Meryl Streep News

Production of MAMMA MIA reunite for a one-night only benefit in support of FIFE HOUSE. They are a not for profit organization that seeks to provide secure and affordable supportive housing and support services for persons living with HIV/AIDS. The event will feature none other than Louise Pitre in the lead role of 'Donna', one in which she originated here in Toronto and then later took to the Great White Way. BWW sat down to talk to Louise about her favourite Mamma Mia memories, walking the boards on Broadway, meeting Meryl Streep and more.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Krasinski will join Bradley Cooper, Emma Stone, Alec Baldwin, Bill Murray, Rachel McAdams and more in the film, which Crowe wrote and is set to direct. Acclaimed producer Scott Rudin is also on board.

Carlos de Abreu, founder and executive producer of the 17th Annual Hollywood Film Awards, recently announced that Academy Awards - winning Julia Roberts of The Weinstein Company's 'August: Osage County' will be honored with the Hollywood Supporting Actress Award. The honor will be bestowed at the Hollywood Film Awards Gala Ceremony tonight, October 21(st), 2013 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills.

The show that kept Las Vegas dancing in the aisles for six years, Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus' global smash hit musical MAMMA MIA!, returns to The Strip in Spring 2014 with an open-ended run at The New Tropicana.

The topic of the current government shutdown was discussed on JIMMY KIMMEL's Kids Table where the late night host asked the question, can children do a better job than the US Government? Check out the clip below!

Variety reports that Oscar-winning and Tony-nominated stage and screen powerhouse Meryl Streep will receive the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's annual Monte Cristo award for her distinguished contributions to theater. Streep will be presented the Monte Cristo award by actor and Yale School of Drama classmate Joe Grifasi on April 21, 2014 in New York City.

Will Eno's new play The Realistic Joneses will come to Broadway in Spring of 2014 starring Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winner; Academy Award and Tony Award-nominee Toni Collette (“Hostages,” “United States of Tara,” The Sixth Sense, The Wild Party), Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award-winner Michael C. Hall (“Dexter,” Chicago), Tony Award-winner Tracy Letts (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?; August: Osage County; “Homeland”), and Academy Award-winner and Gold Globe-nominee Marisa Tomei (My Cousin Vinny; The Wrestler; Salome). The production will be directed by Obie Award-winner Sam Gold, who is currently represented by Fun Home at the Public Theater.

Ariana Grande performed a special concert on last night's JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE on ABC. Prior to her appearance she tweeted out to her fans who planned to be in attendance to show up in Halloween costumes for a special contest.

The Holmdel Theatre Company will present Circle Mirror Transformation by American playwright Annie Baker November 1 - 16, 2013 at the Duncan Smith Theater in Holmdel, NJ.

Pop star Kesha stopped by last night's JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE on ABC to talk about the new season of her reality series, her recent trip to Alaska and much more. Check out the appearance below!

Chris Martin, Guy Berryman, Will Champion, and Jonny Buckland of the multiplatinum, multiple Grammy Award-winning recording act Coldplay will be honored with the Hollywood Song Award for the hit song 'Atlas'

Academy Award-nominated actress Abigail Breslin will receive a Discovery Award prior to the screening of her latest film “August: Osage County” on Saturday, Nov. 2

On last night's JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE, host Jimmy Kimmel decided to find out how much the average pedistrian on the street knew about the story of Christopher Columbus.

A preliminary peek at the mass of actual real-life trees and greenery that will act as the on location foundation for scenes depicting Little Red Riding Hood's interactions with the Wolf (played by Johnny Depp) and her Granny in the big screen adaptation of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's celebrated fairy tale-themed musical INTO THE WOODS has been revealed.

Today, in honor of this week's biggest casting news, we salute multi-award-winning and awesomely accomplished stage, screen and soon-to-be SWEENEY TODD star Emma Thompson.

Academy Award-winner Jeremy Irons (Reversal of Fortune), has been added to the previously announced honorees at the 16th Annual Savannah Film Festival, October 26-November 2.

Music icon Elton John stopped by last night's JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE to promote his 31st album, 'The Diving Board.' Check out the appearance below!

The cast of ABC's MODERN FAMILY, Ed O'Neill, Sofia Vergara, Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Eric Stonestreet stopped by last night's JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE to promote the 100th episode of their Emmy-winning comedy.

Carlos de Abreu announced today that the cast of 'August: Osage County,' directed by John Wells, will be honored with the 'Hollywood Ensemble Award'.

In celebration of the 75th anniversary of Thornton Wilder's great dramatic homage to small-town American life and the greater universal experience of life, The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey presents Our Town beginning October 17th and continuing through November 17th at the F.M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre, 36 Madison Ave. (at Lancaster Road) in Madison. Tickets are now on sale and can be purchased by calling the Box Office at973-408-5600 or by visiting www.ShakespeareNJ.org. Performances are Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Sundays at 7:30 p.m.; Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m.; and Saturdays and Sundays at 2 p.m. Individual tickets range from $35 to $70; student rush tickets are available 30 minutes prior to curtain for $15.