Tina Lifford & More Join Cast of OWN's Original Drama Series QUEEN SUGAR
by Caryn Robbins - February 17, 2016 Tina Lifford (“Parenthood”), Dondré Whitfield (“Mistresses”), Timon Kyle Durrett (“Single Ladies”) and Nicholas L. Ashe (The Lion King – National Tour) have joined the cast as series regulars of the new original drama series QUEEN SUGAR, from award-winning filmmaker Ava DuVernay...
September at Bookworks Features YA Fantasy with Sarah J. Maas, New Poetry from Tony Hoagland, JA Jance Debuting a New Mystery and More
by BWW News Desk - August 28, 2015 September's events at Bookworks are below. For more information, visit bkwrks.com/event....
Amazon Debuts Original Drama Series BOSCH on Prime Instant Video Today
by TV News Desk - February 13, 2015 Amazon today announced it will premiere all ten episodes of its first hour-long drama series BOSCH today, February 13 on Prime Instant Video in the US, UK and Germany....
LONGMIRE Heading to Netflix for Season 4?
by TV News Desk - November 13, 2014 Deadline writes that A&E's LONGMIRE, which was recently cancelled by the network after three seasons, could be headed to Netflix for season four....
HBO to Debut BESSIE, Starring Queen Latifah, Today
by BWW News Desk - May 16, 2015 ?Oscar® nominee Queen Latifah ("Chicago") stars as legendary blues singer Bessie Smith in the HBO Films drama BESSIE, directed by acclaimed filmmaker Dee Rees ("Pariah") from a screenplay by Dee Rees and Christopher Cleveland & Bettina Gilois....
Jillian Leigh's HOOKED Set for Inaugural LA Theater Festival, Now thru 9/25
by BWW News Desk - September 16, 2015 Indie film darling Jillian Leigh's daring new play, Hooked, will have its World Premiere at this year's inauguralLos Angeles Theater Festival in Hollywood at The Ruby Theatre, opening tonight, September 16, 2015 for eight performances through Friday, September 25, 2015....
Le French Book Releases WHITE LEOPARD
by Christina Mancuso - February 18, 2016 Mystery and thriller publisher Le French Book recently introduced a new award-winning French writer to the US market, with the release of White Leopard, by Laurent Guillaume. This intensely true-to-life story captures the struggle of a poor country in the grips of drug lords and corruption and of pe...
Pulitzer Prize Winner David Lindsay-Abaire to Join Juilliard as Co-Director of Lila Acheson Wallace American Playwrights Program
by Tyler Peterson - March 17, 2016 James Houghton, Richard Rodgers Director ofJuilliard's Drama Division, announced today that Pulitzer Prize winner David Lindsay-Abaire will join Marsha Normanas new co-director of Juilliard's Lila Acheson Wallace American Playwrights Program, beginning in the fall 2016 semester. Mr. Lindsay-Abaire, ...
Staged Reading of Lou Diamond Phillips' BURNING DESIRE Set for Actors Chapel, 1/28
by Tyler Peterson - January 23, 2015 BURNING DESIRE, a modern parable written by Lou Diamond Phillips will be presented as a staged reading in New York City at St. Malachy's Church at The Actors Chapel, on Wednesday, January 28th at 8:00 p.m....
Award-winning French Writer Makes US Noir Debut With WHITE LEOPARD
by Christina Mancuso - November 12, 2015 Mystery and thriller publisher Le French Book is introducing a new award-winning French writer to the US market, with the release this month of White Leopard, by Laurant Guillaume. This intensely true-to-life story captures the struggle of a poor country in the grips of drug lords and corruption and...
SAG-AFTRA Announces Gabrielle Carteris Re-Elected Executive Vice President at National Convention
by Sally Henry Fuller - October 02, 2015 SAG-AFTRA today announced that Gabrielle Carteris has been re-elected as executive vice president of the union at its second biennial SAG-AFTRA National Convention in Los Angeles. Her new two-year term begins immediately....
HBO to Debut BESSIE, Starring Queen Latifah, 5/16
by Caryn Robbins - April 15, 2015 ?Oscar® nominee Queen Latifah (“Chicago”) stars as legendary blues singer Bessie Smith in the HBO Films drama BESSIE, directed by acclaimed filmmaker Dee Rees (“Pariah”) from a screenplay by Dee Rees and Christopher Cleveland & Bettina Gilois....
Cast Announced for West Coast Premiere of BARBECUE at Geffen Playhouse
by BWW News Desk - July 28, 2016 Geffen Playhouse has just announced the cast for its West Coast premiere production of Barbecue, written by Obie and Helen Hayes Award winner Robert O'Hara. Tony nominee Colman Domingo directs the production starring Yvette Cason, Dale Dickey, Omar J. Dorsey, Frances Fisher, Kimberly Hebert Gregory,...
TNT Orders Nail Salon Comedy from Rashida Jones & Will McCormack
by Tyler Peterson - March 23, 2016 TNT has ordered a pilot for Claws, an hour-long scripted dramedy set in a Southern Florida nail salon. Executive-produced by Le Train Train's Rashida Jones and Will McCormack (Toy Story 4, Celeste and Jesse Forever, A to Z), Claws is from Le Train Train in association with Warner Horizon Television ...
Le French Book Announces Summer Reading Picks
by Christina Mancuso - July 26, 2016 There is still time to read this summer and books not to miss. Mystery and thriller publisher Le French Book has published its summer reading selection, ranging from gentle wine-country mysteries to continent-spanning conspiracies and espionnage, with quite of bit of Paris in the mix. The publisher ...
Dawn-Lyen Gardner, Kofi Siriboe & Omar J. Dorsey Join Cast of OWN's QUEEN SUGAR
by Caryn Robbins - January 27, 2016 Dawn-Lyen Gardner ('Unforgettable,' 'Heroes”), Kofi Siriboe (“Awkward,” “Whiplash”) and Omar J. Dorsey (“Ray Donovan,” “Selma”) have joined the cast of the new original drama series “Queen Sugar,” f...
Spike TV Orders 10 Episodes of HARVEST, from Jerry Bruckheimer
by Caryn Robbins - August 13, 2015 On the heels of the successful scripted event-series 'Tut,' Spike has greenlit its first dramatic scripted series in nine years. Spike has partnered with legendary film/television producer Jerry Bruckheimer and Warner Horizon Television for the original scripted one-hour drama series 'Harvest.'...
DOLLY PARTON'S COAT OF MANY COLORS Comes to DVD Today
by TV News Desk - May 03, 2016 Just in time for Mother's Day, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment will release the critically acclaimed film DOLLY PARTON'S COAT OF MANY COLORS on DVD for the first time today, May 3, 2016....
Syfy's New Drama KRYPTON to Tell Story of Superman's Grandfather
by TV News Desk - December 08, 2014 Syfy and Warner Horizon Television announced today they are developing a one-hour drama series project Krypton, which will reveal a chapter of the DC Comics universe that has rarely been told....
Lou Diamond Phillips to Star in LMN's THE NIGHT STALKER
by BWW News Desk - June 12, 2016 LMN acquired THE NIGHT STALKER, starring Golden Globe(R) nominee Lou Diamond Phillips (Longmire) and Critic's Choice Award winner Bellamy Young (Scandal), and will premiere the film on Sunday, June 12...
Lou Diamond Phillips' BURNING DESIRE to Have World Premiere This February
by Caryn Robbins - December 29, 2015 An equity casting notice has gone out for the World Premiere of BURNING DESIRE, a play written by and starring Lou Diamond Phillips....
Netflix Orders Fifth Season of Crime Thriller LONGMIRE
by Caryn Robbins - November 02, 2015 Netflix has ordered a fifth season of its crime thriller LONGMIRE....
Rubicon Theatre's COPENHAGEN Begins Previews Tonight
by BWW News Desk - September 02, 2015 Rubicon Theatre Company welcomes stage and screen veterans Linda Purl, Brett Rickaby and Peter Van Norden to star in the company's mainstage production of the Tony-Award winning play COPENHAGEN, directed by international artist Judy Hegarty Lovett....
Jenn Lyon, Harold Perrineau Join Cast of TNT's Dramedy Pilot CLAWS
by Caryn Robbins - July 08, 2016 TNT, a division of Turner, has cast Harold Perrineau (The Matrix trilogy, Lost, OZ) and Jenn Lyon (Justified) in the dramedy pilot CLAWS, from Warner Horizon Television....
October at Bookworks Features Craig Johnson with Longmire Short Stories; Lincoln Peirce Visits with a New Big Nate Book, and More!
by BWW News Desk - September 08, 2015 Bookworks' October calendar is full of events for all ages and range of literary taste. Biographies, mysteries, local nonfiction, poetry, and art are among the mix, as are events for kids and book clubs. The whole calendar can be found atbkwrks.com/event.... |