Academy Award-nominated director Gus Van Sant's Milk, starring Academy Award winner Sean Penn as gay rights icon Harvey Milk, had its world premiere at San Francisco's historic Castro Theatre (at 429 Castro Street) tonight. The evening benefited multiple charities supporting LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender) youth. Dinner and dancing followed at City Hall.
Production begins today on location in Minnesota on A Serious Man, for Focus Features and Working Title Films. Joel and Ethan Coen, Academy Award winners for No Country for Old Men and Fargo, are writing, producing, and directing the film. Working Title co-chairs Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner are executive-producing the film with Robert Graf, who has worked on the Coens' last six features in various producing capacities.
To coincide with the play's 50th anniversary, Lee Evans and Jason Isaacs will star in a major West End revival of Harold Pinter's classic comedy of menace, The Dumb Waiter.
Culture Project has announced that Speak Truth To Power will kick-off its New York premiere engagement on Sunday, November 5 with guest stars Edie Falco and Brooke Shields
Sharon Stone, Sigourney Weaver, Martin Sheen and more stars will launch the IMPACT Festival's Speak Truth to Power with a star-studded benefit on October 6th
Audience members at the Hollywood Bowl's upcoming 'Fireworks Finale' concerts will be able to hear a suite from Adam Guettel's upcoming musical The Princess Bride; the concerts will take place on September 16th and September 17th