Based on the award-winning book that inspired the Oscar-winning film and the Emmy-winning television series. It’s 1962. A hot August night lies heavy over the small town of Argo, Alabama. A dead white man is discovered and the local police arrest a black stranger named Virgil Tibbs. The police discover that their prime suspect is in fact a homicide detective from California. As it happens, Tibbs becomes the racially-tense community’s single hope in solving a brutal murder that is turning up no witnesses, no motives and no clues.
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Cooking Channel kicks off August with new series Restaurant Takeover beginning Monday, August 12th at 10pmET/7pmPT as one chef and an expert designer help rescue failing restaurants in just six days.
NBA Finals Game 7 on ABC - the Miami Heat defeated the San Antonio Spurs in a thriller to repeat as NBA Champions - delivered a 17.7 overnight rating, according to Nielsen. This is the second highest-rated NBA game in ABC history.
Kicking off Theatre UCF's summer season is BOEING BOEING, a play originally written by Marc Camoletti and translated by Beverly Cross and Francis Evans. Set in Paris during the 1960's Bernard (Patrick Sylvester) happily juggles life with the aid of his maid (Kate Ingram) as a swinging bachelor with three beautiful women. Bernard's friend, Robert (Eric Earley) comes to town, at the same time a new Boeing jet throws off all of Bernard's careful planning.
Dominating with its 3rd night of coverage of the 2013 NBA Finals (Miami-San Antonio Game 3), ABC won Tuesday by a margin of 40% in Adults 18-49 over runner-up NBC with the season's penultimate episode of “The Voice-TUE” and “America's Got Talent” (4.2/13 vs. 3.0/9). The Net also led by wide margins with Adults 18-34, Adults 25-54 and across all key Men demos.
A hotel is not a hotel without its guests, and for the last three years in a row, those of the Courtyard Toronto Downtown hotel have consistently rated it one of the best.
TNT's exclusive presentation of the 2013 NBA Eastern Conference Finals Game 7 between the Miami Heat and Indiana Pacers delivered a 7.1 U.S. HH rating and 11.5 million total viewers, based on Nielsen Fast Nationals, to become the third highest-rated and third most-viewed program in the history of the network. Last night's Game 7 ranks as TNT's highest-rated and most-viewed NBA telecast in the network's 29-year history with the league and is the highest-rated and most-viewed NBA game across all of television (broadcast and cable) this year.
When a hotel boasts a waterfront location, there's only one solution to beating the summer heat basking in the sunshine with a cocktail in hand and a cool breeze passing through. At the Copenhagen Marriott Hotel, located at the harbor, guests and locals alike can celebrate summer at the Waterfront Terrace, open now through 31st August at this Copenhagen, Denmark hotel.
Oxygen's fan-favorite original series "Bad Girls Club" returns to Miami in its 11th season airing Tuesdays this summer. The newest Bad Girls are bringing the heat to South Beach, and with personalities this big drama is sure to follow. Miami was previously home to the Bad Girls of season 5, and the seven newest cast members are ready to live up to their predecessors' wild antics. The beaches and clubs of this party city will never be the same.
American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) closes its 2012-13 season with a dazzling new production of Tom Stoppard's masterwork, Arcadia. Directed by A.C.T. Artistic Director Carey Perloff, Arcadia unfolds in a beautiful English country house and moves between the nineteenth century and the present through a series of love stories, as characters from both eras discover connections, unearth mysteries, and unravel hidden truths about the nature of heat and desire. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the production below.
Miserable rain didn't stop the red carpet last night at the 58th Annual Drama Desks, because neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these performers (or our photographer) from the swift completion of their appointed rounds. Check out photos below from the rainy red carpet!
Following last night's elimination of Angie Miller, 19, from Beverly, MA, Candice and Kree are the two women left standing in a historically close fight to the finish.
TBS Just For Laughs Chicago has announced the addition of Russell Brand, Pete Holmes, Paul F. Tompkins, Brian Posehn, Doug Benson, Todd Glass, Scott Adsit, Kevin Dorff, Jon Glaser, TJ & Dave, Horatio Sanz, Matt Walsh, Brad Morris and Joe Nunez to its 5th anniversary festival line-up. America's biggest comedy festival also announced the addition of a second Nick Swardson show at The Vic to accommodate tremendous demand, and director Paul Feig (Bridesmaids) will make a special appearance to introduce an advance screening of his new movie The Heat at Kerasotes ShowPlace ICON on June 11.
With the NBA Playoffs in full swing, TNT achieved across-the-board victories last week, ranking as basic cable's #1 network in primetime among total viewers, adults 25-54 and adults 18-49. TNT also landed a primetime win among adults 18-34 for the week and a total-day win among adults 25-54.
Versatile vocalist/entertainer Patti Austin, and critically-acclaimed recording artist John Legend will be inducted into the Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame at this year's Opening Night at the Hollywood Bowl, Saturday, June 22, at8 pm. The two join previously announced inductees for this year, Steven Tyler andJoe Perry of iconic rock band AEROSMITH.
Fresh off the announcement of all-time high ratings and news of all-new episodes through July, The Wendy Williams Show continues to heat up.
If you haven't had the chance to catch up on your theater news, look no further than today's recap of all things theater - exclusive features, interviews, reviews and more! - around the Broadway World for the week of April 15!
The American Film Institute (AFI) announced today that STEEL MAGNOLIAS has been added to the classic movie lineup of screenings for the special one-night-only event, Target Presents AFI Night at the Movies. 2012 AFI Life Achievement Award recipient and Oscar-winning actress Shirley MacLaine and Oscar-winning actress Sally Field will reunite to co-present the film, which will screen along with 12 other films, on Wednesday April 24 at the ArcLight Hollywood. Adding to this unique night, audience members will join Field and AFI to celebrate MacLaine with a birthday song prior to the screening. Tickets for STEEL MAGNOLIAS go on sale today at 10:00 a.m. (PT).
Rapper, actor and TV host Xzibit will heat up industry night at LAX Nightclub inside Luxor Hotel & Casino with a special midweek affair tonight, April 17. Clubgoers will flock to the nightlife destination for a chance to experience the mega-star's live performance.
Rapper, actor and TV host Xzibit will heat up industry night at LAX Nightclub inside Luxor Hotel & Casino with a special midweek affair Wednesday, April 17. Clubgoers will flock to the nightlife destination for a chance to experience the mega-star's live performance.
Exciting new developments are taking shape in Colorado this summer. From an all-inclusive luxury cabin resort and a new hiking trail that was formerly an off-limits area for nearly a quarter of a century, to two new craft distilleries and a highly anticipated new European-inspired artisanal market in Denver, Colorado is buzzing with news from around the state. Highlights are below.
Come to DPAC, Durham Performing Arts Center, to experience what happens when the 'Midnight Train' and the 'Love Train' meet for one incredible night of music. Legendary performers Gladys Knight and The O'Jays will heat up the Cool Summer Nights at DPAC series when the Family Reunion Tour arrives on June 30. This show is presented in partnership with The DOME Group, Inc.
Georgia Shakespeare brings Atlanta's favorite outdoor theatre tradition back to Piedmont Park this May with 'Shakespeare in the Park.' Formerly known as 'Shake at the Lake,' the event now has a new name to reflect its move in 2012 to a new location at the Legacy Fountain.
Below, check out quotables from NBC's 'LATE NIGHT WITH JIMMY FALLON' for the week of March 18 - 22:
Distinguished director Richard Eyre returns to Chichester to open Festival 2013 with THE PAJAMA GAME. Love is in the air at the Sleep-Tite Pajama Factory as handsome new Superintendent Sid Sorokin falls head-over-heels for firebrand Union rep Babe Williams. But when the employees are refused a seven-and-a-half cents an hour raise, sparks fly and the couple find themselves deliciously at odds. Will love, eventually, conquer all in this delightful romantic comedy?
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