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THEATER TALK celebrates the 50th Anniversary of Hello, Dolly! with a trio of guests, each with a different association with the long-running show. Actress Sondra Lee was the production's original Minnie Fay; Lee Roy Reams was Cornelius in the 1978 revival and directed the second revival in 1995; and dancer Marge Champion, married to the show's director-choreographer Gower Champion, was present at the show's creation. The 1964 mega-hit was a musical adaptation of Thornton Wilder's The Matchmaker, with a book by Michael Stewart, score by 26-year-old Jerry Herman and produced by the notorious David Merrick. The show's original cast included: Carol Channing, David Burns, Charles Nelson Reilly, Eileen Brennan and Ms. Lee. It ran for a record-breaking 2,844 performances from Jan. 15, 1964 to Dec. 27, 1970 and won 10 Tony Awards, a record it held for 35 years.

Freestyle Digital Media (FDM) and Freestyle Releasing announce today that they have acquired the film, and set February 28th as the release date for BOTTLED UP, the moving family indie that stars Academy Award-winning actress Melissa Leo (THE FIGHTER, WINTER'S BONE), Josh Hamilton (J. EDGAR, “American Horror Story”) and Marin Ireland (SIDE EFFECTS, I AM LEGEND).

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Private Practice alum Tim Daly has signed on to join Tea Leoni in Morgan Freeman and Barbara Hall's upcoming CBS drama MADAM SECRETARY. David Semel will direct.

The 9th annual “Jimmy Kimmel Live: After The Oscars” special will air live on ABC Sunday, March 2 with guest Kevin Spacey, 2-time Academy Award winner and star of the Emmy winning series “House of Cards.”

Image Entertainment, an RLJ Entertainment (NASDAQ: RLJE) brand, announces the Digital, DVD and Blu-ray release of The Outsider. The action film was written and directed by Brian A Miller (House of the Rising Sun) and stars Jason Patric (The Lost Boys), James Caan (The Godfather, “Las Vegas”), Craig Fairbrass (“EastEnders”, Vikingdom) and Shannon Elizabeth (American Pie). The Outsider will be available on DVD for a SRP of $27.97 and Blu-ray for a SRP of $29.97.

Nickelodeon pays tribute to the iconic Alice in Wonderland, and takes preschoolers on a musical adventure, in the brand-new Dora the Explorer primetime special, 'Dora in Wonderland,' premiering Monday, March 10, at 7 p.m. (ET/PT). In the hour-long special, when Abuela's kitties run through a magic mirror, Dora, Boots and all their friends travel through the magical, mixed-up world of Wonderland to catch up to them. Along the way, they come across a Mad Hatter (Mel Brooks), Rabbit (Alan Cumming), Cheshire Cat (Jewel) and the Queen of Hearts (Sara Ramirez) -- all while watching out for the Knave of Hearts (Swiper).

Based on Nielsen national fast program ratings for last week (Monday, February 17 – Friday, February 21), NBC's TODAY has scored ratings gold once again with live broadcasts from Olympic Park in Sochi. TODAY averaged 5.866 million total viewers, topping GMA's 5.588 million by +5% (+278,000 viewers), which is a larger advantage over GMA than the first week of the Winter Olympic Games. In the key demo A25-54, TODAY averaged 2.317 million viewers, +7% (+145,000 viewers) more than GMA's 2.172 million. This marks the second straight week TODAY has been the number-one morning program.

According to Deadline, Leslie Bibb has been tapped to star in NBC's upcoming multi-camera comedy pilot LOVE IS RELATIVE. The project comes from BORAT and BRUNO co-writer Dan Mazer, which featured Sacha Baron Cohen.

CBS now leads all networks in live plus 7-day DVR lift among adults 18-49, according to Nielsen L+7 ratings through Week 20, ending Feb. 9.

A source has confirmed to People that sports journalist and former DWTS competitor, Erin Andrews, is set to join Tom Bergeron for the upcoming 18th season of ABC's hit dancing competition series. The network declined to comment, though an official announcement is expected tomorrow, per the report.

IGN has debuted the first red band trailer for Magent's THE SACRAMENT, directed by Ti West. Check it out below!

Finland's 5-0 victory over Team USA in Saturday's Olympic men's hockey bronze medal game (10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. ET/7 a.m-9:30 a.m. PT) averaged 2.5 million viewers with a 1.6 rating/5 share on NBCSN, leading the network to its 15th consecutive daytime viewership edge over the 2012 London Games, according to live plus same day fast national data released today by The Nielsen Company.

Rentrak Corporation, the leader in precisely measuring movies and TV everywhere, today announced the worldwide weekend box office estimates for the weekend of Feb. 23, 2014 as compiled by the company's Box Office Essentialsand International Box Office Essentials theatrical measurement services.

What happens when Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak discuss a groundbreaking idea? That's what composer Zack Zadek explores in the song 'Something There' from his musical The Crazy Ones. Adam Kantor and Preston Sadleir brought this song to life at our concert at Joe's Pub - check out their performance below!

Broadway vets Andrew Keenan-Bolger, Ashley Brown and more joined The Skivvies for another edition of stripped down mashups at 54 Below this past Friday, Feb. 21. Check out performances featuring new spins on such hits as 'It's A Small World,' 'Ignition,' and more, below!

Canada's 1-0 victory over Team USA in Friday's Olympic men's hockey semifinal (Noon-2:30 p.m. ET/9 a.m-11:30 a.m. PT) posted a 2.7 household rating/8 share to rank as the highest-rated hockey game in NBCSN history, according to live plus same day fast national data released today by The Nielsen Company. Team USA-Canada topped the previous best NBCSN hockey rating – 2.6 for last Saturday's thrilling Team USA victory over Russia in an eight-round shootout -- and also exceeds the rating for any Stanley Cup Playoffs and Stanley Cup Finals games in the network's history.

On Wednesday, March 5th, NewFilmmakers presents ANOTHER EXPERIMENT BY WOMEN FILM FESTIVAL, a Short Film Program about animals, and the feature GREEN EYES.

On Wednesday, February 26th, NewFilmmakers presents its College Screening Series with the Digital Film Academy, a Short Animation Program, and the new Feature TOMORROW COMES TODAY.

NBC's primetime coverage of the XXII Olympic Winter Games tonight, Sunday, February 23 at 7/6c is highlighted by the special documentary Nancy & Tonya, in which Mary Carillo looks back at the events surrounding the ladies' figure skating competition at the 1994 Olympic Winter Games, one of the most dramatic events in Winter Olympics history. The documentary features an exclusive sit-down with Nancy Kerrigan and a one-on-one interview with Tonya Harding.

The 16th Costume Designers Guild Awards, which celebrate excellence in film, television and commercial costume design, were held last night, Saturday, Feb.22 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. The CDG Awards ceremony, one of the most prestigious and well-respected entertainment industry awards season events, celebrates the spirit of collaboration between Costume Designers and Actors and Directors.