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Is there any doubt that Burlesque is going to be the craziest movie of 2010? It's already got Cher and Christina Aguilera duking it out in the main roles, and Stanley Tucci, Kristen Bell and Cam Gigandet, among others, as witnesses to the catfight.

Alan Cumming has reportedly signed to star in upcoming film Burlesque . The Tony Award-winning actor will play a gender-bending club host and MC, reports Variety .

Casting Tidbits Activate! First up, THR reports that Zach Galifianakis is continuing his hot hiring streak , but this time only his voice will be needed as he's entered negotiations to provide the voice for Humpty Dumpty in the Shrek spin-off Puss in Boots at DreamWorks Animation.

Alan Cumming won a Tony Award for his iconic performance as the MC in Cabaret . He's earned a place in the hearts of cult movie lovers for his turn as the geek-turned-billionaire in Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion , before casting everyone's favorite indie actors in The Anniversary Party , the film he wrote and directed with Jennifer Jason ...

Shrek - "I'm a Believer" The Radio City Rockettes will also appear. Tony Award winner Jane Krakowski will perform an original song written by Emmy-nominated composers Wesley Whatley and William Schermerhorn.

Northampton-based musician and performance artist Lenelle Moise is part of The Theater Offensive's Out on the Edge Festival with her one-person show Womb-Words, Thirsting.

MURDERLAND STV Monday, 9pm ALAN CUMMING'S THE REAL CABARET BBC4 Tuesday, 12.30am BBC ELECTRIC PROMS 2009: ROBBIE WILLIAMS BBC2 Tuesday, 10pm ISTOPPED watching television crime drama around the time that a torture device involving barbed wire and a chair with a conveniently cut hole in the seat was used in the lamentable Wire In The Blood.

A week in the life of actor, musician, music director and talk-show host Seth Rudetsky.

When Tony award-winner Alan Cumming began to speak at the Yale Repertory Theatre lounge last Friday, there was a sharp intake of breath in the audience of theater buffs and Broadway aficionados that filled the lounge to the brim: Cumming had an unexpectedly strong Scottish accent.

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By ALAN PEPPARD / The Dallas Morning News apeppard@dallasnews.com apeppard@dallasnews.com Unlike Dita Von Teese two years ago, multithreat actor and singer Alan Cumming will keep all of his clothes on when he performs at the black-tie Two by Two for AIDS and Art gala on Oct.

Dare In theaters: November 13, 2009 Emmy Rossum , Zach Gilford and Ashley Springer head up a stellar cast including Ana Gasteyer , Rooney Mara , comedienne Sandra Bernhard and Alan Cumming in this captivating story of high school seniors at the crossroads of their adult lives.

At the Performing Arts Center's Samueli Theater on Saturday, Alan Cumming told his audience that others had warned him about the perils of bringing his act "behind the Orange Curtain." They needn't have worried.

Cumming has undeniable and indefeasible charm. But what has happened to the scabrous Scot and the louche, sacrilegious elf? enlarge There seems to have been a recurring clause in Alan Cumming's contracts that has obliged him to bare his backside at most of his theatrical ventures.

Tony Award winner Alan Cumming will bring his one-man cabaret show, I Bought a Blue Car Today , to the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles for eight shows, Sept.

This week's issue of Entertainment Weekly magazine checked in with the rep for Evan Rachel Wood , who previous rumors stated was let go as Mary Jane , along with other contracted performers from SPIDER-MAN when the show hit financial troubles.

Mr Cumming's solo show feels more than a little me, me, me . . . Lights, camera, Alan! I sometimes wonder what it must be like to have talent, the burden it must impose.

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He came, he saw, but did his one-man cabaret act conquer the critics? Despite a few sniffs, the reviews swoon in unison There are many people who adore Alan Cumming OBE.

I think that in future I may simply avoid solo-star musical cabaret evenings. Although one may have admired the star in a string of dramatic and character roles, seeing them in effect commodify their own self - " turning their person into persona - " is often a little tacky.