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BEST IN DRAG SHOW Beauty Pageant Parody Benefitting Alliance For Housing & Healing to Be Held Tonight

Best in Drag Show 2024, the most fun, fabulous, original and outrageous beauty pageant parody of the year, will return to the Orpheum Theatre stage tonight, Sunday, October 6th at 7pm.

BEST IN DRAG SHOW Comes to the Orpheum Theatre Next Month

The Best in Drag Show 2023, the most fun, fabulous, fearless, farcical fundraiser of the year, returns to the Orpheum Theatre stage on Sunday, October 1st at 7pm. Learn more about the event and find out how to get tickets here!

Seann William Scott to Star in Luke Greenfield's THE LAST BACHELOR Romantic Comedy

Greenfield co-wrote the script and will also produce alongside Jason Benoit, with XYZ Films producing and financing with investment funding coming from IPR.VC. Lee Kim of Resolute Films and Entertainment is also producing. XYZ will handle world sales and introduce the film to buyers at the upcoming Marché du Film in Cannes.

Frank Grillo Joins Harvey Keitel in HARD MATTER Film

Wonderfilm Media announced that Hard Matter has added Frank Grillo to the cast, which includes Harvey Keitel. Justin Price is directing from a script he wrote. The film is being produced by Wonderfilm’s Jeff Bowler and Bret Saxon, alongside Latavius Powell and Justin Price of Powell and Price Productions.

FOX Entertainment Acquires MarVista Entertainment

MarVista ranks among the world’s leading independent studios, with nearly two decades at the forefront of developing, producing and distributing made-for-platform movies for partners in the U.S. and abroad.

Kate Baldwin, Anthony Rapp, Melissa Errico, Patti Murin and More to Take Part in Kaiser's Room IMAGIGALA

On July 22nd, 2020 at 8pm Kaiser's Room will host their first ever ImagiGala celebrating 5 years of performing arts programming serving the cognitive, intellectual, & developmental disability community.

Mo McRae to Direct A LOT OF NOTHING, David Oyelowo Executive Producing

Actor Mo McRae (Wild, Den of Thieves) will make his directorial debut at the helm of the upcoming darkly comedic thriller A LOT OF NOTHING. Producers include Inny Clemons, McRae, who co-wrote the screenplay with Sarah Kelly Kaplan, Anonymous Content, Mansa Productions founder Kellon Akeem and Jason Tamasco on behalf of Bad Idea. Golden Globe-nominated actor David Oyelowo will serve as an executive producer for the project along with Mansa Production's Yandy Smith, Kim Hodgert and Nina Soriano on behalf of Anonymous Content as well as Zak Kristofek for Bad Idea and Ethan Lazar. Leslie Woo is currently casting the project, which is set to begin shooting principal photography this spring.

Mo McRae to Direct A LOT OF NOTHING with David Oyelowo Executive Producing

Actor Mo McRae (Wild, Den of Thieves) will make his directorial debut at the helm of the upcoming darkly comedic thriller A LOT OF NOTHING. Producers include Inny Clemons, McRae, who co-wrote the screenplay with Sarah Kelly Kaplan, Anonymous Content, Mansa Productions founder Kellon Akeem and Jason Tamasco on behalf of Bad Idea. Golden Globe-nominated actor David Oyelowo will serve as an executive producer for the project along with Mansa Production's Yandy Smith, Kim Hodgert and Nina Soriano on behalf of Anonymous Content as well as Zak Kristofek for Bad Idea and Ethan Lazar. Leslie Woo is currently casting the project, which is set to begin shooting principal photography this spring.

Melissa Leo, Michael K. Williams, Frank Grillo, Alice Englert and Jack Kilmer To Star in BODY BROKERS

Academy Award-winner Melissa Leo (THE FIGHTER, THE BIG SHORT) and SAG Award-winner and Emmy-nominee Michael K. Williams (HBO's “The Wire”, Netflix's “When They See Us”), have been cast alongside Frank Grillo (AVENGERS: ENDGAME, THE PURGE), Alice Englert (BEAUTIFUL CREATURES, THEM THAT FOLLOW, and Jack Kilmer (THE NICE GUYS, THE STANFORD PRISON EXPERIMENT) in the new crime-thriller, BODY BROKERS, being written and directed by John Swab.

Disney Television Studios Restructures Leadership Team

Disney Television Studios today announced the restructuring of its leadership team. At ABC Studios, Jonnie Davis has been named president. At 20th Century Fox Television, Carolyn Cassidy has been promoted to president, Creative Affairs, to run that studio alongside Howard Kurtzman, who continues as president of Business Operations. Josh Sussman will be promoted to executive vice president, Business Affairs, ABC Studios, where he will work for Davis. The new appointments were announced today by Craig Hunegs, president of Disney Television Studios, to whom Davis, Cassidy and Kurtzman will report. Bert Salke continues as president, Fox 21 Television Studios, also reporting to Hunegs. 

TimeLine Theatre Co Selects HGA as Architect to Design New Venue

TimeLine Theatre Company is pleased to announce that it has selected HGA as the architect for the company's new home at 5033-35 North Broadway Avenue in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood. Once completed, the project-which includes renovation of a historic building as well as new construction-will house the theatre's future operations and support and expand its mission of presenting plays inspired by history that connect to today's social and political issues.

Netflix Acquires Jane Campion's THE POWER OF THE DOG Starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Elisabeth Moss

Netflix has acquired worldwide rights (excluding UK free TV rights which are retained by BBC Films) to The Power of the Dog from See-Saw Films' in house sales arm Cross City Films.

TimeLine Theatre Company Announces Purchase of Uptown Property

TimeLine Theatre Company is pleased to announce that it has completed the purchase of property located at 5033-5035 North Broadway Avenue in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood. The property, which encompasses a five-story, 45,120-square-foot warehouse building plus a vacant lot near the corner of Broadway and Argyle, is planned as the site of a renovated facility to house the theatre's future operations and to support and expand its mission of presenting plays inspired by history that connect to today's social and political issues.

Chita Rivera Saluted At Shane Inspiration's Touch The Sky Benefit At Carnegie Hall-Zankel Hall

Touch The Sky, a benefit performance in support of Shane's Inspiration, https://shanesinspiration.org/ the L.A. based organization that has created a network of over 68 inclusive playgrounds worldwide, has added Oscar winner J.K. Simmons to an already all-star roster that now includes The New York Children's Chorus. The evening, which is honoring the legendary Chita Rivera, takes place Monday, October 1st at 7:30 p.m. at Zankel Hall - Carnegie Hall.

Professionals from Across the Country Set for League's ESSENTIALS OF ORCHESTRA MANAGEMENT Program in L.A.

Thirty-two professionals from across the country will take part in the League of American Orchestras' ten-day Essentials of Orchestra Management program in Los Angeles, July 18-27.

Professionals from Across the Country Set for League's ESSENTIALS OF ORCHESTRA MANAGEMENT Program in L.A.

Thirty-two professionals from across the country will take part in the League of American Orchestras' ten-day Essentials of Orchestra Management program in Los Angeles, July 18-27.

Robert Downey Jr., Scooter Braun & More Honored at Make-A-Wish Gala

Robert Downey Jr., Scooter Braun and the Los Angeles Kings were honored as heroes at Make-A-Wish Greater Los Angeles' 4th Annual Wishing Well Winter Gala on Wednesday evening at the Hollywood Palladium.

Don Cheadle, Robert Downey Jr. and More Slated for Make-a-Wish's 2016 Wishing Well Winter Gala

Oscar-nominated actor Don Cheadle will present Robert Downey Jr. with the Shining Star Award and joins the star-studded line-up at the 4th Annual Wishing Well Winter Gala presented by Make-A-Wish Greater Los Angeles on December 7, 2016 at the Hollywood Palladium, it was announced today by Neal Aton, President and CEO of Make-A-Wish Greater Los Angeles.

Gavin Rossdale & Bush To Perform At 4th Annual Wishing Well Winter Gala

4th ANNUAL WISHING WELL WINTER GALA (#WishingWellGala) presented by Make-A-Wish Greater Los Angeles, where entertainment executives, celebrities, top business executives, community and civic leaders, medical professionals and philanthropists celebrate the children and families whose lives have been changed forever by the power of a wish.

Don Cheadle, Robert Downey Jr. and More Slated for Make-a-Wish's 2016 Wishing Well Winter Gala

Oscar-nominated actor Don Cheadle will present Robert Downey Jr. with the Shining Star Award and joins the star-studded line-up at the 4th Annual Wishing Well Winter Gala presented by Make-A-Wish Greater Los Angeles on December 7, 2016 at the Hollywood Palladium, it was announced today by Neal Aton, President and CEO of Make-A-Wish Greater Los Angeles.