Leonardo News

Variety reports that Leonardo DiCaprio might star in Warner Bros. upcoming Woodrow Wilson biopic WILSON, adapted from A. Scott Berg's biography, out last week.

Legendary showman Jeff Beacher, creator and host of Beacher's Madhouse, will make a triumphant return to Las Vegas at the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino beginning December 2013. With the energy of a circus and the atmosphere of an A-list Hollywood party, the world's most outrageously sexy and over-the-top Vaudeville-inspired show will reach new heights of madness. Beacher, who Rolling Stone magazine declared the 'Best Showman on the Strip,' is best known for his ability to push the boundaries of sexuality, entertainment and fantasy. 'Expect the unexpected. I'm going to take the Madhouse and live entertainment to new levels with never-before-seen acts. And there's no better place to do this than at the famed MGM Grand,' said Beacher.

For the first time the National Portrait Gallery opens a display space of prints made from portraits from its collections - which visitors can buy. Sir Michael Gambon, Robert Powell, Antony Andrews, Steven Berkoff and Tim Piggott-Smith launch the new Print Sales Gallery.

One of Italy's greatest treasures, Leonardo da Vinci's 'Codex on the Flight of Birds,' will be exhibited at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., for 40 days this fall, from today, Sept. 13 until Oct. 22. The extraordinary document, created ca. 1505, shows da Vinci's interest in human flight by exploring bird flight and behavior. It includes sketches and descriptions of devices and aerodynamic principles related to mechanical flight that predate the invention of the airplane by 400 years.

Award-winning arts documentary maker Phil Grabsky & Seventh Art Productions in association with BY Experience, the global leaders in alternative content, continue to connect major exhibitions from across the world with art lovers in more than 30 countries with their first of a kind series specifically for cinema, EXHIBITION ON SCREEN. The latest film in the series - Vermeer and Music: the Art of Love and Leisure at the National Gallery, London screens worldwide on October 10, 2013.

Under the direction of Gerard Mortier, the Teatro Real is fast becoming one of the world's most innovative and exciting opera houses. With eight performances scheduled for early 2014-January 29 to February 11-Teatro Real will mount the first-ever production of Charles Wuorinen and Annie Proulx's BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN.

Thomas P. Campbell, Director and CEO of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, announced today the list of speakers and performers who will participate in the all-day TEDxMet event scheduled for Saturday, October 19, 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. in the Museum's Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium. The theme of the program is Icons. The Metropolitan Museum is the first art museum to receive a TEDx license to hold a conference in the style of the globally known TED talks.

Olivier-award nominee Matthew Dunster directs Kathryn Prescott (Channel 4's Skins) in her stage debut with Cian Barry (Our Boys, The Member of the Wedding), Daniel Stewart (Written on the Heart) and Rocky Marshall (Headlong's Faustus, Mean Machine) alongside 16-strong cast in the first major revival in over 30 years of The Love Girl and the Innocent at Southwark Playhous in October.

Under the direction of Gerard Mortier, the Teatro Real is fast becoming one of the world's most innovative and exciting opera houses. With eight performances scheduled for early 2014—January 29 to February 11—Teatro Real will mount the first-ever production of Charles Wuorinen and Annie Proulx's BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN.

Thomas P. Campbell, Director and CEO of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, announced today the list of speakers and performers who will participate in the all-day TEDxMet event scheduled for Saturday, October 19, 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. in the Museum's Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium. The theme of the program is Icons. The Metropolitan Museum is the first art museum to receive a TEDx license to hold a conference in the style of the globally known TED talks.

Since being cast as the mysterious woman who will eventually become Ted's wife on CBS's HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER, Broadway vet Cristin Milioti appears in the latest promo for the hit comedy. Click below to watch!

Buenos Aires based “digital folklore” trio Tremor return to the forefront of modern South American music with a brand new album on Nickodemus' Brooklyn based Wonderwheel Recordings.

In January 2014, a much-loved work from the National Gallery Collection – Manet's The Execution of Maximilian – is going on the road and travelling the UK as the first painting in the three-year Masterpiece Tour.

Gianfranco Rosi's Italian documentary film SACRO GRA -- about the ring road around Rome -- took the top prize for Best Film at the 70th Venice Film Festival, which announced its winners at a ceremony this evening, September 7, 2013. The full list of honorees follows.

Desde el sabado 7 de septiembre, En El Cubo, Todos los sabados y domingos a las 17 horas, Rita Terranova y Hector Giovine, en El jardin de los cerezos de Anton Chejov, con direccion general de Nicolas Perez Costa, y un elenco integrado por Damian Iglesias, Juan Guilera, Alejandro Cupito, Christian Alladio, Leonardo Odierna, Iara Sarmiento, Renata Marrone, Natalia Biasin, Agustin Perez Costa, Cecilia Barlesi, y Valeria Ruggiero.

'Marilyn … MADNESS & Me', a new one and a half person play by Frank V. Furino from an original concept by Didier Bloch will be directed by Joe Leonardo at the Monroe Forum at the El Portal Theatre, September 19 through October 20, 2013.

Warner Bros. and Appian Way's Leonardo DiCaprio have signed Lee Shipman and Brian McGreevy to write a modern adaptation of H.G. Wells' 1896 novel THE ISLAND OF DR MOREAU for the big screen.

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra opens its 41st season at Carnegie Hall with their first of four concerts tracing the evolution of the concerto over four centuries and the composer/performers who created them. Featuring the New York premiere of composer/pianist Brad Mehldau's Variations for Piano and Orchestra on a Melancholy Theme for piano and chamber orchestra, the program also includes Brahms' Liebeslieder Waltzes and Beethoven's Symphony No. 3, Eroica. The performance will take place at Stern Auditorium's Perelman Stage in Carnegie Hall on Wednesday, October 9 at 8 p.m. Tickets are available beginning September 4 at www.carnegiehall.org. Orpheus is honored to have the support of Berje, Inc. as the Opening Night Sponsor.

I have been pretty vocal with my feeling that the entertainment value of this season of SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE has been lacking a bit. However, while there still hasn't been a singular defining moment this season, as the numbers dwindled, the entertainment skyrocketed. Tonight was the most enjoyable evening of reality television that I have seen in a long, long time. With the final-four dancing 14 routines, in every imaginable combination, we were treated to a remarkable evening that had very few missteps.

Wonderwheel Recordings has announced Tremor's new album PROA -- out today, September 3rd. The first single 'Huella' has already been making waves and the full-length will not dissapoint. Check out a brand-new teaser trailer for PROA below!