Archive for June, 2008

Hayes, Krakowski bring “Damn Yankees” to NY stage

Monday, June 30th, 2008

Hayes, Krakowski bring "Damn Yankees" to NY stage By Robert Osborne 1 hour, 48 minutes ago NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) -
There's an unwritten rule:
Major stage shows just don't open in this town in the summer,
which makes this coming New York weekend sound particularly
inviting.

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PLAYBILL.COM’S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW: Snap, Snap

Friday, June 27th, 2008

PLAYBILL.COM'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW: Snap, Snap Robert Simonson
Playbill On-Line
1 hour, 54 minutes ago The musical is penned by songwriter
Andrew Lippa
and
Jersey Boys
writers
Marshall Brickman
and
Rick Elice
, the hot bookwriting team of the moment. Adding further spice to the project are

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Casting Couch: Cage Sees a Ghost; Olyphant Doing Damages; Cross Gets a Peck

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

Casting Couch: Cage Sees a Ghost; Olyphant Doing Damages; Cross Gets a Peck Josh Grossberg Thu Jun 26, 5:29 AM ET Los Angeles (E! Online) -

Nicolas Cage
is going from
Ghost Rider
to The Ghost. The actor has come aboard to star opposite fellow

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Kanye West, Angelina Jolie, James Gandolfini

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

decided to move his 8:15 p.m. appearance to 4:30 the following morning at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, Tennessee, last week because he wanted it dark enough for his light show, audience members were understandably upset, and they let him know it by booing, waving makeshift signs (”Kanye hates hippies!”) and scrawling anti-West graffiti. The criticism continued on the Internet. Now West has hit back on his own blog. “This Bonnaroo thing is the worst insult I've ever had in my life,” he wrote on his Web site, kanyeuniversecity.com. “Call me any name you want,” he continued, “arrogant, conceited, narcissistic, racist,” adding, “BUT NEVER SAY I DIDN'T GIVE MY ALL!”

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Harry Potter - Grint Attends Murdered Co-stars Funeral

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

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Katie Holmes - Broadways Ticket Prices Make Movies Look Cheap

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008

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The world’s most powerful celebrities

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008

Oprah Winfrey remains No. 1 on the Celebrity 100. Despite weakening television ratings and magazine circulation, Winfrey earned $275 million before taxes in the past 12 months, and she remains one of the most famous faces in the world. SPECIAL REPORT The world's most powerful celebrities
Matthew Miller
Forbes.com
Published: June 12, 2008
It is the year of the tween. Coming off a massive concert tour, a hit 3-D movie - and a risqué picture in Vanity Fair - pop star Miley Cyrus (aka Hannah Montana) leads a slew of young stars onto Forbes' annual Celebrity 100 ranking of the world's ultra-famous.

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Broadway gearing up for fall season

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008

Broadway gearing up for fall season By Robert Osborne 1 hour, 49 minutes ago NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) -
Congratulations to all you
new Tony winners. It's a tradition that had a noble start: When
the coveted prizes for Broadway's best were handed out for the
first time 61 years ago, it was not at the 5,933-seat

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Katie Holmes to make Broadway debut this fall

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

star and wife of Tom Cruise, begins preview performances in a revival of Arthur Miller’s
All My Sons,
producer Eric Falkenstein announced Tuesday.
The production, which also stars John Lithgow, Dianne Wiest and Patrick Wilson, officially opens Oct. 16 at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre for a limited engagement through Jan. 11.
All My Sons
concerns businessman Joe Keller (Lithgow), whose factory supplied defective cylinder parts to the military, resulting in the deaths of 21 pilots during World War II. Yet it was his business partner who went to jail for the mistake.

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Katie Holmes Makes Broadway Debut in September

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

June 16: Actress Katie Holmes will act in her first Broadway play, "All My Sons," in September.
NEW YORK —  Curtain up Sept. 18 for Katie Holmes’ Broadway debut.
That’s the date the former “Dawson’s Creek” star and wife of Tom Cruise, begins preview performances in a revival of Arthur Miller’s “All My Sons,” producer Eric Falkenstein announced Tuesday.
The production, which also stars John Lithgow, Dianne Wiest and Patrick Wilson, officially opens Oct. 16 at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre for a limited engagement through Jan. 11.

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