November 19, 2009
By Jeremy Blacklow
HOLLYWOOD, Calif.
You’d think that 24-year-old actress Anna Kendrick would feel a bit of pressure, being in not one, but two, of the biggest films of the 2009 holiday season.
Rather, very unlike the hyperactive human Jessica character that she plays in “The Twilight Saga,” she is cool, calm and collected about the upcoming wave of publicity that she’s currently undergoing.
More about Anna, and her experiences filming “Up In The Air” with George Clooney… after the jump!
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November 16, 2009
NEW YORK, New York
It’s official: After weeks of speculation, Jay-Z and Will and Jada Pinkett Smith have joined the producing team of the Broadway musical “Fela!”
Jay-Z told The Associated Press last month that he might be getting involved in the show, an Afrobeat musical about the life of Nigerian musician Fela Anikulapo-Kuti.
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November 10, 2009
NEW YORK, New York
Get ready for another big name on Broadway.
Denzel Washington plans to return to the New York stage next spring in a revival of August Wilson’s “Fences.”
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November 09, 2009
NEW YORK, New York
Ashlee Simpson-Wentz might have been axed from “Melrose Place,” but the actress/singer is getting a new gig on The Great White Way. Ashlee will star as Roxie Hart in the Broadway production of “Chicago,” Access Hollywood has learned.
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November 07, 2009
NEW YORK, New York
Broadway has found its Spider-Man — rock singer Reeve Carney.
Carney will portray celebrated web-slinger Peter Parker in “Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark,” producer Michael Cohl announced Friday.
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November 05, 2009
ARLINGTON, Va.
Angela Lansbury will be the first recipient of the Stephen Sondheim Award from a Washington-area theater that has produced more of his works than any other U.S. theater.
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November 04, 2009
NEW YORK, New York
Before Patrick Swayze was a film actor, a TV actor and People magazine’s “Sexiest Man Alive,” he was a dancer.
And so it was fitting that a huge, eclectic group of dancers gathered to honor him this week at the annual fundraiser for Career Transition for Dancers, a group that helps dancers develop new careers after age or injury forces them to halt dancing.
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November 04, 2009
NEW YORK, New York
Jude Law and his fellow cast mates in Broadway’s production of “Hamlet” have no reason to be melancholy: They are an official hit.
Producers of the Shakespeare classic now playing at the Broadhurst Theatre said Wednesday they’ve recouped the show’s $2.5 million costs in less than three months.
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November 03, 2009
By Jeremy Blacklow
BURBANK, Calif.
It’s hard to go anywhere nowadays and escape the “Glee” hype. And why would you want to? It’s arguably the most refreshing new scripted series on television since “30 Rock” debuted three years ago.
In today’s multi-media platform society though, one track of income a successful business venture does not make. Today, the first volume of songs is available for purchase as well, courtesy of Columbia Records.
And nothing could be more fun for reliving the moments associated with the songs in the show.
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