Frost/Nixon to open film festival
The world premiere of Frost/Nixon - adapted from the hit stage play - will open this year's London Film Festival in October. More »
Bidder to name next McNab villain
The villain in author Andy McNab's next novel will be named by a charity bidder who has paid £10,000 for the privilege More »
The Verve return after 11 years
The reformed band reveal full details of the follow-up to 1997's Urban Hymns. More »
`The Hamburger: A History' good to last bite (AP)
AP - "The Hamburger: A History" (147 Pages. Yale University Press. $22), by Josh Ozersky: Writing an ode to a single foodstuff is a road studded with pitfalls. If you go too granular, your narrative is derailed by obscurity. If you're too generalist, you sink into a morass of cliche. More »
Nicole Richie to guest star on NBC's `Chuck' (AP)
AP - As Paris Hilton's sidekick on "The Simple Life," Nicole Richie showed a flair for comedy — and an impish glee at cracking jokes at others' expense. More »
Review: `Wanted' a wildly outlandish action pic (AP)
AP - The movie is called "Wanted" and the star is Angelina Jolie. No, it is not a documentary. More »
Casting Couch: Cage Sees a Ghost; Olyphant Doing Damages; Cross Gets a Peck (E! Online)
E! Online - Nicolas Cage is going from Ghost Rider to The Ghost. More »
Ivy Grows on Sarah Jessica Parker (E! Online)
E! Online - Now that Sarah Jessica Parker's Big moment is behind her, it's time to start thinking about her post-Sex life. More »
Galati's 'Kafka on the Shore' to Feature Guinan, Hill, de la Cruz, Larkin, Tejero at Steppenwolf (Playbill)
Playbill - Steppenwolf Theatre Company has announced additional details about its 2008-2009 season opener, Kafka on the Shore, a world premiere "exploration of the imagination" adapted for the stage and directed by ensemble member Frank Galati. More »
Route 66 Theatre Co. Will Introduce Itself With Chicago Premiere, 'On an Average Day' (Playbill)
Playbill - Stef Tovar, the Jeff Award-winning actor and American Theater Company ensemble member, has formed a new Chicago troupe called The Route 66 Theatre Company. More »
Dennis DeYoung's 'Hunchback' Musical Extended in Chicago (Playbill)
Playbill - Bailiwick Repertory's Jeff-nominated production of rocker Dennis DeYoung's new musical of Victor Hugo's classic The Hunchback of Notre Dame has been extended to Aug. 31, the Chicago troupe announced. More »
'Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy,' an Acrobatic Eyeful, Opens on Broadway (Playbill)
Playbill - Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy, the family-friendly theatrical, acrobatic and musical adventure that evokes the exotica of untamed places, opens at the Broadway Theatre June 26 after previews from June 16. More »
The Mamas and The Papas Sing Again in 'Dream a Little Dream' (Playbill)
Playbill - Dream a Little Dream, The Nearly True Story of The Mamas and The Papas, the new musical about one of the most influential singing groups of the sixties, makes its East Coast premiere starting June 26 in a production by Florida Stage in Manalapan, FL. More »
Merry and Bright? Producers Hope 'White Christmas' Will Play Broadway This Year (Playbill)
Playbill - The splashy, big-cast, Broadway-style White Christmas that has been seen in a Walter Bobbie-directed production in San Francisco, Boston, Detroit, Toronto, Los Angeles and St. Paul may be coming to Broadway. More »
Regional Hit Musical 'Marvelous Wonderettes' Will Bring Prom Dreams to Off-Broadway (Playbill)
Playbill - The Marvelous Wonderettes, writer-director Roger Bean's regional hit musical about a foursome of girls singing their hearts out in the late 1950s, is being prepared for an Off-Broadway run, produced by David Elzer and former Disney exec Peter Schneider. More »
Margulies' Survivor Tale, 'Shipwrecked!', Told Anew at Geffen Playhouse (Playbill)
Playbill - Gregory Itzin, widely known for playing corrupt President Charles Logan on television's "24," comes ashore again in Shipwrecked!, opening June 25 at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles. More »
Move Over, George and Martha - 'Stitching''s Stu and Abby Get U.S. Premiere (Playbill)
Playbill - British playwright Anthony Neilson's Stitching - a play about relationship games that would make Edward Albee's vicious characters sit up and take notice - will open June 25 in its U.S. premiere. Previews for the Off-Broadway production directed by Timothy Haskell began June 17. More »
Idol Auditions Get Cooking in Cali (E! Online)
E! Online - The ink is barely dry on David Cook's record deal, but the search for the next overbearing stage father American Idol is on! More »
Jolie-Pitts in $1m Iraq donation
Film stars Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie donate $1m to help children affected by the war in Iraq. More »
UK radio in £1.1m fine
Ofcom fines a UK radio group £1.1m after it found listeners who paid to enter competitions had no chance of winning. More »
Zimbabwe casts pall over Mandela UK visit, concert (Reuters)
Reuters - Nelson Mandela uttered just four words criticizing Zimbabwe's leadership, but they were enough to resonate around the world. More »
Vatican paper: Pope Benedict XVI doesn't wear Prada (AP)
AP - The devil may wear Prada — but the pope does not. More »
A short review of the new Pixar short, `Presto' (AP)
AP - The arrival of a new Pixar film also means the debut of the animation studio's latest short. And this time, the feature film has more in common with its short-film tradition. More »