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ABC late night host Jimmy Kimmel took on the #ALS Ice Bucket Challenge and played it forward by nominating Kerry Washington, Ben Affleck, Mayor Rob Ford and "Matt, Effing, Damon"

Today we take a look back at the incredible career of stage and screen star Christine Baranski; from Broadway shows like THE REAL THING, RUMORS, BOEING-BOEING, to films THE BIRDCAGE, CHICAGO, MAMMA MIA, and the upcoming INTO THE WOODS, to TV shows CYBILL, THE BIG BANG THEORY, and THE GOOD WIFE, for which she was nominated this year.

In 2012, Phyllida Lloyd's all-female production of Julius Caesar at the Donmar Warehouse placed the play in a women's prison. It stunned audiences on both sides of the Atlantic and challenged the idea of 'who owns Shakespeare?' In one of the schools workshops around the production, teachers heard one of their students, a girl, speak in public for the first time. It couldn't end there.

Twenty-four year old Australian actor Brenton Thwaites stopped by this morning's TODAY to talk about the 'powerful message' of his new film 'The Giver,'

Seventeen-year-old actress Odeya Rush stopped by this morning's TODAY to talk about her experience starring alongside Hollywood legends Meryl Streep and Jeff Bridges in the new film 'The Giver.'

Theatre Royal Bath Productions is delighted to announce actors Richard Schiff and Nigel Lindsay are to join Lindsay Lohan in David Mamet's SPEED-THE-PLOW at London's Playhouse Theatre from 24th September for a strictly limited run. A high-octane modern classic, SPEED-THE-PLOW is a brilliantly satirical portrayal of Hollywood filled with Mamet's trademark wit and mesmerizing dialogue.

Academy Award winner, singer, dancer, writer and activist Shirley MacLaine makes her Segerstrom Center for the Arts debut in her remarkable one-woman show, sharing personal stories, photos and film clips from her illustrious Hollywood career and fascinating personal life on Saturday, September 20 at 8 p.m. in the Renee and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall.

Berkeley Rep opens its 47th season this September with An Audience with Meow Meow, a musical play of gargantuan proportions starring international superstar Meow Meow.

Meryl Streep stopped by this morning's TODAY to talk about her new film 'The Giver,' but took a few minutes to comment on the tragic passing of Robin Williams.

Culture Project announced today its 18th anniversary charity auction. Featuring donations from visual artist Peter Tunney, actress/director Cynthia Nixon and composer Sting, the auction is now up and ready for bids on Charity Buzz. The auction will be taking place live online on the Charity Buzz website until August 26, 2014. Pictures and estimated values for various for sale items can be seen on the site.

THE GIVER is an upcoming science fiction film directed by Phillip Noyce, based on the 1993 novel of same nameby Lois Lowry. The film stars Jeff Bridges, Meryl Streep, Brenton Thwaites, Alexander Skarsgard, Odeya Rush, Katie Holmes and Taylor Swift. Below, check out a new clip from the movie, featuring Swift at the piano!

A member of the Broadway 'MORMON' community will soon be teaming up with Meryl Streep.

Since Levar Burton succeeded in getting his "Reading Rainbow" app funded for schools, he's now setting his sights on another popular form of web-based communication. #TweetingRainbow

From Rwanda to the USA, Same Sky creates jobs for women struggling to lift themselves out of extreme poverty, believing that real change happens with the dignity of work and the freedom of being self-sufficient.

Those foot-stopping aggies, those friendly ladies of the night (and day), Miss Mona, Sherriff Ed Earl Dodd, the side-stepping Governor, and master media manipulator Melvin P. Thorpe will populate Broadway in the brand-new production of the Larry L. King - Pete Masterson - Carol Hall musical The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.

On last night's JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE, Chloe Grace Moretz talked about learning to play the cello for her new movie and she explains what it was like to DJ her brother's wedding.

Kim Kardashian stopped by JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE this week to talk about how she and Kanye tried to trick the media about the location of their wedding, her sister Khloe's wedding-day hangover, and the many rumors that swirled around the event.

The latest in unauthorized gossip and buzz from the heart of Chicago's showtune video bars, and musical theater news from Chicago to Broadway. Special nights at the Marriott and Stage 773 this weekend, plus three shows opening ('Coraline,' 'Reefer Madness' and 'Fiddler') and four shows closing ('Motown,' 'Big Fish,' 'Godspell' and 'Hillbillies'). We'll tell you the three shows that have one additional week, plus a Christmas movie has us all a-buzz!!

From Rwanda to the USA, Same Sky creates jobs for women struggling to lift themselves out of extreme poverty, believing that real change happens with the dignity of work and the freedom of being self-sufficient.