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Returning with 26 all-new episodes, Season two of BLUE premieres tonight, March 15 on WIGS.

WIGS (www.watchwigs.com and www.youtube.com/wigs), the No. 1 channel for scripted drama on YouTube, announced today the return of two of its most acclaimed series, BLUE, starring Julia Stiles ("The Bourne Ultimatum"), and LAUREN, starring Troian Bellisario ("Pretty Little Liars") and Jennifer Beals.

Fox Broadcasting Company (FOX) has entered into a multi-year pact with YouTube original drama channel WIGS. Building upon News Corporation's initial investment, FOX and WIGS have formed a programming, marketing and distribution partnership designed to expand the breadth of offerings through the WIGS channel.

Fox Broadcasting Company (FOX) has entered into a multi-year pact with YouTube original drama channel WIGS. Building upon News Corporation's initial investment, FOX and WIGS have formed a programming, marketing and distribution partnership designed to expand the breadth of offerings through the WIGS channel, and test and nurture dramatic concepts and talent in the digital realm. Under the terms of the partnership agreement, FOX will assume a collaborative role in developing and marketing the channel to grow its base of female viewers, with an eye toward building content that can be programmed on FOX and/or other channels.

Beloved television icon Florence Henderson is stirring up good times and good food with a parade of celebrities in RLTV's new series, Who's Cooking with Florence Henderson, premiering Wednesday, Feb. 27 at 9 PM ET, To add a healthy and delicious twist, they will work alongside celebrated chef Govind Armstrong to reinvent healthier versions of their favorite culinary classics.

Deadline reports that Virginia Madsen has been tapped to lead the upcoming pilot HATFIELDS & MCCOYS for NBC.

On February 7, 2013, Trigg Ison Fine Art in association with Amy Adams and Justin Timberlake presented the opening of landmark exhibition "Darren LeGallo: Nothing You Don't Know," produced by Trigg Ison Fine Art within the Avenues: Art, Fashion & Design District, West Hollywood. Trigg Ison, Justin Timberlake and Amy Adams hosted the private event with guests including Jessica Biel, Dermot Mulroney, Virginia Madsen, Alex Pettyfer, Adam Shankman, and Timbaland.

Celebrity. Fashion. Style. Youth. Danielle Levitt spends her life capturing these elements as a famous New York-based celebrity and fashion photographer, who spends her days documenting our culture. Her subjects include Mark Wahlberg, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jon Stewart, Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Stone and Katy Perry.

Celebrity. Fashion. Style. Youth. Danielle Levitt spends her life capturing these elements as a famous New York-based celebrity and fashion photographer, who spends her days documenting our culture. Her subjects include Mark Wahlberg, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jon Stewart, Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Stone and Katy Perry.

Deadline reports that Kevin Dunn will have a recurring role on HBO's comedy series VEEP starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus. The actor will portray Ben, described as 'the President's Chief of Staff. Pragmatic and no-nonsense, Ben finds himself unable to navigate the all-spin-all-the-time world of Washington politics.'

Deadline reports that Academy Award winner Martin Landau and Oscar-nominated Virginia Madsen have joined the cast of Lifetime's upcoming biopic THE ANNA NICOLE STORY. Mary Harron (American Psycho) will direct the project and will executive produce along with Craig Zadan, Neil Meron and Judith Verno.

Deadline.com has announced that Virginia Madsen, David Julian Hirsh, Jon Seda and Billy Zane are set for recurring roles on upcoming TV shows this fall. Madsen will join the cast of AMC's western drama, Hell On Wheels in a three-episode story arc. The actress will portray Mrs. Hannah Durant, the wife of Thomas "Doc" Durant played by Colm Meaney.

Julia Stiles stars in a new series, BLUE which is premiering now on the YouTube Channel, WIGS (www.youtube.com/wigs). In the series, Stiles stars as the title character, a single mom trying to protect her son from the consequences of her secret career.

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Virginia Madsen and Steven Weber are set to perform A Work Of Art, Pulitzer Prize finalist Stephen Karam's first play (which he wrote at age 17), at 20 Years of Winners: Scenes, Songs, and Speeches from 20 Years of the Young Playwrights Festival this evening, June 3 at 6pm. A Work of Art was produced in The Blank Theatre's Young Playwrights Festival in 1997.

Virginia Madsen and Steven Weber are set to perform A Work Of Art, Pulitzer Prize finalist Stephen Karam's first play (which he wrote at age 17), at 20 Years of Winners: Scenes, Songs, and Speeches from 20 Years of the Young Playwrights Festival on Sunday, June 3 at 6pm. A Work of Art was produced in The Blank Theatre's Young Playwrights Festival in 1997.

More than 50 actors are set to participate in The Blank Theatre's 20th Anniversary Young Playwrights Festival, including Catherine Hicks (7th Heaven), Laura Silverman (The Sarah Silverman Program), Mackenzie Phillips (American Graffiti, One Day At A Time), Peri Gilpin (Frasier), Josh Randall (Greek, Scrubs, Dusk Rings A Bell at The Blank), Lenny Jacobson (Nurse Jackie, Sukie & Sue: Their Story at The Blank), Zach Roerig (The Vampire Diaries), and Matthew Moy (2 Broke Girls). Twelve winning plays by young playwrights aged 9 -19, from nine different states, will be presented during this year's festival at the Stella Adler Theatre in Hollywood, running from May 31- June 24.

Jennifer Garner and Alfred Molina star in SERENA, a short film written and directed by Rodrigo Garcia, a co-founder of WIGS along with Jon Avnet and Jake Avnet. Garner plays Serena, a woman who makes a series of shocking confessions to her Priest (Molina).

Today, award-winning filmmakers Jon Avnet ('Black Swan,' 'Fried Green Tomatoes,' 'Risky Business') and Rodrigo Garcia ('Albert Nobbs,' 'In Treatment,' 'Mother and Child') launch 'Jan,' the first WIGS series from a comprehensive slate of new, original programming.The digital channel's premiere series, 'Jan,' is written and directed by Jon Avnet. The series stars Caitlin Gerard ('The Social Network'), Virginia Madsen ('Sideways'), Stephen Moyer ('True Blood'), along with Alexandra Holden ('Friday Night Lights'), Jaime Murray ('Dexter,' 'Spartacus'), Kyle Gallner ('A Nightmare on Elm Street'), Iddo Goldberg ('Diary of a Call Girl,' 'Uprising'), Laura Spencer, Dorothy Davis, Allison McAtee, Andrea De Oliveira, John Ales, and Cass Castelow. Watch the first episode below!

YouTube welcomes filmmakers Jon Avnet (Black Swan, Fried Green Tomatoes, Risky Business) and Rodrigo Garcia (Albert Nobbs, In Treatment, Mother and Child), who have joined forces to create WIGS (youtube.com/wigs), a channel producing original, scripted dramatic series and short films about the lives of women. Virginia Madsen, Stephen Moyer, Caitlin Gerard, Jennifer Garner, Alfred Molina and Julia Stiles star in the first three series, with Jennifer Beals, America Ferrera, Dakota Fanning, Michael C. Hall, Alison Janney and other acclaimed actors starring in upcoming series.