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Last night The Stella Adler Studio of Acting held its Seventh Annual Stella by Starlight Benefit Gala at The Players Club in New York City. This year's honorees included Harry Belafonte, James Earl Jones, Daryl Roth, Ed Schultz and Masa Tanaka. Notable attendees included co-chair of the evening, Kate Mulgrew, and Broadway director George C. Wolfe who presented producer Daryl Roth with her award. Check out photos from the event below!

TEEN CHOICE 2012 will once again celebrate the hottest teen icons in television, music, film, sports, fashion, comedy and the web in the choicest, star-studded two-hour event airing live Sunday, July 22 (8:00-10:00 PM ET live/PT tape-delayed) on FOX. Among the nominees are GLEE star Lea Michele and 'How I Met Your Mother's Neil Patrick Harris.

The Daily Beast reports that Tony Award-winning director Julie Taymor is in the process of developing two new films, one an adaptation of Thomas Mann's 'Transposed Heads' and the other, an update of 'The Flying Dutcham' to be called 'Riders on the Storm'.

TEEN CHOICE 2012 will once again celebrate the hottest teen icons in television, music, film, sports, fashion, comedy and the web in the choicest, star-studded two-hour event airing live Sunday, July 22 (8:00-10:00 PM ET live/PT tape-delayed) on FOX. 'The Vampire Diaries' leads the TEEN CHOICE 2012 nominees with six nominations, while AMERICAN IDOL and Justin Bieber each garnered five nominations. In addition, new categories added this year include Choice Book and Choice Electronic Dance Music (EDM) Artist.

The Stella Adler Studio of Acting announced today that the Seventh Annual Stella by Starlight Benefit Gala will be held May 20th at the Players Club in New York City. This year's honorees include Harry Belafonte, James Earl Jones, Daryl Roth, Ed Schultz and Masa Tanaka.

BBC's THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW and THE THICK OF IT will return for American audiences this year. The eleventh season of THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW premieres tonight, April 28, 11:00pm ET/PT. THE THICK OF IT is set to premiere Saturday, April 29, 12:00am ET/PT. Both shows are featured as part of The Ministry of Laughs.

The Tribeca Film Festival has unveiled films screening in its Spotlight and genre-centered Cinemania section as well as Special Screenings and its Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival lineup.

SAVAGES will be released in theaters on July 6th 2012 from Universal Pictures. The drama/thriller is directed by Oliver Stone who also co-wrote the script with Don Winslow and Shane Salerno. The cast includes Taylor Kitsch, Blake Lively, Aaron Johnson, John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Benicio Del Toro, Salma Hayek, Emile Hirsch and Demian Bichir.

As first reported in The Hollywood Reporter, Taylor Lautner is set to star in Adam Sandler's upcoming sequel to the 2010 feature film GROWN UPS from Columbia Pictures.

Renowned Japanese filmmaker Toshi Shioya is in New York this week to meet with teachers from the Stella Adler Studio of Acting and discuss their new partnership with The Actors Clinic, a prominent acting school in Tokyo led by Shioya.

A new play about the medical staff that risked their lives following the March 11, 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster will premiere in New York for a special performance on the one-year anniversary of the devastating earthquake in Japan. The following day the actors will perform the play, Hikobae, at the United Nations with the Mayor of Soma City, Hidekiyo Tachiya, in attendance

BBC America announced new seasons of shows set to air in April:

BBC has announced that THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW and THE THICK OF IT will return for American audiences this year. The eleventh season of THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW premieres Saturday, April 28, 11:00pm ET/PT. THE THICK OF IT is set to premiere Saturday, April 29, 12:00am ET/PT. Both shows are featured as part of The Ministry of Laughs.

The Tribeca Film Festival (TFF), presented by American Express, today announced its feature film selections in the Spotlight and Cinemania sections, as well as Special Screenings and the Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival lineup. The 11th edition of the Festival will take place from April 18 to April 29 in New York City.

A new play about the medical staff who risked their lives following the March 11, 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster will premiere in New York for a special performance on the one-year anniversary of the devastating earthquake in Japan. The following day, the actors will perform the play,Hikobae, at the United Nations with the Mayor of Soma City, Hidekiyo Tachiya, in attendance. Soma City is the coastal city in the prefecture of Fukushima that was devastated in the tsunami.

Lehman Center for the Performing Arts, in association with Sal Abbatiello of Fever Records, continues its 31st season with a celebration of 25 years of Freestyle music -- FOREVER FREESTYLE 6 -- on Saturday, March 3, 2012 at 8pm. To Latino teenagers in the late '80s and early '90s, Freestyle, a hybrid of Hip Hop and disco, was known simply as 'Our Music.' This year's concert will feature Freestyle artists STEVIE B, CORINA, SAFIRE, CYNTHIA, NOEL, NAYOBE, CORO, FASCINATION, STRAFE and THE VARGAS BROTHERS. The concert will also feature DJ LUCHO and will be hosted by SPEEDY and SAL ABBATIELLO.

Q'VIVA! THE CHOSEN, the first-of-its-kind docu-journey series showcasing Latin music and dance, and featuring entertainment icon Jennifer Lopez, international music star Marc Anthony and world-renowned concert director Jamie King, will premiere Saturday, March 3 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX, and will continue with two-hour episodes for five weeks until its grand finale Saturday, April 7 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT).

The american songstress IDINA MENZEL just announced her North American Tour dates. On the schedule, there is only one Canadian performance.

A new play about the medical staff that risked their lives following the March 11, 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster will premiere in New York for a special performance on the one-year anniversary of the devastating earthquake in Japan. The following day the actors will perform the play, Hikobae, at the United Nations with the Mayor of Soma City, Hidekiyo Tachiya, in attendance