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2 hrs ago | Broadway

The Jacksonian, Starring Ed Harris & Bill Pullman, and Thomas...

The New Group has announced two new productions for the 2013-14 season: The New York City premiere of Beth Henley's The Jacksonian , starring four-time Oscar nominee Ed Harris, Bill Pullman, Glenne Headly and Amy Madigan, and the world premiere of Thomas Bradshaw's Intimacy .

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Related Topix: Appaloosa, Pollock, Drama Movies, Horror Movies, Ruthless People, Short, Independence Day, Comedy Movies, Lost Highway, Thriller, Mystery Movies, While You Were Sleeping, Crime Movies, Action Movies, Science Fiction Movies

6 hrs ago | Houston Press

Soon the Rich Will Own Gaming and Going to the Movies Completely

You might have heard recently that George Lucas and Steven Spielberg lamented that the blockbuster was killing the movie industry, which is funny because they, you know, invented it.

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Related Topix: Documentary Movies, Drama Movies, Lincoln, Theater, Arts

10 hrs ago | The Legal Record

ISU Math Professors Discover Missing Pages from Abraham Lincoln's Ciphering Book

In 2009, Nerida Ellerton and her husband Ken Clements, both professors in the Department of Mathematics at Illinois State University, were very excited when they discovered, in the archives of the Houghton Library at Harvard University, a leaf comprising two pages from a ciphering book prepared by a teenage Abraham Lincoln.

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Related Topix: Documentary Movies, Drama Movies, Lincoln, Illinois State University, Harvard University, Springfield, IL

Tue Jun 18, 2013

The Guardian

Francesca Annis, actor - portrait of the artist

Stage and screen actor Francesca Annis talks about the cult of celebrity, going nude for Roman Polanski and the pressure of playing a famous beauty 'I get the feeling now that it's not about which actor is right for a particular part, but who's the most commercially successful' a Francesca Annis.

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Related Topix: Animation Movies, Short, Comedy Movies, Music!, Thriller, History Movies, Crime Movies, Dune, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Adventure, Science Fiction Movies, Macbeth, Reckless, Musical Movies, Francesca Annis, Arts, Ballet, Cleopatra

Collider

Liv Tyler to Co-Star in Damon Lindelof's Hbo Pilot the Leftovers;...

A couple of highly promising casting decisions have been made regarding two exciting upcoming pilots.

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Related Topix: The Leftovers, Pop/Rock, The Strain, Entertainment, Television, Drama Movies, The Elephant Man, Love and Death on Long Island, Celebrities, John Hurt, Harlem (New York, NY)

GPB.org

Where's Jimmy Hoffa? Everywhere And Nowhere

If it's him, it's going to be a letdown. For the better part of 40 years, the disappearance of former Teamsters President James Hoffa has been a source of fascination on par with Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster and the aliens in Roswell, N.M. If the FBI finds and identifies his body, as agents are currently trying to do just outside Detroit, it will ... (more)

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Related Topix: Hoffa, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Roswell, NM, Syracuse University

Bangor Daily News

FBI widens hunt for Jimmy Hoffa's body near Detroit

FBI, state and local authorities search for Jimmy Hoffa's body in a field in Oakland Township, Michigan, Monday, June 17, 2013.

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Related Topix: Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Hoffa, US News, US Federal Bureau of Investigation, Oakland County, MI, Michigan State University

BroadwayWorld.com

Barbra Streisand Speaks Out on Treatment of Women in Israel

CBSNews reports that legendary star of stage and screen, Barbra Streisand , voiced her opinion on the current state of women in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community in Israel.

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Related Topix: Israel, Vocal, Barbra Streisand, World News, Middle East, Comedy Movies, Drama Movies, Musical Movies, Funny Girl, Celebrities, Religion, Orthodox Church

New Yorker

The Ingredients for a Healthy Cinema

The dinosaurs are on a rampage. Steven Spielberg and George Lucas, the two filmmakers who are more responsible than any others for the blockbusterization of Hollywood, now consider themselves its victims and worry that the saturation point is near.

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Related Topix: Documentary Movies, Drama Movies, Lincoln, Magic Mike, Black Swan, Movies, Entertainment

Daily Star

Casey Affleck: 'I want to...

Actress-turned-activist JOANNA LUMLEY has ruled out a move into politics, insisting bureaucratic red tape would leave her wanting to "slit" her throat.

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Related Topix: I'm Still Here, Walk the Line, Drama Movies, Music!, Celebrities, Joaquin Phoenix

The Virginian-Pilot

Tom Hanks narrates Nation Geographic's "Killing Lincoln" - " which was mostly filmed in Virginia

THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Channel scored big when it decided to produce and air the docudrama "Killing Lincoln" based on the popular book by Fox commentator Bill O'Reilly and travel writer Martin Dugard about the assassination of America's 16th president at the hands of thespian John Wilkes Booth.

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Related Topix: Documentary Movies, Drama Movies, Lincoln, Bill Campbell

Mon Jun 17, 2013

AdelaideNow...

On my command, unleash Gillard

FOOTBALL fan and occasional actor Russell Crowe has shown he has a beautiful mind for politics, unleashing his support for Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Twitter this afternoon.

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Related Topix: Sport Movies, Documentary Movies, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Gladiator, Cinderella Man, Adventure, Celebrities, Russell Crowe

Deadline

John Hurt To Co-Star In FX Pilot 'The Strain'

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar-nominated actor John Hurt has been tapped as the co-lead opposite Corey Stoll and Mia Maestro in FX 's high-profile drama pilot The Strain , from Guillermo del Toro and Carlton Cuse , which is being eyed for a 13-episode pickup.

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Related Topix: The Strain, Entertainment, Television, Drama Movies, The Elephant Man, Celebrities, John Hurt

CBS Local

Detroit Proud: Almost Free

Inspired from the sounds of Jimi Hendrix to Nirvana to The Smiths to Radiohead, Almost Free is the Detroit trio band that can be hard to pin into any one category of music.

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Related Topix: Detroit, MI, Sterling Heights, MI, Roseville, MI, Drama Movies, The Elephant Man

CNews

FBI digs up field near Detroit in search for Jimmy Hoffa's body

The latest search for former Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa, who disappeared in 1975 in what law enforcement officials believe might have been an organized crime hit, brought investigators on Monday to an overgrown vacant field in suburban Detroit.

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Related Topix: Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Hoffa, US News, US Federal Bureau of Investigation, Celebrities, Jack Nicholson

Gloversville Leader-Herald

Mary Todd Lincoln discussed in program

"Diagnosing Mary Todd Lincoln" will be presented Tuesday from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Northville Public Library.

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Related Topix: Documentary Movies, Lincoln, Drama Movies

Newkerala.com

Russell Crowe to receive Arte Award at Taormina film fest

Los Angeles, June 17 : Russell Crowe is set to attend 59th Taormina Film Festival where he will be honoured with the ongoing fest's Taormina Arte Award.

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Related Topix: Sport Movies, Arts, Gladiator, Cinema, Mystery Movies, Documentary Movies, Drama Movies, Action Movies, A Beautiful Mind, Adventure, Celebrities, Russell Crowe, Stone, Crime Movies, Mission: Impossible, Thriller

BroadwayWorld.com

Barbra Streisand Receives Honorary Doctorate from Hebrew University of Jerusalem Today

Legendary American actress, director, singer, producer, composer, philanthropist and activist Barbra Streisand will receive an honorary doctor of philosophy degree from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

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Related Topix: Vocal, Barbra Streisand, Comedy Movies, Drama Movies, Musical Movies, Funny Girl, Celebrities, Activism, Israel, World News, Middle East, Los Angeles, CA

Sun Jun 16, 2013

Brandon Sun

Field cut from 50 to 15 in Miss USA contest in Las Vegas; queens from Calif., Texas remain

The ranks of 51 beauty queens from every U.S. state and the District of Columbia competing for the Miss USA crown in Las Vegas was cut to 15 as the show got under way Sunday.

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Related Topix: Entertainment, Drama, Television, Documentary Movies, Drama Movies, Lincoln, District of Columbia Government, Washington DC, California, California Government, Pennsylvania, Nick Jonas

Newkerala.com

Oliver Stone wins award in Shanghai film fest

Shanghai, June 16 : Hollywood director Oliver Stone won the Lifetime Achievement Award at the opening ceremony of the 16th Shanghai International Film Festival Saturday night.

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Related Topix: Born on the Fourth of July, War Movies, Drama Movies, Oliver Stone