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52 min ago | BroadwayWorld.com

Scott Evan Davis and Cast of Picture Perfect Set for Exposed at Time Out Lounge Tonight

"Exposed: Scott Evan Davis in Concert" will be presented tonight, May 19th at the Time Out Lounge at New World Stages.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Picture Perfect, Science Fiction Movies, Emerson College, Theater, Arts, Faith Prince, Manhattan, NY, New York, NY

Sat May 18, 2013

Examiner.com

The Beatles week ahead: Superstar lineup at Abbey Road on the River

Abbey Road on the River , With Peter Noone, Leon Russell, Peter Asher, Laurence Juber, May 23-27, Galt House Hotel, Louisville, Ky.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, The Beatles, John Lennon, Celebrities, Paul McCartney, More, Rock-N-Roll, Great Barrington, MA, Music!

Mirror.co.uk

Eurovision 2013 live: Song contest final show, voting and results as...

Europe's eyes are on Malmo as Petra Mede hosts the 58th Eurovision Song Contest.

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Related Topix: Petra Mede, Honey, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Musical Movies, Tweet

BroadwayWorld.com

Julien's Music Icons 2013 Auction to Feature Bette Midler Awards and More Today

Julien's Auctions returns to the Big Apple for the music memorabilia auction of the year at the Hard Rock Caf in Times Square today, May 18, 2013.

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Related Topix: Music!, History Movies, Hawaii, Drama Movies, Celebrities, Bette Midler, Elvis Presley, Pop/Rock, John Lennon

E! Online

Rooney Mara's Sexy Slip: Gotta Have It or Make It Stop?

We know that slip dresses are a trend. Well, we know that they were a trend in the late '90s, right around the time heroine chic had its fifteen minutes of fame.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Side Effects, Musical Movies, Drama Movies

Film School Rejects

NBC's New TV Shows Are the Same As FOX's New TV Shows

Fox and NBC have announced their fall lineup, and it's hard not to notice some similarities between their offerings.

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Related Topix: Parenting, Family, Horror Movies, Thriller, Mystery Movies, Drama Movies

Fri May 17, 2013

Hollywood Reporter

Cannes: Olga Kurylenko, Luke Bracey, Bill Smitrovich Join 'November Man'

Now, a year later, November Man is filling out its cast with three more actors before the project begins shooting on May 20.

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Related Topix: To the Wonder, Oblivion, Western, Adventure, Science Fiction Movies, Iron Man, Independence Day, Thriller, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Bill Smitrovich, Olga Kurylenko

BroadwayWorld.com

Gianni Russo to Be Honored as Little Italy's 'Man of the...

Summer in Little Italy will officially start on Saturday, May 25, with a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at 12 Noon marking the opening of the Mulberry Street Pedestrian Mall, it was announced by Ralph Tramontana, President of the Little Ital Merchants Association which has operated the Mall since its creation 25 years ago.

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Related Topix: Sport Movies, Any Given Sunday, The Freshman, Family, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Crime Movies, Chinatown (New York, NY), New York, North Yorkshire County, England, World News, East Riding of Yorkshire County, England, United Kingdom, Life, Memorial Day, Holidays

Creative Loafing

The Great Gatsby: Novel approach mars novel adaptation

LIFESTYLES OF THE RICH AND FAMOUS: Jay Gatsby provides Daisy and Tom with a tour in The Great Gatsby .

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, The Great Gatsby, Crime Movies, Romeo-Juliet, Celebrities, Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan, Joel Edgerton, The Scarlet Letter

MuchMusic.com

Get ready for Monday's Will Smith Movie Marathon with this playlist

MUCH is celebrating the long weekend with one of movie and TV's freshest actors ever.

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Related Topix: Independence Day, Will Smith, Comedy, Thriller, I, Robot, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Black Entertainment, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Hip-Hop, Entertainment, Science Fiction Movies, Television, Celebrities, Science / Technology, Robots

BroadwayWorld.com

Photo Coverage: Cast Members from GLEE Join the Celebration for Jane Lynch's ANNIE Party

Emmy Award-winning actress Jane Lynch , who stars in the hit FOX television show GLEE as ruthless cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester, made her Broadway debut this week as tyrannical orphanage matron Miss Hannigan in Annie and BroadwayWorld.com was there to capture the celebrations of her joining the show including cast members from GLEE who came to ... (more)

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Related Topix: Glee, Entertainment, Television, Emmy Awards, A Mighty Wind, Family, Best in Show, Comedy Movies, Music!, Musical Movies, Annie, The Rocker

JD Journal

Melissa Joan Hart's Kickstarter Campaign Fails Utterly to Kick Off

Not every crowdfunding attempt is going to be a raging success. Though "Veronica Mars" managed a Kickstarter project that garnered her $5.7 million in funding as an alternative to Hollywood funding, Melissa Joan Hart was unable to gain nearly so much, and ultimately failed to meet the stipulated goal.

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Related Topix: Melissa and Joey, Entertainment, Television, Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, Comedy, Drive Me Crazy, Children TV, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Comedy Movies, Family, Drama Movies, Clarissa Explains It All, Melissa Joan Hart

BroadwayWorld.com

Christopher Plummer, Barbara Byrne and More Join Guthrie's 50th Anniversary Gala, 6/22

The Guthrie today announced that eight artists who have graced the Guthrie's stages during its 50-year history, from the first season in 1963 to the theater's current season, are slated to participate in the Guthrie's 50th anniversary on June 22, 2013.

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Related Topix: Celebrities, Christopher Plummer, Theater, Arts, Medea, Comedy Movies, Drama Movies, The Purple Rose of Cairo, Animation Movies, Music!, Thriller, History Movies, Mystery Movies, Crime Movies, Birth, Macbeth

Thu May 16, 2013

Film Threat

the Bootleg Files: Suspense - a Cask of Amontillado

CHANCES OF SEEING A COMMERCIAL DVD RELEASE: Yes, there was a commercial release - but you can't stop the bootleggers! Unless you were around in the late 1940s and early 1950s, you probably never heard of "Suspense." Originally created as a radio program, this half-hour anthology series was among the popular programs in the very early days of ... (more)

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Related Topix: Celebrities, Paul Newman, Indie, Grace Kelly, Leslie Nielsen, Horror Movies, Thriller, Mystery Movies, Drama Movies, Bela Lugosi

Pasadena Star-News

Steve Smith: Fleetwood Mac has more new songs; Jimi Hendrix's supergroup with Paul McCartney

Less than a year before his death, Jimi Hendrix sent Paul McCartney a telegram inviting him to join a supergroup he was putting together, reports The Associated Press.

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Related Topix: Music!, Fleetwood Mac, Pop/Rock, Michigan

Examiner.com

Conversations 'Bout the Girls

Conversations 'Bout the Girls is a provocative play that is quit delightful: 'Bout the Girls chronicles the lives of young girls and women and their relationships with their breasts, body image and world around them.

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Related Topix: Documentary Movies, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Speed, Comedy Movies, Thriller, History Movies, Los Angeles County, CA, Medicine, Health, Breast Cancer, Los Angeles, CA

Mi2n

Guitar Superstar Al Di Meola Pays Personal Tribute To The Beatles,...

Email: info@innsbruckrecords.com Website: http://www.aldimeola.com Music: http://innsbruckrecords.com/al-dimeola/al-di-meola-and-i-love-her [...] Like millions of other American boys growing up during the 1960s, guitarist Al Di Meola was forever affected by seeing The Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show back in the era of black & white TV.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, The Beatles, Children TV, Animated TV, Entertainment, Television, Celebrities, Paul McCartney, Al di Meola, Jazz, Music!, The Ed Sullivan Show

Ananova

Derek Jacobi wants to press ahead with second series of Vicious

Critics ripped apart the new comedy, about a bickering elderly gay couple living in London, when it aired on ITV earlier this month, with reviewers branding it "lame" and "the least funny new comedy in recent memory". Viewing figures for the show have also significantly plummeted since it was first aired, but veteran star Jacobi is still convinced ... (more)

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Related Topix: London, Documentary Movies, Drama Movies, Celebrities, Ian McKellen, Music, Entertainment

The Austin Chronicle

The Music Man

Outside of band camp, who would even care to imagine a parade with 76 trombones, much less one with 110 cornets on their heels? And yet when Robert Preston's professor Harold Hill paints the picture of that brass orgy in The Music Man , it's not just visible in your mind's eye; you tingle at the thought.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, The Music Man, Family, Drama Movies, Musical Movies, Robert Preston, Iowa, Guys and Dolls, Crime Movies, Documentary Movies

Wed May 15, 2013

BroadwayWorld.com

Dixon Place & The Apothetae to Present the Penalty, 6/13-29

Dixon Place & The Apothetae present The Penalty, written by Clay McLeod Chapman and directed by Kris Thor, with music and lyrics by Robert M. Johanson and Clay McLeod Chapman .

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Related Topix: Crime Movies, Western, Drama Movies, Thriller, The Penalty, Mystery Movies, Lower East Side (New York, NY)