Mary-Kate Olsen News

Little House on The Prairie's Nellie Oleson -- Alison Arngrim -- returns to NYC to Kick-Off Live Tour and Book Launch 'Confessions of a Prairie Bitch.' By popular demand, a 3rd performance had been added for comic, former child star, outspoken activist, TV Land Award winner, and author Alison Arngrim when she return to New York with 'Confessions of a Prairie Bitch.' In addition to the previously announced shows on June 17 & 19 at The Laurie Beechman Theatre, another performance has been added on Friday, June 18 at 7:30pm. This series of live performances also marks the release of Arngrim's book of the same title (from HarperCollins' It Books) and the kick-off a national tour (with stops in Chicago, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Boston and more).

Yesterday, June 8, the Penthouse at Smyth Hotel Tribeca hosted the launch of MARKTBeauty.com, an online beauty destination. The sites creator, celebrity hairstylist Mark Townsend, was in attendance. BroadwayWorld has coverage of the event below.

Beastly, the fantasy romance based on Alex Flinn's 2007 novel of the same name, starring Neil Patrick Harris, Mary-Kate Olsen, Vanessa Hudgens, Alex Pettyfer and Lisa Gray Hamilton opens in theaters on July 30, 2010. Distributed by CBS films, the movie's trailer has just been released! Click below to view.

Ken Ludwig's comedy LEND ME A TENOR began previews on Friday March 12 and opened last night on April 4. at Broadway's Music Box Theatre (239 West 45th Street).

The Consortium of Theatre Programs at Brown University is proud to announce the first ever Writing is Live, a festival of new work featuring eight plays by writers in Brown's graduate programs.

The 67th Golden Globe Awards were broadcast live on NBC last night from the Beverly Hilton. The awards ceremony was seen in more than 160 countries worldwide and is one of the few awards ceremonies that span both television and motion picture achievements. Winners of this year's awards include GLEE for Best Television Series - Comedy or Musical, Meryl Streep for 'Julie & Julia', Michael C. Hall for 'Dexter', Alec Baldwin for '30 Rock', John Lithgow for his role on 'Dexter', Christoph Waltz for 'Inglourious Basterds', and HBO's 'Grey Gardens'.

NINE will have a limited release on December 18th in New York and Los Angeles and will then go on wide release on December 25th. The film had its official New York premiere at the Ziegefeld Theatre in New York City on December 15, 2009.

2009 Tony Award host Neil Patrick Harris will appear in two upcoming films; 'Beastly' and 'The Best and the Brightest' according to the Hollywood Reporter. Harris will film the two pictures during the summer hiatus from his CBS comedy 'How I Met Your Mother'.

Comic, former child star, outspoken activist, and TV Land Award winner ALISON ARNGRIM makes her annual return to New York with CONFESSIONS OF A PRAIRIE BITCH for one performance only, Sunday, May 10 (Mother's Day) at The Laurie Beechman Theatre.

The Independent Film 2009 Spirit Awards were given out last night Saturday, February 21 in Los Angeles and The Wrestler was a big winner, nabbing Best Film and Best Actor for star Mickey Rourke. Other acting awards went to Melissa Leo for Best Actress for Frozen River, James Franco won best supporting actor for Milk, while Penelope Cruz snagged a best supporting win for Vicky Cristina Barcelona. Woody Allen earned a Best Screenplay award for the film as well.

This October Barnes and Noble at Lincoln Triangle will host some of the entertainment industry's favorite writers, celebrities, newsmakers, and musicians such as Diahann Carroll, Tom Perrotta, Lea DeLaria, Nicholas Sparks, Geoffrey Canada, Isaac Mizrahi, Cesar Milan, Sarah Vowell, Tony Curtis, Dave Barry, Robert Vaughn, Victoria Osteen, Naomi Wolf, George Hamilton, Richard Belzer, Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen, Maya Angelou, and many more.

Last summer, BroadwayWorld premiered the stunning Broadway digital art of Norn Cutson. Now, Norn is proud to share his portrait of Julie Brown, who performed her show 'Smell the Glamour' at Joe's Pub on July 27th and July 28th.