Brown University will confer six honorary doctorates during its 245th Commencement Sunday, May 26, 2013. According to the school's web site, actor and director Ben Affleck will be among the honorees.
According to The Wrap, Van Sant enlisted rising star Alex Pettyfer to shoot a 'test' sex scene, in order to prove to Universal and Focus just how madly he wants the directing gig. The scene reportedly featured Anastasia Steele losing her virginity to Christian Grey.
Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton as Himself is a new documentary that will open theatrically in New York on Wednesday, May 22nd - just in time for the long holiday weekend - at the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center at the Film Society of Lincoln Center. The release is timed to help celebrate the 60th Anniversary of The Paris Review. The movie is directed by Tom Bean and Luke Poling and is produced by Terry McDonell and Adam Roffman. The theatrical distributor is Laemmle/Zeller Films. www.PlimptonMovie.com.
While visited last night's JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE on ABC, actor Harrison Ford unexpectedly came across a dark figure from his past. Check out the comic moment below!
Trinity Repertory Company announced today that screen and television actor John Krasinski will be honored with the 2013 Pell Award for Distinguished Achievement in the Arts. Krasinski is a Massachusetts native, known for his work on NBC's hit comedy The Office, and the recent film Promised Land with Matt Damon. Krasinski will be honored alongside recently announced Honorees Kate Burton (Pell Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Arts), Tony Estrella (Rhode Island Pell Award for Excellence in the Arts), Joseph A. Chazan, M.D. (Pell Award for Outstanding Leadership in the Arts), and Martha Douglas-Osmundson (Charles Sullivan Award for Distinguished Service in the Arts.) The 17th annual Pell Awards will be held on Monday, June 10, 2013 at Trinity Rep with a reception to follow next door at the Providence Public Library.
Below, check out highlights from ABC's JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE featuring visits from Tom Cruise, Kesha and Nicole Richie! The show airs weeknights at 11:35 pm/ET on ABC.
If you haven't had the chance to catch up on your theater news, look no further than today's recap of all things theater - exclusive features, interviews, reviews and more! - around the Broadway World for the week of April 8!
The first trailer Neill Blomkamp's upcoming sci-fi flick ELYSIUM, starring Matt Damon and Jodie Foster has just been released. Check it out, via Yahoo! Movies, below!
An extended trailer for HBO's upcoming Liberace film BEHIND THE CANDLELABRA has just been released. Michael Douglas and Matt Damon star in the new biopic which premieres Sunday, May 26 at 9PM only on HBO. Check out the trailer below!
Bay Street Theatre has announced the 2013 Comedy Club lineup. The fun begins on June 11 and will continue on most Monday nights at 8 pm through August. Tickets are $62 for members or $69 for non member excluding The All Star Comedy Showcase, which is $15 in advance and $25 on the day of the event. All are available online at www.baystreet.org or by stopping by or calling the Box Office at 631-725-9500.
Legendary actor Hal Holbrook performs Mark Twain Tonight - his signature one man show that is a living breathing American masterpiece and a jewel in the history of American Theatre, on Saturday, April 20, 2013 at 8 pm. Tickets are $39-69.
Emmy winner Sarah Silverman is as versatile a performer as they come. See for yourself why she was dubbed "the most outrageously funny woman alive," by Rolling Stone magazine when she comes to DPAC, Durham Performing Arts Center, on April 24, 2013.
According to Deadline.com, Cheyenne Jackson will replace Sean Hayes as 'Michael Minetti' in 6 Dance Lessons In 6 Weeks, directed by Allan Seidelman with a screenplay based on Richard Alfieri's Broadway play.
Following last night's much-buzzed-about kick-off party at South by Southwest (SXSW) for the upcoming miniseries event The '80s: The Decade That Made Us, the National Geographic Channel announced today that Emmy-nominated actor Rob Lowe will narrate the six-part cultural programming event that offers an unprecedented look at the moments, trends, inventions, and culture that have shaped our world today.
Oscar winning and two-time Emmy winning filmmaker James Moll is proud to announce the production of a feature-length documentary about the next generation of American farmers and ranchers. The yet-to-be-titled documentary will profile farmers and ranchers in their twenties, all of whom have assumed the generational responsibility of running the family business.
Columbia Pictures and Twentieth Century Fox announced today that THE MONUMENTS MEN, a Smokehouse production directed by and starring George Clooney, has started production in Berlin, Germany.
Academy Award winners Michael Douglas and Matt Damon star in HBO's forthcoming major TV film event BEHIND THE CANDELABRA, directed by Steven Soderbergh, and the first teaser trailer has just been released for the biopic of the iconic pianist.
HBO Films has revealed a teaser trailer for the Steven Soderbergh's Liberace biopic BEHIND THE CANDELABRA. Michael Douglas stars as the musician with Matt Damon as his younger lover. The telemovie is slated to premiere on May 26th. Check out the teaser below!
The 8th annual 'Jimmy Kimmel Live: After the Oscars' special featuring Channing Tatum and Academy Award(r) winner Jamie Foxx, which originally aired on Sunday, February 24, will have a special encore presentation on THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28 (10:01-11:00 p.m., ET) on ABC. This year's 'Jimmy Kimmel Live: After the Oscars' marked 'JKL's' most-watched post-Oscar telecast in the franchise's history.
