueline," Adam James as "Bernard" and Jennifer Tilly as "Suzanne" with Spencer Kayden as "Suzette." Don't Dress For Dinner is adapted by Robin Hawdon and directed by John Tillinger.

James William Productions and Stephenie Skyllas will present Kurt Peterson and Victoria Mallory in When Everything Was Possible, A Concert (with comments), for one night only, Sunday April 29th (7:30pm) at New York City Center (131 West 55th Street, between 6th and 7th Avenues), as a benefit for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. They will be joined by a thirteen-piece band (Michael Rafter, Music Director), playing new orchestrations by Tony Award winner Jonathan Tunick. Larry Moss directs, with musical staging by Joshua Bergasse ("Smash"). Carolyn Wong will provide lighting design, with sound design by Leon Rothenberg and projection design by Telegraphicmedia.

Carol Burnett will among the recipients of the 49th Annual ICG Publicists Awards, to be held Friday, February 24, 2012 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Emmy-winning sitcom star Brad Garrett is set to open a brand new comedy club in Las Vegas' MGM Grand hotel as part of the hotel's $160 million renovation plan. The club will be opening its doors on March 30th.

The official Jimmy Kimmel Live app is now available on Android smartphones and tablets. Starting today on Android, the JKL app, which has seen success on iPhone and iPad, adds to JKL's digital distribution options, also including its YouTube channel, iTunes and JimmyKimmelLive.com. Fans of the show are now able to enjoy content -- videos, social media, and bios -- from JKL whenever and wherever they want.

The January 7 edition of 'Saturday Night Live' has scored the show's highest adult 18-49 and total-viewer results of the past 52 weeks, according to 'live plus same day' viewing figures from Nielsen Media Research.

FOX will celebrate its 25th anniversary with an historic look back at the groundbreaking and irreverent shows that have defined the network since its first signal transmission on April 5, 1987. The star-studded evening will include talent from both past and present FOX series and reunite cast members from some of your favorite shows.

Now in its 38th year, the People's Choice Awards are voted on entirely by the public for fan favorites in music, movies and television. Kaley Cuoco was the host of the of the show tonight, and this year's winners have been announced!

The awards ceremony for THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS will be broadcast live tonight on CBS at 9/8c.

The Press Association reports that actor, comedian Jim Carrey is considering the possibility of reprising his role from Universal Pictures' BRUCE ALMIGHTY. In the 2003 original film, Carrey played a TV news reporter who is offered the chance to take over the role of God for one week.

The January 7 edition of NBC's SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE has scored the show's highest overnight household ratings of the past 52 weeks and the top "SNL" young-adult rating in the Local People Meters since its 2010-11 season finale in May, according to "live plus same day" viewing figures from the 56 local markets metered by Nielsen Media Research and the 25 markets with Local People Meters.