Kevin O'Connell News

On March 5, you can vote for 12 exciting new comedians Edinburgh's Megan Shandley, Hurt & Anderson, Conor Drum, Morgan Ress, Matt Hutchinson, Ali Woods, Kevin O'Connell, Tommy Ettling, Janet Bettesworth, Benji Waterstones, Sam Lake and Lucas Jolson, onstage at Kings X's iconic WaterRats music/comedy venue, which launched Oasis in London and Bob Dylan in the UK.

Random Acts has announced the casting for the world premiere of Strangest Things! The Musical by Bryan Renaud and Emily Schmidt.

This morning, Jennifer Hudson, Brie Larson, Emmanuel Lubezki, Jason Reitman and Ken Watanabe will join Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs to reveal the 89th Oscars Nominations

The nominations for the EE British Academy Film Awards in 2017 have been announced. La La Land is nominated in 11 categories.

The Cinema Audio Society announces the nominees for the 53rd Annual CAS Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for 2016 in seven categories.

Delilah on Rivington on the Lower East Side is this week's 'Bar of the Week.'

CBS Sports Nework showcases a college football quadruple-header on Saturday, Nov. 8, highlighted by Boise State at New Mexico (7:00 PM, ET).

On May 31, contestants will compete in the first annual Amazing Cape Quest in Provincetown. Teams will begin at Town Hall at noon then be dispersed to navigate their way through challenges and check-ins in order to be the first to the final destination. Winners will be greeted with prizes including a free weekend stay at one of the event sponsors, Cape Colony Inn.

Starting Dec. 5, you're invited to celebrate the holidays with a heart-warming story from an era gone by in the all-new "Christmas 1954" musical revue. Performances take place at the ArtsQuest Center's Musikfest Cafe, 101 Founders Way, Dec. 5-7 and 12-15, with tickets ($57) on sale now at www.artsquest.org and 610-332-3378.

This week's college football schedule will include telecasts of the top four teams in the BCS Standings and six of the top 10.

The college football schedule across ESPN networks on Saturday, Oct. 5, will include 13 of the remaining 20 undefeated teams, highlighted by three matchups between unbeatens.

ESPN networks will carry four of the top five ranked teams - and nine of the top 15 - on Saturday, Sept. 28, highlighted by prime-time telecasts of No. 1 Alabama and No. 5 Stanford on ESPN and No. 4 Ohio State on ABC.

ESPN networks will combine to cover seven of the top 10 ranked programs in action during the fourth week of the season, beginning with No. 3 Clemson at undefeated ACC Atlantic division rival NC State on Thursday, Sept. 19, at 7:30 p.m. ET on ESPN and ESPN Radio

ESPN will kick off the 2013 college football season with national coverage of 46 games in five days as part of the sixth annual DICK's Sporting Goods Kickoff Week from Thursday, Aug. 29, to Monday, Sept. 2.

Silver Spring Stage presents Frost/Nixon by Peter Morgan, directed by Kevin O'Connell and produced by Devon Seybert, the engrossing dramatization of how the then-washed up talk-show host David Frost convinced the disgraced Richard Nixon to be interviewed for television. Frost/Nixon will perform weekends April 5 to April 27. Silver Spring Stage is excited to announce that Jim Reston, one of the team members that prepared David Frost for the historic Frost/Nixon interviews, will participate in a post-performance discussion on Sunday April 21.

Cinematographer Richard P. Crudo, producer Gale Anne Hurd, composer David Newman and film editor Michael Tronick make up this year's first-time electees to Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Board of Governors.

Fans of the 1970's American rock band, the Eagles, will be excited to hear that the national touring band, Desperado, is performing At The Grove Theatre on New Years' Eve at 9:00 pm. Desperado is rapidly becoming the best and most well-known Eagles tributes in the United States. They boast a talented line-up of five lead singers and five multi-instrumentalists; which possess and rival the musical talents of the Eagles themselves. Desperado was founded in 2002 by lead singing guitarist and keyboardist Aaron Broering. The current line-up is rounded off by lead singing guitarist and keyboardist Brad Zapper, Kevin O'Connell on drums, percussion, and lead vocals, John Morrison on Bass and lead vocals, and Kenny Hale on guitars and lead vocals. Desperado is playing venues in the greater United States, being met with the following praises from its critics.

Fans of the 1970's American rock band, the Eagles, will be excited to hear that the national touring band, Desperado, is performing At The Grove Theatre on New Years' Eve at 9:00 pm. Desperado is rapidly becoming the best and most well-known Eagles tributes in the United States. They boast a talented line-up of five lead singers and five multi-instrumentalists; which possess and rival the musical talents of the Eagles themselves. Desperado was founded in 2002 by lead singing guitarist and keyboardist Aaron Broering. The current line-up is rounded off by lead singing guitarist and keyboardist Brad Zapper, Kevin O'Connell on drums, percussion, and lead vocals, John Morrison on Bass and lead vocals, and Kenny Hale on guitars and lead vocals. Desperado is playing venues in the greater United States, being met with the following praises from its critics.

Popular KNBC meteorologist/funny man Fritz Coleman brings his new show An Evening with Fritz Coleman/On the Fritz to the El Portal Theatre in NoHo August 19-22 only. Coleman certainly needs no introduction to Angelenos as he has been reporting the weather three times daily in his own inimitable style for the past 27 years on Channel 4. In our talk, he discusses the new show, his roots, his favorite comics and even explains a little about the whys of the fantastic summer weather we've been experiencing.

Robert Rehme, an Executives Branch governor of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, was elected Tuesday night (8/18) as president of the Academy Foundation, the educational and cultural arm of the Academy.