Martin Scorsese News

Chris Isaacson and the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center's Lily Tomlin/Jane Wagner Cultural Arts Center proudly present the premiere of Jennifer Leigh Warren in "DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER: the songs of Dame Shirley Bassey," which will make its Los Angeles debut on June 16 at The Renberg Theatre, 1125 N. McCadden Place in Hollywood, with acclaimed Director Richard Jay-Alexander (Barbra Streisand, Bette Midler 'Kiss My Brass' Tour, Bernadette Peters) at the helm.

Liza. Four letters say all you need to know about Broadway. She is Broadway, after all, and in many ways the ultimate Broadway icon, just as her mother Judy Garland was the ultimate Hollywood icon. No one in their prime was better. Just recently in Tony Awards history, Miss Minnelli proved she could rock the socks off of the entire world with her magnificent performance of "And The World Goes Round" - the capper of the 2009 Tony Awards opening number, perhaps the biggest of all time. Today, we take a look at Liza at the Tony Awards - and, considering today is Tony's Eve, the timing is just right. How else does a real Broadway baby spend a Saturday night - all alone in your room (or not) - than with Miss Minnelli?

When acclaimed actor-director John Turturro was invited to make a film about Neapolitan music, he was intrigued and traveled to Naples to meet the artists living and working there.

When acclaimed actor-director John Turturro was invited to make a film about Neapolitan music, he was intrigued and traveled to Naples to meet the artists living and working there. He was utterly blown away by the abundance of talent he found, and what was meant to be a straightforward documentary quickly transformed into a wild fantasia.

AFI and TV Land announced today that Clint Eastwood, Helen Mirren, Sidney Poitier, Mike Nichols, Matthew Broderick and Rita Moreno are among the luminaries in film who will pay tribute to Morgan Freeman, the 39th AFI Life Achievement Award recipient.

The 2011 Las Vegas Film Festival is set to roll July 14 through 17, 2011 at the Las Vegas Hilton. The four-day event will showcase more than 40 original films and documentaries, adding a touch of culture and creativity to the Las Vegas entertainment scene

Beaches 2 is a sketch comedy group, and they have a monthly comedy show!

On June 3, 2011, for one night only, The Town Hall (123 West 43rd Street) will present Broadway star and Tony Award nominee, Kelli O'Hara in 'An Evening with Kelli O'Hara.' With this concert, Ms. O'Hara is launching an album for Ghostlight records, 'Always.'

The Florida Theatre has announced the 2011 Summer Movie Classics.

The 2011 BAFTA Awwards nominees have just been announced, and this year, GLEE, MA MEN, BOARDWALK EMPIRE, and THE KILLIANG are in the runnning for best International show. Winners will be announced at the May 22 ceremony at the Grosvenor House Hotel May 22.

The Museum of Modern Art and Irish Film Institute presents Revisiting The Quiet Man: Ireland on Film, running May 20 through June 3, 2011, in The Roy and Niuta Titus Theaters as part of Imagine Ireland: Culture Ireland's Year of Irish Arts in America 2011.

Rocco Landesman, Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, announced yesterday that Chicago Children's Theatre has been recommended for a grant of $20,000 to support the company's highly anticipated world premiere adaptation of Brian Selznick's The Houdini Box.

In 1987, Elaine May's comedy Ishtar, with Warren Beatty and Dustin Hoffman as an incredibly untalented singing duo deployed to the Middle East, was the movie the press was ready to pounce on, even before it came out. May later commented, 'If all of the people who hate Ishtar had seen it, I would be a rich woman today.'

Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese will inaugurate the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' 'Member Selects' evening with a screening of 'The Bicycle Thief' (1948) on Monday, May 16, at 7 p.m. at the Academy Theater at Lighthouse International in New York City. Scorsese will introduce the program, which is part of the Academy's ongoing 'Monday Nights with Oscar' film series.