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Actor George Mackay poses during a portrait session for the film For Those in Peril at the 66th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Saturday, May 18, 2013.

Gomez, Morticia, Pugsley, Wednesday, Uncle Fester, Lurch and all the other members of that creepy, crawly Addams clan are, first and foremost, a family.

Cynthia Nixon makes her directorial debut with a benefit reading of Jules Feiffer's 1967 comedy Little Murders May 19 at Off-Broadway's Acorn Theatre.

The show premiered on Broadway in 1959, winning a Tony award for Best Musical in 1960, before Julie Andrews unforgettably played Maria, the fun-loving nun turned nanny who falls in love with her employer and wins over his children, in the iconic 1965 film production.

Every new movie that hits theaters nowadays seems to be a sequel. This year alone there's Kick-Ass 2 , Iron Man 3 , Despicable Me 2 , and Fast and Furious 6 . There are so many sequels that we can hardly keep track of them, especially since most of them aren't all that spectacular.

Florida teen Kiera Wilmot , 16, deserved some good news after being the target of a racist legal system, arrested and expelled for causing a small explosion during a science experiment.

The Drama League announced yesterday, May 17th, the winners for the 79th Annual Drama League Awards: Distinguished Production of a Musical, Kinky Boots; presented by Diane Paulus ; Distinguished Play, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, presented by Pam MacKinnon ; Distinguished Revival of a Musical, Pippin, presented by Alex Timbers ; ... (more)

For so many of us, Julie Andrews loomed large in our childhoods, a constant presence through repeated viewings of those two iconic films, MARY POPPINS, and THE SOUND of MUSIC.

Mason and Emma are the most popular baby names in Pennsylvania for 2012, according to Social Security data.

Growing up in the full glare of the media was almost enough to turn Emma Watson away from acting for good.

Summer in Little Italy will officially start on Saturday, May 25, with a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at 12 Noon marking the opening of the Mulberry Street Pedestrian Mall , it was announced by Ralph Tramontana, President of the Little Ital Merchants Association which has operated the Mall since its creation 25 years ago.

The Guthrie Theater today announced that Vincent Kartheiser , known to worldwide audiences as advertising executive Pete Campbell in the ongoing Golden Globe, Emmy and SAG Award-winning series "Mad Men", will be featured in the iconic role of Mr.

Backpacking across Europe is a time-honored tradition for many, but for Zac Efron and Amber Heard it will be a journey plagued by peril.

Mount Pleasant Performing Arts Company dancers trained at Academy of Dance Arts with instructors Larisa Dahabi and Ann Bebergal started auditioning in January 2013 for various intensive dance programs throughout the country.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Emily Blunt is in talks to join Disney 's movie adaptation of Stephen Sondheim 's musical Into the Woods , directed by Rob Marshall .

Watch your back! Tony winner Cynthia Nixon is slated to direct a benefit reading of Jules Feiffer's 1967 comedy Little Murders at the New Group at off-Broadway's Theatre Row.

Melissa Joan Hart is the first star to miss the crowdfunding gravy train. If only she'd said 'I'm doing a Sabrina film! The 90s LOL' No Hart a Melissa Joan Hart, seen here in her Sabrina the Teeenage Witch pomp, struggled to raise funding on Kickstarter.

All things considered, the success of The Great Gatsby is good news for filmgoers who like mainstream films that don't necessarily involve IMAX-sized action sequences, superheros, and/or CGI animated adventure.

Hellooo Dolly! Well Hellooo Dolly! Casting is complete for the upcoming production of Hello, Dolly! at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, Connecticut, starring Klea Blackhurst as Dolly Levi.

Multi-award-winning set designer Beowulf Boritt , along with noted costumes designer Patricia A. Hibbert, and acclaimed lighting designed by Ryan O'Gara will head the design team for the upcoming Billie Holiday musical "Lady Day" starring Tony and multiple Grammy Award-winner Dee Dee Bridgewater .