Steve Martin News

Ralph Stanley has already won three Grammys, and tonight he goes for his fourth.

Thirty-five years ago, a gold-plated record was lofted into the cosmos with a greeting card for the first extraterrestrials who found it.

Music's biggest night also has a funny bone. Attention may be on Adele's performance, and who wins record of the year, but the Grammys will also dole out an award for best comedy album a genre that's witnessed a quiet renaissance over the last decade.

The historic Annie Russell Theatre at Rollins College will present "Picasso at the Lapin Agile" by Steve Martin , Feb.

The Call Sheet sifts through the day's glut of Hollywood news to find the stories even non-industry types care about.

Rounder has announced April 10 as the release date for Nobody Knows You , the next CD from Steep Canyon Rangers .

Amy Adams has signed on to headline a feature film adaptation of Steve Martin's novel An Object of Beauty , says a story at The Hollywood Reporter .

A A story about ineptitude, professional jealousy to the point of insanity and world destruction may not seem like a comedy, but fans of the Pink Panther series know that in "The Pink Panther Strikes Again," it certainly is.

Organizers of Rochester's summer jazz festival announced Monday that a second Steve Martin show has been secured.

Erik Koskinen, Molly Maher and the Real-Phonic Band, Aster Cafe. Every Wednesday, it's some of the finest guitar picking you'll see in the Twin Cities, from the fingertips of Koskinen and Paul Bergen, not to mention the crack backing band of drummer JT Bates and bassist Frankie Lee.

Sam Harrel/News-Miner The Fairbanks Drama Association's production of "Picasso at the Lapin Agile" features, from left, Sambit Misra as Picasso, Scott McCrea as Freddy, Kathleen McHugh as Suzan and Nick Nappo as Albert Einstein.

Al Pacino, Christopher Walken, and Alan Arkin will star in STAND UP GUYS - directed by Fisher Stevens.

We're not weary of Steve Martin, as such-we're always delighted on the biennial occasion when he pokes his head out to seek his own shadow, and we still think he's the great Oscar host.

Two historic visionaries will have a battle of wits in the play "Picasso at the Lapin Agile," premiering Feb.

Late last night my friend texted me: " what was the name of that movie where Lily Tomlin is like trapped inside Steve Martin ?" He was referring to All of Me , of course.

CBS doesn't have the Super Bowl this year, but that's not stopping the network from airing "Super Bowl's Greatest Commercials" . I'll probably tune in if only to rewatch that Mean Joe Green Coke commercial and wonder aloud, "How come they don't make 'em like that anymore?" "He hates these cans.

In the dark ages before the internet, Oscar-nominated short films could take on a nearly mythic quality: you'd hear about work starring the likes of Peter Sellers, Madeline Kahn, Steve Martin and Steven Wright, but almost never found opportunities to see them.

Who knew that bird watching, or "Birding" as it's called by those who pursue it, was a cutthroat pursuit? We have quite a few birds in Colorado, but I have to admit that beyond knowing the difference between some of the birds of prey I'm pretty uneducated as far as the different species locally, let alone nationally or internationally. That said, The Big Year is as much about educating people about the birds as the people who follow them.

"Picasso at the Lapin Agile has been entertaining audiences for years. It has seen productions in Chicago , at Harvard's American Repertory Theater , LA, New York , and San Francisco .

John Nugent and Marc Iacona, the festival's producers, announced four headliners for its 11th edition, slated June 22 through June 30.