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Just Jared (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Reeve Carney has been selected to play the superhero Spider-Man in the the new Broadway musical, Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark. U2’s Bono and The Edge will be bringing the music and lyric to the mega-production, which will be directed by Julie Taymor. A press release sent out on Friday reads, “After an exhaustive search that included [...]
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Pink Is The New Blog (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Last night David and I were invited by our good friend David Brind to the LA premiere of the new movie Dare which he wrote! The film has been screening at film festivals all year long (starting out with Sundance back in January) and finally premiered here in Hollywood: The movie is a very poignant [...]
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THE BEAT (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
John Horn in the LA Times finally has a fully researched–he’s even read the script– story on the sprawling mess that is the Spider-Man musical. The death of a key player, scheduling conflicts, inexperienced producers — you name it. It’s a rogue gallery of woes. The show has a total budget of $52 million and [...]
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Culture Monster (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
It was on again and then off again and then it was on again, again. And now, by the looks of things, it could be off again for good. Has there been a Broadway production that has suffered so many...
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FirstShowing.net (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
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. He joins Antonio Banderas and Salma Hayek in a story about the events leading up to the feline assassin's first meeting...
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glaadBLOG.org (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
A GREAT big thank you to everyone who attended the Inaugural GLAAD Media Awards in Advertising presented by Ogilvy and Southwest Airlines in New York City on October 27, 2009! Over 350 professionals from the advertising industry attended the event that recognize and honor outstanding images of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community in [...]
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TV Squad (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Filed under: Programming , OpEd , Music and Variety , Celebrities , 30 Rock , Reality-Free Well, we know that the singers from Glee were not welcomed into the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade thanks to NBC's territorial attitude. Still, that doesn't mean we won't be watching on Turkey Day. NBC, in fact, will feature one of their own prominently that morning -- 30 Rock 's Jane Krakowski will be singing...
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Scottish Actors (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Alan Cumming has been added to the cast of Burlesque which is about a small-town girl who ventures to Los Angeles and finds her place in a neo-burlesque club run by a former dancer: Screen Gems and writer-director Steve Antin have set Alan Cumming as the final piece of casting for "Burlesque," the musical that begins production Nov. 9. He joins a cast that includes Cher, Christina Aguilera,...
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MTV Movies Blog (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Have you heard about "Dare," directed by Adam Salky? It follows three high school pals -- played by Emmy Rossum, Zach Gilford and Ashley Springer -- from very different social circles and their complicated relationship with one another. In the clip below, Rossum's character Alexa, an aspiring actress, is told she doesn't have what it [...]
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Best Movies 2008 (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
It's casting notes time again. Alan Cumming has joined Steve Antin's Burlesque, about "an ambitious small-town girl with a big voice who finds herself at a neo-burlesque club." Christina Aguilera is the girl, Kristen Bell is the rival dancer, and Cumming is the gender-bending club MC. So this is really a failsafe in case that Showgirls sequel falls through? [Variety] After the break, news...
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