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Original and current cast members from the West End stage production of Mamma Mia! will share their stories and experiences of the musical as part of a 10th annual documentary Called Mamma Mia!-The Real Story. The documentary is being made by USP Content and broadcast by Guardian Media Group's Smooth Radio and Real Radio networks. It will be released in March. The piece will also include stories and contributions from the production's writer Catherine Johnson. In it Johnson will discuss her original ideas for the show and how much she pushed to retain control of the film version with Meryl Streep. Streep will also be featured in the two part documentary.

Jil Aigrot, the critically-acclaimed singer and voice behind the role of Edith Piaf in last year's Academy Award/Golden Globe-winning film (Best Actress) 'La Vie En Rose,' will appear at The Rrazz Room, Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason, SF for one night only, Sunday, April 5 at 8 PM. Tickets are $40 and can be purchased at www.therrazzroom.com or directly through www.ticketweb.com or 866 468 3399.

Michael Feinstein tells the Hartford Courant today that he's working on two new musicals for the stage, one based on the 1968 film 'The Thomas Crown Affair' and the other 'The Gold Room'.

Original and current cast members from the West End stage production of Mamma Mia! will share their stories and experiences of the musical as part of a 10th annual documentary Called Mamma Mia!-The Real Story. The documentary is being made by USP Content and broadcast by Guardian Media Group's Smooth Radio and Real Radio networks. It will be released in March. The piece will also include stories and contributions from the production's writer Catherine Johnson. In it Johnson will discuss her original ideas for the show and how much she pushed to retain control of the film version with Meryl Streep. Streep will also be featured in the two part documentary.

Mamma Mia!, one of the biggest hits of 2008, gets its final release in Japan on January 30. Currently worldwide the movie is at $573,093,048. Mamma Mia is directed by Phyllida Lloyd and written by Catherine Johnson. It stars Meryl Streep, Amanda Seyfried, Stellan Skarsgard, Pierce Brosnan, and Colin Firth. Set on a colorful Greek island, the plot serves as a background for a wealth of ABBA songs. A young woman about to be married discovers that any one of three men could be her father. She invites all three to the wedding without telling her mother, Donna, who was once the lead singer of Donna and the Dynamos. In the meantime, Donna has invited her backup singers, Rosie and Tanya. http://www.mammamiamovie.com/

Mamma Mia!, one of the biggest hits of 2008, gets its final release in Japan on January 30. Currently worldwide the movie is at $573,093,048. Mamma Mia is directed by Phyllida Lloyd and written by Catherine Johnson. It stars Meryl Streep, Amanda Seyfried, Stellan Skarsgard, Pierce Brosnan, and Colin Firth. Set on a colorful Greek island, the plot serves as a background for a wealth of ABBA songs. A young woman about to be married discovers that any one of three men could be her father. She invites all three to the wedding without telling her mother, Donna, who was once the lead singer of Donna and the Dynamos. In the meantime, Donna has invited her backup singers, Rosie and Tanya. http://www.mammamiamovie.com/

Sundance Institute announced today the lineup of films selected to screen in the U.S. and World Cinema Dramatic and Documentary Competitions for the 25th Sundance Film Festival. In addition to the four Competition categories, the Festival presents films in five out-of-competition sections to be announced tomorrow. The 2009 Sundance Film Festival runs January 15-25 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden, and Sundance, Utah.

Sean Combs, Johnny Depp, David Duchovny, Megan Fox, Eva Longoria, Sting and Mark Wahlberg have been set as presenters at 'The 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards' to be telecast live on NBC Sunday, January 11 (8 - 11 p.m. EST) at The Beverly Hilton.

Pierce Brosnan, Sandra Bullock, Gerard Butler, Sean Combs and Zac Efron have been set as presenters at 'The 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards' to be telecast live on NBC Sunday, January 11 (8 - 11 p.m. EST) at The Beverly Hilton.

Shah Rukh Khan, Bollywood's biggest film star and recently named by Newsweek as one of the 50 most powerful people in the world (the only film star on the list), has been set as a presenter at 'The 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards' to be telecast live on NBC Sunday, January 11 (8 - 11 p.m. EST) at The Beverly Hilton.

Sean Combs, Johnny Depp, David Duchovny, Megan Fox, Eva Longoria, Sting and Mark Wahlberg have been set as presenters at 'The 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards' to be telecast live on NBC Sunday, January 11 (8 - 11 p.m. EST) at The Beverly Hilton.

Pierce Brosnan, Sandra Bullock, Gerard Butler, Sean Combs and Zac Efron have been set as presenters at 'The 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards' to be telecast live on NBC Sunday, January 11 (8 - 11 p.m. EST) at The Beverly Hilton.

WENN news service reports that current James Bond, Daniel Craig is eager to appear in a West End play - but is hoping to avoid classics which are too 'complicated' or have 'too many lines.'

Mamma Mia! The Movie is hosting a virtual conga line that stretches worldwide online. There are already over 1000 participants. You simply insert your photo and join the other 'conga dancers', it is a fun way to be your very own 'Dancing Queen'.

Benny Andersson and Bj?rn Ulvaeus' global smash hit musical MAMMA MIA! will end its record-breaking engagement at Mandalay Bay Theatre this Sunday, January 4, 2009. After nearly six years on The Las Vegas Strip, MAMMA MIA! set the precedent for musicals in Las Vegas celebrating more than 2,200 performances and 2 million guests.

The Abba stage hit big screen transfer is the first disc to sell more than 5 million copies placing it in one in four UK households. Its closest rival was The Dark Knight with 1.5 million sold. The previous top seller was Pirates of the Caribbean.

Benny Andersson and Bj?rn Ulvaeus' global smash hit musical MAMMA MIA! will end its record-breaking engagement at Mandalay Bay Theatre this Sunday, January 4, 2009. After nearly six years on The Las Vegas Strip, MAMMA MIA! set the precedent for musicals in Las Vegas celebrating more than 2,200 performances and 2 million guests.

Perez Hilton is reporting that the moive musical Mamma Mia! has just become the top-selling DVD in the United States, as of Wednesday. The big screen transfer of the stage hit bested projected champ The Dark Knight, both films were holiday shopping favorites.

Two-time Oscar? winner Meryl Streep (The Devil Wears Prada) and Pierce Brosnan (Die Another Day) lead an all-star cast in the most infectiously fun movie of the year, Mamma Mia! The Movie, was released on DVD and Blu-ray Hi-Def on December 16th, 2008 from Universal Studios Home Entertainment.

Actor Dominic Cooper has been cast in the role of Hippolytus in the National Theatre's upcoming revival of Ph?dre. Co-starring Helen Mirren in the title role and directed by Nicholas Hytner, Artistic Director of the National Theatre, Jean Racine's 1677 classic tragedy is based on a Greek myth about a queen who falls passionately in love with her stepson in her husband's absence.