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GLEE co-creator Ryan Murphy has received CDs and a note saying 'I hope you'll consider some of these songs for GLEE' from Paul McCartney, CNN's Marquee Blog reports.

Sigourney Weaver is in negotiations to star in the thriller 'The Cold Light of Day,' The Hollywood Reporter's Heat Vision blog reports. The film will also star Bruce Willis and Henry Cavill.

This year's Edinburgh International Festival, which will run from August 13 to September 5, has announced the complete schedule of performances.

The New York Film Festival has announced that this year's festival will open with 'The Social Network,' written by Aaron Sorkin (THE FARNSWORTH INVENTION, A FEW GOOD MEN) and directed by David Fincher. The film stars Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, and Justin Timberlake. 'The Social Network' focuses on Mark Zuckerberg, the creator of Facebook.

Former Stratford Shakespeare Festival artistic director David William has died at the age of eighty-four, CBC News reports. The Stratford Festival stated that he died of a head injury from a fall.

The Bush Theatre of London has announced its new season.

Director Anna D. Shapiro of Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company has been awarded the 2010 Princess Grace Statue Award, The Princess Grace Foundation has announced. Shapiro previously received a Princess Grace Theater Apprenticeship in 1996.

The Tudor City Greens concert series will present 'A Night at the Opera: Vocal and Instrumental Classics' on August 3 at 6pm, cabaretexchange.com reports. The concert will be hosted by Raissa Katona Bennett, whose credits include THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA and CHESS.

Theatre Exile launches our 2010/2011 season with the Philadelphia Premiere of Iron by Rona Munro. Directed by Deborah Block, Exile's co-artistic director and the founding program director of the Philadelphia Live Arts Festival and Philly Fringe, Iron runs September 8th through October 10th at Theatre Exile's new Studio X, with the press opening Saturday, September 11th at 8pm.

The Lincoln Triangle Barnes & Noble has announced its schedule of events for the month of August.

Corey Stoll has joined 'Law & Order: LA,' TV Squad reports.

The New York Theatre Workshop has announced the complete cast for its upcoming production of Lillian Hellman's THE LITTLE FOXES. In addition to the previously announced Elizabeth Marvel as Regina Giddens, the production will feature Tina Benko, Marton Csokas, Lynda Gravatt, Cristin Milioti, Thomas Jay Ryan, Greig Sargeant, Sanjit De Silva, Christopher Evan Welch, and Nick Westrate.

Theresa Rebeck's THE NOVELIST will premiere at the Dorset Theatre Festival from August 18 to August 29, the Festival has announced on its official website.

The Daily Mail has confirmed that the Donmar Warehouse's production of PASSION will star Elena Roger, David Thaxton, and Scarlett Strallen. Except for Roger and Strallen, the cast will consist only of men.

Tickets for the upcoming Broadway production of George Bernard Shaw's play Mrs. Warren's Profession go on sale to the general public on July 30. The production, to be produced by the Roundabout Theatre Company, will star Tony® Award winner Cherry Jones as Kitty Warren and Golden Globe winner Sally Hawkins making her Broadway debut as Vivie Warren and will be directed by Tony® Award winner Doug Hughes at the American Airlines Theatre on Broadway (227 West 42nd St). The cast will also feature Adam Driver as Frank Gardner, Mark Harelik as Sir George Crofts, Edward Hibbert as Mr. Praed and Michael Siberry as Reverend Samuel Gardner.

Rachel Weisz is likely to star in a new film version of Terence Rattigan's THE DEEP BLUE SEA, the Daily Mail reports. The play has been adapted for the screen by and will be directed by Terence Davies.

Jessica Simpson is in consideration to replace Simon Cowell on 'American Idol,' contactmusic.com reports.

Time capsules containing John Lennon's music will be stored at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on October 9, contactmusic.com reports. The capsules are being created in honor of what would have been Lennon's seventieth birthday and will be opened in 2040 in honor of the hundredth anniversary of his birth.

Floyd Mutrux, head of MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET co-production company American Pop Anthology, has plans to bring more musicals based on rock groups to Broadway, Variety reports. Of his plans, Mutrux says, 'With American Pop Anthology, I've written a series of stories about the people who made the music that changed the culture of our country from the 1950s to 1980s, which ended with MTV...MTV took all the mystery out of rock 'n' roll. The record companies spent the money making videos and they stopped putting money into groups touring.'

Simon Phillips, artistic director of the Melbourne Theater Company, will depart the company after its 2011 season, Variety reports.