Matt Damon News

So far at this evening's Emmy Awards, theater stars Jeremy Piven, Dianne Wiest, Laura Linney, Dame Eileen Atkins and Zeljko Ivanek are among the winners.

Atlantic Theater Company (Neil Pepe, Artistic Director; Andrew D. Hamingson, Managing Director) is proud to present the world premiere production of Beau Willimon's play FARRAGUT NORTH, directed by Tony Award winner Doug Hughes (Doubt), and featuring Dan Bittner (The Vertical Hour) Kate Blumberg (Atlantic's Celebration and The Room), Tony Award winner John Gallagher, Jr. (Spring Awakening), Golden Globe Award nominee Chris Noth ('Sex and the City'), Otto Sanchez (HBO's 'Oz'), Olivia Thirlby (Juno) and Isiah Whitlock, Jr. (HBO's 'The Wire').

Production begins today on location in Minnesota on A Serious Man, for Focus Features and Working Title Films. Joel and Ethan Coen, Academy Award winners for No Country for Old Men and Fargo, are writing, producing, and directing the film. Working Title co-chairs Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner are executive-producing the film with Robert Graf, who has worked on the Coens' last six features in various producing capacities.

This morning, July 17th 2008 the nominations for the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards were announced by Kristin Chenoweth and Neil Patrick Harris. The awards ceremony will be held on Saturday, September 13th at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles.

MTV has announced the nominations for the 2008 MTV Movie Awards.

Jake Gyllenhaal, who starred in a previously announced industry reading of Beau Willimon's political drama Farragut North, is still attached to star in the upcoming Broadway production of the piece, directed by Mike Nichols

Ann Hampton Callaway, the multiplatinum-selling songwriter and singer, will perform selections from her latest CD 'Blues In The Night' at the famous Blue Note Jazz Club

The 2006 New York Film Critic's Circle Awards took place at The Supper Club on January 7th

Matthew Broderick, who was previously announced to star in the Broadway-bound Kenneth Lonergan play The Starry Messenger, will first take the play to the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego in January of 2007

Lee Pace and Katherine Moennig will star in the two-character political drama Guardians off-Broadway from April 11th through May 25th

Matthew Broderick has been cast in the Broadway-bound Kenneth Lonergan play The Starry Messenger, which will deliver itself on Broadway in April of 2007

Cabaret star and songwriter Ann Hampton Callaway will perform at The Blue Note from January 3rd through 8th

ANDRE BENJAMIN AND ANTWAN PATTON STAR IN LEAD ROLES; ALSO STARRING VING RHAMES, TERRENCE DASHON HOWARD, FAIZON LOVE, MALINDA WILLIAMS, PAULA PARKER, JACKIE LONG, PAULA PATTON AND PATTI LABELLE; WITH MACY GRAY, BEN VEREEN AND CICELY TYSON AWARD-WINNING BRYAN BARBER MAKES THEATRICAL FEATURE FILM DIRECTING DEBUT TONY-WINNER HINTON BATTLE CHOREOGRAPHS DANCE SEQUENCES

Tony Award-nominee Billy Crudup will work on filming two new films--The Good Shepherd and Mission: Impossible 3--after he completes his run in The Pillowman, and will also be seen in Trust the Man

The Edinburgh Fringe gets underway with Sunny Jacobs playing herself in The Exonerated, plus the West End sees a surge of plays for the Autumn/Winter season.