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iPad, iPhone and iPod touch users can get the ultimate insider's view of the 83rd Annual Academy Awards(R) with the new Oscar Backstage Pass App, now available on the App Store. The Oscar Backstage Pass app, a collaborative effort between the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and Disney/ABC TV Group's Digital Media team, is the perfect companion app for viewers watching the Oscar telecast on Sunday, February 27th.

THE MENTALIST and CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION posted week-to-week increases in viewers and key demographics while the Network's comedy block dominated its non-'Idol' competition, according to Nielsen preliminary live plus same day ratings for Thursday, Feb. 17.

NBC's 'Minute to Win It' (Wednesdays, 8-10 p.m. ET) features courageous mountain climber Aron Ralston, the inspiration for the Oscar(R)-nominated film '127 Hours,' Los Angeles Lakers Derek Fisher and Shannon Brown and 'Jackass' stars Steve-O and Ryan Dunn to compete on the show for their favorite charities.

The new unscripted special MOBBED will premiere Thursday, March 31 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) following AMERICAN IDOL on FOX. Host Howie Mandel ('America's Got Talent,' 'Deal or No Deal') puts a hidden-camera spin on the 'flash mob' concept. Mandel and hundreds of strangers will help special guests plan extraordinary surprises for friends, family members, loved ones or co-workers.

The Style Network's docu-series, 'Too Fat for 15: Fighting Back,' returns for its second season with an all-new 16 episode order. The series documents the incredible journeys of a group of obese teens as they bravely fight emotional and physical hurdles to drop hundreds of life-threatening pounds at the acclaimed weight-loss boarding school, Wellspring Academy, in Brevard, N.C.

In a first for network reality competitions, NBC's new series 'The Voice' (premiering spring 2011), will bring the audition experience to viewers at home by allowing users to showcase their talents online via a new interactive tool available on NBC.COM (http://www.nbc.com/thevoice).

Nickelodeon music group Big Time Rush gear up for a fury of excitement as they take center stage for a headline performance of their new single, 'Boyfriend,' live at Nickelodeon's 2011 Kids' Choice Awards on Saturday, April 2, at 8 p.m. (ET/tape delayed for West Coast), hosted by Jack Black.

Bruce Mason Centre announces their February/March calendar listings.

What happens when two heavenly bodies collide? That is exactly what we encounter in Puma, a new play that explores the life-long, obsessive and tempestuous love affair between Marlene Dietrich, the German actress who became a Hollywood icon, and Erich Maria Remarque, the celebrated author of All's Quiet On The Western Front. Performances are Thursdays thru Sundays now thru April 3 at the New Jersey Repertory Company.

Colin Firth, who may walk away this March with an Academy Award for his role in 'The King's Speech', may add an iconic role of both stage and film to his impressive resume: MY FAIR LADY's Professor Henry Higgins.

The snow is melting, the birds are returning, and the metaperformers of Shadowbox Live are preparing to harness the vibrant energy of the changing of the seasons with a brand new show opening March 24th at the Easton Town Center.

The San Diego Gay Men's Chorus (SDGMC) announces that it has secured rights to present the powerful, edgy, and inspirational 'Through a Glass, Darkly' for its West Coast Premiere in April 2011. The 45-minute theatrical musical will be performed by SDGMC as part of its popular spring concert, to be held at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center's 500-seat David and Dorothea Garfield Theatre in La Jolla.

Greg MacKellan and Stephanie Rhoads, producing artistic directors of 42nd Street Moon, today announced details of the upcoming 2011-12 season of uncommon musical theater. For its nineteenth season, the company takes its audience on the journey of a lifetime, with the Eureka Theatre serving as a portal to eras and locations that are exotic, glamorous and exciting.

Variety reports that Evelyn Page, the actress who appeared in a myriad of stage productions on Broadway during the 1950s and 60s, died of natural causes on Sunday, February 6th. She was 90 years old.

ValLimar Jansen brings Waters' music to life in Sweet Mama Stringbean, with her own renditions of songs associated with Waters, including her signature anthem 'His Eye is on the Sparrow,' 'Stormy Weather,' (which was written for Waters), 'Am I Blue' and 'My Handy Man Ain't Handy No More.'

Henry Winkler served as special guest last night (Wednesday Feb 16th) on The FIX-UP Show at the ACME Theatre in Los Angeles, following the previous weeks guest Margaret Cho. Winkler tweeted last night after the show... 'Wow, did I have a funny time and the couple who won seemed to be enjoying each other.'

Dundalk Community Theatre continues its 2010/11 season with Reginald Rose's stage version of Twelve Angry Men from February 25th - March 6th. Individual tickets are $22 for adults, $19 for senior adults and $14 for students/DCT Actors/Children 12 and under.

Theatre Memphis has been recognized for its most outstanding service to community theatre in the nation by the American Association of Community Theatres (AACT). The Twink Lynch Award specifically goes to the AACT member that has successfully completed major steps in new directions, expanded services to their community and has moved to the next level of organizational development.

This 4-week course covers all the skills an actor needs to audition for and work in television, films and commercials. No experience is necessary to participate in this exciting, informative and enjoyable course. Award-winning Producer/Director, Elyse Williams gives each student maximum on-camera time, constructive critique and valuable 'insider' information to help the actor begin a lucrative acting career.

Testifying before a joint legislative budget hearing on human services on Wednesday, the New York State Department of Labor (DOL) Commissioner Colleen Gardner indicated DOL will make changes to a controversial set of proposed regulations governing child performers - but was vague on details, according to the hearing's Co-Chair Senator Catharine Young (R,I,C - Olean).