Scott Bakula News

The Actors Fund just offered TONY Award VIP's a kick-off reception in advance of their highly anticipated annual Tony Awards Gala Viewing Party to be held on Sunday, June 10 at the Skirball Center in Los Angeles (http://www.actorsfund.org/performances-and-events/tonyparty2012). Check out photos from the celebration below! (more...)

FordÂ’s Theatre Society will host its annual black-tie gala on Sunday, June 3, 2012, at FordÂ’s Theatre (511 10th Street NW) followed by a seated dinner at the National Portrait Gallery and Smithsonian American Art Museum (750 Ninth Street NW). The evening will include the presentation of the Lincoln Medal to Morgan Freeman and Elie Wiesel, two individuals whose extraordinary character, accomplishments and life work reflect LincolnÂ’s legacy of leadership, service, humanity, wisdom, eloquence and vision. (more...)

Stage and screen stars Brooke Shields and Richard Chamberlain will take on the iconic roles of Chris MacNeil and Father Merrin in playwright John PielmeierÂ’s world premiere of The Exorcist at the Geffen Playhouse. Helmed by acclaimed director John Doyle, who won a Tony Award for his striking reimagining of Sweeney Todd, this stage adaptation of William Peter BlattyÂ’s famous 1971 novel transforms the unsettling battles of good versus evil, faith versus fact and ego versus ethos into a uniquely theatrical experience as sophisticated as it is suspenseful. (more...)

On June 10, 2012, The Actor's Fund will present its 16th Annual Tony Awards party at the Skirball Center, this year honoring Jason Alexander with the Julie Harris Award for Lifetime Achievement.. Scott Bakula will host the gala and this year's Honorary Celebrity Committee includes: Julie Bowen, Nancy Dussault, Dann Florek, Elliott Gould, Steve Guttenberg, Garry Marshall, Chita Rivera, Susan Sarandon, Holland Taylor and Zachary Quinto. The event includes cocktails and a silent auction followed by ainner and a live telecast of a live feed of the Tony Awards as they happen in New York. (more...)

NBC has officially picked up six episodes of NEXT CALLER (A.K.A. NEXT CALLER PLEASE). The Dane Cook/Collette Wolfe single-camera comedy from writer Stephen Falk, Lionsgate and Universal TV, is about a testosterone-wielding DJ and his new feminist co-host who host a relationship radio show in New York City. (more...)

ABC's DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES will end its 8-year run this Sunday, May 13th with a two-hour series finale entitled "Give Me the Blame" / "Finishing the Hat." (more...)

DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES ends its successful eight-season run on the ABC Television Network with a splashy two-hour finale event on SUNDAY, MAY 13 (9:00-11:00 p.m., ET). (more...)

The ABC Television Network announces highlights of its upcoming May sweeps programming, including the two-hour series finale of "Desperate Housewives," the Live Broadcast of "The 2012 Billboard Music Awards," and the Season Premiere of "The Bachelorette." (more...)

On the April 29th episode of the ABC drama DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES entitled "Lost My Power", with Mike gone, Susan attempts to build a car for MJ's father-and-son school soapbox derby; Bree's attorney, Trip (Scott Bakula), learns of her previous drunken sexual spree and needs her to come clean about it in order to help strengthen her case. (more...)

Scott Bakula guest stars as Bree's attorney, Trip and Doris Roberts guest stars as Gaby's rich client on the April 29th episode of DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES entitled "Lost My Power". (more...)

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Canadian distributor Entertainment One has acquired the worldwide distribution rights to William Shatner's pay TV documentary THE CAPTAINS from producers Ballinran Entertainment and Le Big Boss Productions. (more...)

Scott Bakula guest stars as Attorney Trip Weston on the April 1st episode of ABC's DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES entitled "With So Little to Be Sure Of". (more...)

According to TVLine.com, actor Scott Bakula will be making a guest star appearance in the final season of ABC's DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES. (more...)

Reuters reports that the Actors' Equity Association has given its approval for a proposed merger between the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. According to Reuters, Actors' Equity made the approval official on Tuesday. (more...)

The SAG Awards Ceremony Online Auction benefiting the SAG Foundation’s Literacy and Emergency Assistance programs, offers collectibles from many of the nominees including George Clooney, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Brad Pitt, Betty White, and the casts of “30 Rock,” “Boardwalk Empire,” “Breaking Bad,” “The Descendants,” “Dexter,” “Game of Thrones,” “Glee,” “Modern Family” and more. (more...)

The stunt performers and coordinators from “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2” and “Game of Thrones” are recipients of this year’s Screen Actors Guild Honors for Outstanding Action Performances by Film and Television Stunt Ensembles, it was announced today from the “18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®” red carpet by Screen Actors Guild Awards Committee Chair JoBeth Williams and Awards Committee Member Scott Bakula. The announcement was made on the live SAG Awards® Red Carpet Pre-show webcast on tnt.tv, tbs.com and People.com which streams until 8:00 p.m. (ET) / 5:00 p.m. (PT). (more...)

Screen Actors Guild Awards Committee Chair JoBeth Williams and Awards Committee Member Scott Bakula, will announce the recipients of Screen Actors Guild’s Honors for Outstanding Action Performances by Film and Television Stunt Ensembles from the 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®’ red carpet during the live SAG Awards digital pre-show which will be webcast on TNT.tv, TBS.com and People.com on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012 beginning at 6 p.m. (more...)

The SAG Awards Ceremony Online Auction benefiting the SAG Foundation’s Literacy and Emergency Assistance programs, offers collectibles from many of the nominees including George Clooney, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Brad Pitt, Betty White, and the casts of “30 Rock,” “Boardwalk Empire,” “Breaking Bad,” “The Descendants,” “Dexter,” “Game of Thrones,” “Glee,” “Modern Family” and more. (more...)

Screen Actors Guild Awards Committee Chair JoBeth Williams and Awards Committee Member Scott Bakula, will announce the recipients of Screen Actors Guild’s Honors for Outstanding Action Performances by Film and Television Stunt Ensembles from the 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®’ red carpet during the live SAG Awards digital pre-show which will be webcast on TNT.tv, TBS.com and People.com on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012 beginning at 6 p.m. (more...)

Reprise Theatre Company will present An Evening With Joan Rivers for one performance only on Monday, January 30 at 8:00 pm, at UCLAÂ’s Freud Playhouse. (more...)