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Tony Parsons’ novel Your Neighbour’s Wife is being eyed for adaptation.

U.K. screenwriters Rebecca Pollock and Kas Graham are attached to write the serial, which is being described as a “propulsive erotic thriller.” The book, which dropped in 2021, follows Tara Carver — a happily married mother who finds herself willing to go to extremes when a one-night stand reveals himself to be a manipulative stalker.

A+E Media Group, Stockholm Syndrome and Endor Productions are partnering on the project, which has yet to be placed at a platform, and will be taking it to market shortly. “A+E Media Group is thrilled to be working with Kas, Rebecca and our wonderful partners at Stockholm Syndrome and Endor to develop a bingeworthy new series based on Tony’s acclaimed IP,” said Alexandra Finlay, A+E Media Group VP of scripted international co-productions.

Parsons, a journalist who’s written for NME,...

Mick Jagger probably shouldn’t expect Tony Parsons to send a present for his newborn son. “Man and Boy” author and British journalist Parsons hate-tweeted in the Rolling Stones singer’s direction on Thursday, after news broke that Jagger had become a father for the eighth time, at age 73. Calling the news “disturbing,” Parsons also snarkily insinuated that Jagger is a cradle robber. Also Read: Mick Jagger Welcomes 8th Child at Age 73 “Deeply disturbing that Mick Jagger, 73, has had a baby with Melanie Hamrick, 29,” Parsons wrote. “How can this possibly work? She’s far too old for him.” Deeply disturbing that Mick Jagger,...

Exclusive: Apa has signed UK screenwriter and playwright Kevin Hood. He most recently scripted Reykjavik, the Cold War drama that Participant Media has slated for production early this year with Ridley Scott producing, and Mike Newell directing Michael Douglas and Christoph Waltz. Hood also co-wrote Girl’s Night Out, a romantic comedy directed by Michael Hoffman, which is scheduled to start lensing this year. In addition to a long list of credits in British television, Hood co-created the BBC’s longest-running primetime crime drama Silent Witness. He also created and executive produced the network’s drama In A Land Of Plenty, based on the novel by Tim Pears. Hood is also known for his rewrite on the Miramax feature Becoming Jane, starring Anne Hathaway. A successful playwright from 1987-1998, Hood wrote the plays Beached and Astronomer’s Garden. He also wrote British television drama including episodes of Medics, Grange Hill and Garrow’s Law.

Michael Douglas: Ronald Reagan in Reykjavik Michael Douglas, Best Actor Academy Award winner for Oliver Stone’s Wall Street, will play Ronald Reagan (playing the role of U.S. president) in the independently made Reykjavik. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire‘s Mike Newell is currently "in talks" to direct Reykjavik, at one point a possible Ridley Scott property. Scott will now co-produce the film from a screenplay by Kevin Hood (the TV movie Man and Boy, Becoming Jane). As per the Reporter, "Reykjavik takes place over a few days in 1986, when Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev met for [...]...

British actor James Corden, star and co-creator of the BBC comedy "Gavin and Stacey," bested some of Hollywood's most celebrated heavyweights at the Tony Awards Sunday night. Corden won best actor in a play for his role in the transatlantic hit "One Man, Two Guvnors," beating Philip Seymour Hoffman ("Death Of A Salesman"), James Earl Jones ("Gore Vidal's The Best Man"), Frank Langella ("Man and Boy") and John Lithgow ("The Columnist").

Corden, who also took the comparable category at last week's Drama Desk Awards, made a point of the quality of his competition in his acceptance speech Sunday night, calling Hoffman his favorite actor. He saved his most effusive praise though for his fiancee, Julia Carey, who he lovingly referred to as his "baby mama."

Watch James Corden's speech above.

The 2012 Tony Awards were full of surprises! With a near-sweep for the indie musical hit Once, a Tony for Smash star Christian Borle, and Alan Menken’s first Tony for Newsies, the Neil Patrick Harris-hosted affair also featured a special award for fan favorite Hugh Jackman. But the play was the thing Sunday night, with Clybourne Park taking the best play award and a variety of other entries in the medium like Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman and Peter and the Starcatcher honored across several categories. See the full winners list below (and don’t miss our...

On Broadway's night to show the world the magic that happens within a few Manhattan blocks, Irish pub music, Gershwin standards and American classics dominate.

Neil Patrick Harris hosts the 66th Annual Tony Awards Sunday, June 10, on CBS. Though details for the live show from Manhattan's Beacon Theatre were not set at this writing, expect traditional Irish music from "Once," with the most nominations, 11. And with 10 nods each, expect numbers from "The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess," starring Audra McDonald, and "Nice Work If You Can Get It," starring Matthew Broderick, also with a Gershwin score.

And if the audience is lucky, it will see a bunch of ragtag pirates dressed as mermaids in a number from "Peter and the Starcatcher." This delightful play, with nine nominations, details Captain Hook and Peter Pan's history. It would be an upset if Christian Borle (Tom on "Smash"), as an absolutely fabulous pirate prone to malapropisms,...

The 66th annual edition of these top theater kudos were handed out on Sunday, June 10 at New York's Beacon Theater and air live on CBS. Nominees were determined by 22 theater professionals and winners were voted on by 851 members of the Broadway community. Best Play X -- Clybourne Park Other Desert Cities Peter and the Starcatcher Venus in Fur Best Musical Leap of Faith Newsies Nice Work If You Can Get It X -- Once Best Play Revival X -- Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman Gore Vidal’s The Best Man Master Class Wit Best Musical Revival Evita Follies X -- The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess Jesus Christ Superstar Best Actor (Play) X -- James Corden - One Man, Two Guvnors Philip Seymour Hoffman - Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman James Earl Jones - Gore Vidal’s The Best Man Frank Langella - Man and Boy John Lithgow...

Since the incredible Neil Patrick Harris is hosting this weekend’s Tony Awards, that gives Ologists Emily Cheever and Terron R. Moore the magnificent chance to predict the winners just like every other fancy schmancy critic out there. Do Emily or Terron have any knowledge about what’s been tearing up Broadway this year? Better question: does it matter? Nope! Check out their predictions for six major categories below:

Best Performance By An Actress In A Leading Role In A Play

Nina Arianda, Venus in Fur

Tracie Bennett, End of the Rainbow

Stockard Channing, Other Desert Cities

Linda Lavin, The Lyons

Cynthia Nixon, Wit

Terron: What's a Stockard Channing? Because that sounds familiar. And Christmas-y.

Emily: I think she was in Grease? And I think she was the slutty one. No lie, once this therapist said I reminded her of Stockard in Grease, which is weird because i specifically said boys weren't into me.

Since the incredible Neil Patrick Harris is hosting this weekend’s Tony Awards, that gives Ologists Emily Cheever and Terron R. Moore the magnificent chance to predict the winners just like every other fancy schmancy critic out there. Do Emily or Terron have any knowledge about what’s been tearing up Broadway this year? Better question: does it matter? Nope! Check out their predictions for six major categories below:

Best Performance By An Actress In A Leading Role In A Play

Nina Arianda, Venus in Fur

Tracie Bennett, End of the Rainbow

Stockard Channing, Other Desert Cities

Linda Lavin, The Lyons

Cynthia Nixon, Wit

Terron: What's a Stockard Channing? Because that sounds familiar. And Christmas-y.

Emily: I think she was in Grease? And I think she was the slutty one. No lie, once this therapist said I reminded her of Stockard in Grease, which is weird because i specifically said boys weren't into me.

Since the incredible Neil Patrick Harris is hosting this weekend’s Tony Awards, that gives Ologists Emily Cheever and Terron R. Moore the magnificent chance to predict the winners just like every other fancy schmancy critic out there. Do Emily or Terron have any knowledge about what’s been tearing up Broadway this year? Better question: does it matter? Nope! Check out their predictions for six major categories below:

Best Performance By An Actress In A Leading Role In A Play

Nina Arianda, Venus in Fur

Tracie Bennett, End of the Rainbow

Stockard Channing, Other Desert Cities

Linda Lavin, The Lyons

Cynthia Nixon, Wit

Terron: What's a Stockard Channing? Because that sounds familiar. And Christmas-y.

Emily: I think she was in Grease? And I think she was the slutty one. No lie, once this therapist said I reminded her of Stockard in Grease, which is weird because i specifically said boys weren't into me.

Since the incredible Neil Patrick Harris is hosting this weekend’s Tony Awards, that gives Ologists Emily Cheever and Terron R. Moore the magnificent chance to predict the winners just like every other fancy schmancy critic out there. Do Emily or Terron have any knowledge about what’s been tearing up Broadway this year? Better question: does it matter? Nope! Check out their predictions for six major categories below:

Best Performance By An Actress In A Leading Role In A Play

Nina Arianda, Venus in Fur

Tracie Bennett, End of the Rainbow

Stockard Channing, Other Desert Cities

Linda Lavin, The Lyons

Cynthia Nixon, Wit

Terron: What's a Stockard Channing? Because that sounds familiar. And Christmas-y.

Emily: I think she was in Grease? And I think she was the slutty one. No lie, once this therapist said I reminded her of Stockard in Grease, which is weird because i specifically said boys weren't into me.

Now is the time for Newsies fans and theater geeks everywhere to seize the day! It’s Tony time! This Sunday, Neil Patrick Harris will be donning his tux once again to host the annual celebration of Broadway’s finest moments. And in a repeat from last year’s Nph-led event, expect another rash of jokes at the expense of Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark. Fellow EW critic Melissa Rose Bernardo and I here offer our predictions in all the Tony categories (you’ll see our names after each of our picks). Disagree? Please let us know who you...

The low-tech musical "Once," based on the love story of a Czech flower seller and an Irish street musician in Dublin, received a leading 11 Tony Award nominations Tuesday, proving sentiment can sway nominators just as much as special effects.

Two other musicals - "The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess" and "Nice Work If You Can Get It" - each got 10 nominations as the Tony committee spread the wealth across 30 of 37 eligible shows. Unlike last year's "The Book of Mormon," no monster single hit dominated the nominations.

"Once," with songs by Marketa Irglova and Glen Hansard, was originally a low-budget movie made for about $150,000. The film earned $20 million, thanks in part to an original score that included the sublime, 2007 Oscar-winning song, "Falling Slowly." The musical is a study in how to beautifully adapt a movie to the stage.

The best leading actor in a play Tony will pit James Corden from the British import "One Man,...

Hit musical Once is leading the way at this year's Tony Awards after scooping 11 nominations.

The popular show has garnered nods across the board including the coveted Best Musical category at the 66th annual prizegiving, which honours the best on Broadway.

Once will go up against Leap of Faith, Newsies and Nice Work If You Can Get It for the top prize.

Meanwhile Clybourne Park, Other Desert Cities, Peter and the Starcatcher and Venus in Fur will all compete for the Best Play accolade.

Hollywood star Phillip Seymour Hoffman is nominated in the Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play category for his part in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman and he'll go head-to-head with John Lithgow (The Columnist), Frank Langella (Man and Boy), James Earl Jones (Gore Vidal's The Best Man) and James Corden (One Man, Two Guvnors) for the honour.

Sex and the City's Cynthia Nixon is up for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play title for her turn in Wit but she'll face stiff competition from Nina Arianda (Venus in Fur), Tracie Bennett (End of the Rainbow), Stockard Channing (Other Desert Cities) and Linda Lavin (The Lyons).

Also landing mentions were new Spider-Man star Andrew Garfield for his feature role in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman and David Alan Grier for his part in The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess.

The winners will be unveiled at the prizegiving ceremony, hosted by funnyman Neil Patrick Harris, on 10 June at The Beacon Theatre in New York City.

The main list of nominees is as follows:

Best Play:

Clybourne Park

Other Desert Cities

Peter and the Starcatcher

Venus in Fur

Best Musical:

Leap of Faith

Newsies

Nice Work If You Can Get It

Once

Best Book of a Musical:

Lysistrata Jones - Douglas Carter Beane

Newsies - Harvey Fierstein

Nice Work if You Can Get It - Joe Dipietro

Once - Enda Walsh

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre:

Bonnie & Clyde - Frank Wildhorn and Don Black

Newsies - Alan Menken and Jack Feldman

One Man, Two Guvnors - Grant Olding

Peter and the Starcatcher - Wayne Barker and Rick Elice

Best Revival of a Play:

Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman

Gore Vidal's The Best Man

Master Class

Wit

Best Revival of a Musical:

Evita

Follies

The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess

Jesus Christ Superstar

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play:

James Corden - One Man, Two Guvnors

Philip Seymour Hoffman - Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman

James Earl Jones - Gore Vidal's The Best Man

Frank Langella - Man and Boy

John Lithgow - The Columnist

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play:

Nina Arianda - Venus in Fur

Tracie Bennett - End of the Rainbow

Stockard Channing - Other Desert Cities

Linda Lavin - The Lyons

Cynthia Nixon - Wit

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical:

Danny Burstein - Follies

Jeremy Jordan - Newsies

Steve Kazee - Once

Norm Lewis - The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess

Ron Raines - Follies

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical:

Jan Maxwell - Follies

Audra McDonald - The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess

Cristin Milioti - Once

Kelli O'Hara - Nice Work If You Can Get It

Laura Osnes - Bonnie & Clyde

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play:

Christian Borle - Peter and the Starcatcher

Michael Cumpsty - End of the Rainbow

Tom Edden - One Man, Two Guvnors

Andrew Garfield - Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman

Jeremy Shamos - Clybourne Park

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play:

Linda Emond - Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman

Spencer Kayden - Don't Dress for Dinner

Celia Keenan-Bolger - Peter and the Starcatcher

Judith Light - Other Desert Cities

Condola Rashad - Stick Fly

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical:

Phillip Boykin - The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess

Michael Cerveris - Evita

David Alan Grier -The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess

Michael McGrath - Nice Work If You Can Get It

Josh Young - Jesus Christ Superstar

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical:

Elizabeth A. Davis - Once

Jayne Houdyshell - Follies

Judy Kaye - Nice Work if You Can Get It

Jessie Mueller - On a Clear Day You Can See Forever

Da'Vine Joy Randolph - Ghost the Musical

Best Direction of a Play:

One Man, Two Guvnors - Nicholas Hytner

Clybourne Park - Pam MacKinnon

Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman - Mike Nichols

Peter and the Starcatcher - Roger Rees and Alex Timbers

Best Direction of a Musical:

Newsies - Jeff Calhoun

Nice Work If You Can Get It - Kathleen Marshall

The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess - Diane Paulus

Once - John Tiffany

Best Choreography:

Evita - Rob Ashford

Newsies - Christopher Gattelli

Once - Steven Hoggett

Nice Work If You Can Get It - Kathleen Marshall

Best Orchestrations:

The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess - William David Brohn and Christopher Jahnke

Nice Work If You Can Get It - Bill Elliott

Once - Martin Lowe

Newsies - Danny Troob.

Hit musical Once is leading the way at this year's Tony Awards after scooping 11 nominations.

The popular show has garnered nods across the board including the coveted Best Musical category at the 66th annual prizegiving, which honours the best on Broadway.

Once will go up against Leap of Faith, Newsies and Nice Work If You Can Get It for the top prize.

Meanwhile Clybourne Park, Other Desert Cities, Peter and the Starcatcher and Venus in Fur will all compete for the Best Play accolade.

Hollywood star Phillip Seymour Hoffman is nominated in the Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play category for his part in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman and he'll go head-to-head with John Lithgow (The Columnist), Frank Langella (Man and Boy), James Earl Jones (Gore Vidal's The Best Man) and James Corden (One Man, Two Guvnors) for the honour.

Sex and the City's Cynthia Nixon is up for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play title for her turn in Wit but she'll face stiff competition from Nina Arianda (Venus in Fur), Tracie Bennett (End of the Rainbow), Stockard Channing (Other Desert Cities) and Linda Lavin (The Lyons).

Also landing mentions were new Spider-Man star Andrew Garfield for his feature role in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman and David Alan Grier for his part in The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess.

The winners will be unveiled at the prizegiving ceremony, hosted by funnyman Neil Patrick Harris, on 10 June at The Beacon Theatre in New York City.

The main list of nominees is as follows:

Best Play:

Clybourne Park

Other Desert Cities

Peter and the Starcatcher

Venus in Fur

Best Musical:

Leap of Faith

Newsies

Nice Work If You Can Get It

Once

Best Book of a Musical:

Lysistrata Jones - Douglas Carter Beane

Newsies - Harvey Fierstein

Nice Work if You Can Get It - Joe Dipietro

Once - Enda Walsh

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre:

Bonnie & Clyde - Frank Wildhorn and Don Black

Newsies - Alan Menken and Jack Feldman

One Man, Two Guvnors - Grant Olding

Peter and the Starcatcher - Wayne Barker and Rick Elice

Best Revival of a Play:

Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman

Gore Vidal's The Best Man

Master Class

Wit

Best Revival of a Musical:

Evita

Follies

The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess

Jesus Christ Superstar

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play:

James Corden - One Man, Two Guvnors

Philip Seymour Hoffman - Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman

James Earl Jones - Gore Vidal's The Best Man

Frank Langella - Man and Boy

John Lithgow - The Columnist

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play:

Nina Arianda - Venus in Fur

Tracie Bennett - End of the Rainbow

Stockard Channing - Other Desert Cities

Linda Lavin - The Lyons

Cynthia Nixon - Wit

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical:

Danny Burstein - Follies

Jeremy Jordan - Newsies

Steve Kazee - Once

Norm Lewis - The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess

Ron Raines - Follies

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical:

Jan Maxwell - Follies

Audra McDonald - The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess

Cristin Milioti - Once

Kelli O'Hara - Nice Work If You Can Get It

Laura Osnes - Bonnie & Clyde

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play:

Christian Borle - Peter and the Starcatcher

Michael Cumpsty - End of the Rainbow

Tom Edden - One Man, Two Guvnors

Andrew Garfield - Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman

Jeremy Shamos - Clybourne Park

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play:

Linda Emond - Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman

Spencer Kayden - Don't Dress for Dinner

Celia Keenan-Bolger - Peter and the Starcatcher

Judith Light - Other Desert Cities

Condola Rashad - Stick Fly

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical:

Phillip Boykin - The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess

Michael Cerveris - Evita

David Alan Grier -The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess

Michael McGrath - Nice Work If You Can Get It

Josh Young - Jesus Christ Superstar

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical:

Elizabeth A. Davis - Once

Jayne Houdyshell - Follies

Judy Kaye - Nice Work if You Can Get It

Jessie Mueller - On a Clear Day You Can See Forever

Da'Vine Joy Randolph - Ghost the Musical

Best Direction of a Play:

One Man, Two Guvnors - Nicholas Hytner

Clybourne Park - Pam MacKinnon

Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman - Mike Nichols

Peter and the Starcatcher - Roger Rees and Alex Timbers

Best Direction of a Musical:

Newsies - Jeff Calhoun

Nice Work If You Can Get It - Kathleen Marshall

The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess - Diane Paulus

Once - John Tiffany

Best Choreography:

Evita - Rob Ashford

Newsies - Christopher Gattelli

Once - Steven Hoggett

Nice Work If You Can Get It - Kathleen Marshall

Best Orchestrations:

The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess - William David Brohn and Christopher Jahnke

Nice Work If You Can Get It - Bill Elliott

Once - Martin Lowe

Newsies - Danny Troob.

The 66th annual edition of these top theater kudos will be handed out on Sunday, June 10 at New York's Beacon Theater and air live on CBS. Nominees were determined by 22 theater professionals and winners will be voted on by 851 members of the Broadway community. (Read full report here.) Best Play Clybourne Park Other Desert Cities Peter and the Starcatcher Venus in Fur Best Musical Leap of Faith Newsies Nice Work If You Can Get It Once Best Play Revival Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman Gore Vidal’s The Best Man Master Class Wit Best Musical Revival Evita Follies The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess Jesus Christ Superstar -Break- Best Actor (Play) James Corden - One Man, Two Guvnors Philip Seymour Hoffman - Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman James Earl Jones - Gore Vidal’s The Best Man Frank Langella - Man and Boy John Lithgow - The Columnist Best Actress (Play) Nin.

The 2012 Tony Award nominations were announced this morning by Kristin Chenoweth and Jim Parsons, with the musicals leading the pack. "Once" -- adapted from the popular indie film -- came out on top with 11 nominations, The Gershwins' "Porgy and Bess" and "Nice Work If You Can Get It," both also musicals, trailed close behind with 10 a piece, and "Follies" and "Newsies" took a respectable eight each.

"Peter and the Starcatcher" picked up nine nominations, the most for a play, edging out this year's closest thing to a favorite, Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman," which gained seven. Philip Seymour Hoffman predictably earned a nod for his turn as Willy Loman in "Salesman," alongside fellow big names James Earl Jones ("The Best Man") and John Lithgow ("The Columnist"). Ricky Martin's divisive portrayal of Che in "Evita" got no love. "Evita," however, did snatch three nods, including one for best revival of a musical.

-- Nominations for the 2012 American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards, announced Tuesday.

Best Play: "Clybourne Park," "Other Desert Cities," "Peter and the Starcatcher," "Venus in Fur."

Best Musical: "Leap of Faith," "Newsies," "Nice Work If You Can Get It," "Once."

Best Book of a Musical: "Lysistrata Jones," "Newsies," "Nice Work If You Can Get It," "Once."

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre: "Bonnie & Clyde," "Newsies," "One Man, Two Guvnors," "Peter and the Starcatcher."

Best Revival of a Play: "Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman," "Gore Vidal's The Best Man," "Master Class," "Wit."

Best Revival of a Musical: "Evita," "Follies," "The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess," "Jesus Christ Superstar."

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play: James Corden, "One Man, Two Guvnors"; Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman"; James Earl Jones, "Gore Vidal's The Best Man"; Frank Langella, "Man and Boy"; John Lithgow,...

Please cry for Ricky Martin and Elena Roger in the Broadway revival of Evita. The truth is, the Tony nominators didn’t love you. Those stars were two of the biggest snubs at this morning’s announcement of the 66th annual Tony Awards.

One of the biggest shockers? It seems that Angela Lansbury will have to wait for her chance to win a record-breaking sixth Tony Award. Despite critical acclaim for her role as a Southern political doyenne in Gore Vidal’s The Best Man, Lansbury was passed over for Featured Actress in a Play. The surprise nominee in that...

The 2012 Tony Awards air June 10 at 8 p.m. on CBS! Did your favorites score nominations? The American Theatre Wing released the official nominees for the 2012 Tony Awards on May 1, and unlike some previous years, there seems to be equal for big Hollywood names as well as classic Broadway staples. From Andrew Garfield and Cynthia Nixon to Audra McDonald and Christian Borle, see who's got a spot in this year's Tony race. Best Play: Clybourne Park Other Desert Cities Peter and the Starcatcher Venus in Fur Best Musical: Leap of Faith Newsies Nice Work If You Can Get It Once Best Book Of A Musical: Lysistrata Jones Newsies Nice Work If You Can Get It Once Best Original Score (Music And/Or Lyrics) Written For The Theatre: Bonnie & Clyde Newsies One Man, Two Guvnors Peter and the Starcatcher Best Revival Of A Play: Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman Gore Vidal's The Best Man...

Reuters ‘Once’ with Steve Kazee and Cristin Milioti.

In a diverse theater season with no clear frontrunner, the Tony Award nominations announced Tuesday morning swept across the board, with nods to major star vehicles like “Death of a Salesman,” offbeat newcomers including the new musical “Once,” work by Broadway veterans such as “Nice Work If You Can Get It” and classic revivals with “The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess.”

As expected, “Death of a Salesman” scored big. The play with a...

Do you smell that? It’s Tony fever, and it starts right now! The theater awards season kicked off this morning when Kristin Chenoweth and Jim Parsons announced the nominations for this year’s Tony Awards, which will air on CBS on Sunday, June 10 on CBS (hosted by Neil Patrick Harris).

Among the most nominated titles this year was Once, which landed 11 nominations including nods for Best Musical and its two stars, Steve Kazee and Cristin Milioti. Fan favorites Newsies and Follies got their due, and there was no dearth of big Hollywood names either, with the likes of Stockard Channing,...

For the first time in more than a decade, Stephen King will narrate a full-length audiobook, The Wind Through the Keyhole: A Dark Tower Novel, to be published on April 24, 2012.

As a bonus, this audiobook will also offer an exclusive audio preview of Doctor Sleep, the eagerly-awaited sequel to King’s classic The Shining, to be published in 2013. Stephen King will also read the excerpt from Doctor Sleep.

Synopsis:

In The Wind Through the Keyhole, Stephen King returns to the rich landscape of Mid-World, the spectacular territory of the Dark Tower fantasy saga that stands as his most beguiling achievement.

Roland Deschain and his ka-tet — Jake, Susannah, Eddie, and Oy, the billy-bumbler — encounter a ferocious storm just after crossing the River Whye on their way to the Outer Baronies. As they shelter from the howling gale, Roland tells his friends not just one strange story but two ... and, in so doing,...

Stephen King will be releasing his latest book in The Dark Tower series in April. Titled The Wind Through the Keyhole, the book is described as “The Dark Tower 4.5″ and bridges the gap between books 4 and 5, while providing a standalone story featuring Roland as well. Jae Lee has provided illustrations for the limited edition version of the book and we have a couple of preview images for you to check out.

While the book is getting a wide release on April 24th, Grant Publishing is selling these limited edition artist edition copies and it is said that they have started to ship. For more information, visit: https://secure.grantbooks.com/z-sk-dt-twttk.html

“We join Roland and his ka-tet as a ferocious storm halts their progress along the Path of the Beam. As they shelter from the screaming wind and snapping trees, Roland tells them not just one strange tale, but...

Getty Images Actor Raza Jaffrey on January 26, 2012 in New York City.

Raza Jaffrey plays Dev Sundaram on NBC’s “Smash,” Karen Cartwright’s (Katharine McPhee) live-in, super devoted, super-sweet boyfriend who works for the NYC mayor. Speakeasy talked with Jaffrey about why viewers should watch, and what’s in store for Dev and Karen.

What do you think will draw people to watch “Smash”?

Everyone knows “Smash” is about musical numbers and everyone knows we have fantastic dance sequences and great performances.

By Samuel Negin

The Tony Awards Administration Committee met for a second time during the 2011-2012 theater season to consider the eligibility of 13 Broadway shows: Man and Boy, The Mountaintop, Relatively Speaking, Chinglish, Other Desert Cities, Godspell, Venus in Fur, Private Lives, Seminar, Bonnie & Clyde, Stick Fly, On A Clear Day You Can See Forever and Lysistrata Jones. The following decisions were announced:

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We have the official cover art from Stephen King’s The Wind Through the Keyhole. The latest novel in The Dark Tower series is due out on April 24th, features Roland Deschain in his early days as a gunslinger, and is also said to bridge the gap between books 4 and 5.

“We join Roland and his ka-tet as a ferocious storm halts their progress along the Path of the Beam. As they shelter from the screaming wind and snapping trees, Roland tells them not just one strange tale, but two–and in doing so sheds fascinating light on his own troubled past.

In his early days as a gunslinger, in the guilt-ridden year following his mother’s death, Roland is sent by his father to a ranch to investigate a recent slaughter. Here Roland discovers a bloody churn of bootprints, clawed animal tracks and terrible carnage–evidence that the ‘skin-man’, a shape-shifter,...

It’s a safe bet to say that Stephen King‘s newest adventure in Mid World, The Dark Tower: The Wind Through the Keyhole, is one of the most anticipated books of 2012. The cover of the book has hit the internet to titillate ka-tets everywhere. The cover art is being done by Jae Lee, the artist of the Dark Tower comic books from Marvel, and features young Roland sharing a moment with a frak-off huge Tiger (a Guardian of the Beam maybe????)

We join Roland and his ka-tet as a ferocious storm halts their progress along the Path of the Beam. As they shelter from the screaming wind and snapping trees, Roland tells them not just one strange tale, but two – and in doing so sheds fascinating light on his own troubled past.

In his early days as a gunslinger, in the guilt ridden year following his mother’s death,...

Stephen King latest book in The Dark Tower series will be released on April 24th. Titled The Wind Through the Keyhole, the story features Roland Deschain in his early days as a gunslinger, and is also said to bridge the gap between books 4 and 5. Publisher Donald M. Grant will be selling a signed limited edition of the book and they have released Stephen King’s foreward and the first 5 pages:

“For readers new to Stephen King’s epic 7-volume fantasy masterpiece The Dark Tower, The Wind Through the Keyhole is a stand-alone novel, and a wonderful introduction to the series. It is an enchanting Russian doll of a novel, a story within a story within a story, which features both the younger and older Roland Deschain – Mid-World’s last gunslinger – on his quest to find the Dark Tower.

For the legions of fans, it is a gift of deeper insight...

Stephen King’s The Dark Tower franchise has stood the test of time as one of the best anthologies ever in print. There are now comics and graphic novels that follow the stories with films and a TV series on the way. The question most fans have is what’s left for the books? What can we expect from King and his beloved Roland? Well, the next installment is a stand alone book called The Wind Through The Key Hole.

This book is set in the gunslinger days and has been rumored to bring together the events from book 4 and 5 in the series. Set to hit the shelves on April 24th, 2012, Stephen King returns to Mid-World after thinking about some unfinished business while penning his latest book 11/26/63. Here is the official press release for the book.

“For readers new to Stephen King’s epic 7-volume fantasy masterpiece The Dark Tower,...

For those who missed out on the news, Stephen King announced a new stand-alone book in The Dark Tower series this past March. Titled The Wind Through the Keyhole, the story features Roland Deschain in his early days as a gunslinger, and is also said to bridge the gap between books 4 and 5. The book is due out on April 24th and we have an updated book description, which provides new plot details:

“For readers new to Stephen King’s epic 7-volume fantasy masterpiece The Dark Tower, The Wind Through the Keyhole is a stand-alone novel, and a wonderful introduction to the series. It is an enchanting Russian doll of a novel, a story within a story within a story, which features both the younger and older Roland Deschain – Mid-World’s last gunslinger – on his quest to find the Dark Tower.

For the legions of fans, it is a gift of...

Author and playwright best known for his literary drama Tom and Viv

Michael Hastings, who has died aged 74, shot to prominence in the first wave of new playwrights at the Royal Court in the 1950s. His best known play, Tom and Viv, about the difficult marriage of Ts Eliot and Vivienne Haigh-Wood, was presented there in 1984, by which time he was well established as a novelist, biographer and author of short stories. He was an unclassifiable writer, despite his sporadic allegiance over the years to the Royal Court. Much of his work is imbued with his experience of travelling in Spain, Kenya and Brazil. The fractured domestic relationships which he documented in Tom and Viv, and in his last West End play, Calico (2004), reflect his own difficult childhood and a lifetime interest in psychoanalysis.

Hastings was brought up by his mother, Marie, in a council flat in Brixton, south London.

Casey Anthony 's attorney Jose Baez tells TMZ, he didn't meet with Barbara Walters to discuss a possible Casey interview -- he and Babs simply got together to chew over a new Broadway play. You'll recall ... TMZ posted a video this morning of Jose and Barbara leaving a Manhattan restaurant last night -- with Walters bristling at Jose's attempt at a Pda. Seemed pretty obvious Barbara was trying to butter Jose up to score the...

This week’s biggest opening — and best EW review — may belong to the Samuel L. Jackson/Angela Bassett two-hander The Mountaintop, but our critics also saw four other productions in New York and California. Read the highlights from all five reviews below (click on the bolded title for the full write-ups).

Man and Boy: Correspondent Keith Staskiewicz was captivated by Frank Langella’s “towering performance” as a ruthless financier whose crumbling empire forces him to reconcile with his son in this Depression-set Broadway revival. The play itself however, didn’t fully please. “These two characters’ relationship feels underdeveloped,” he writes,...

Playing the unscrupulous international financier Gregor Antonescu in a revival of Terence Rattigan's "Man and Boy," Frank Langella vividly evokes a sly figure devoid of morality who revels in his cruel gamesmanship. He is a man obsessed with amassing large sums of money, with no concern for its legality. Beating the odds is part of the thrill. The year is 1934, and Gregor has taken refuge in his estranged son's West Village apartment, where he manipulates and blackmails associates while attempting to elude the authorities. One of the actor's more striking, albeit subtle, moments occurs toward the end of the second act when Gregor's wife demands that he look at her, acknowledging her existence in some way. It's a bone-chilling few seconds as he turns to face her—his expression an unexpected amalgam of genuine curiosity, malevolence, and even a hint of sadness.A Roundabout Theatre Company production running at the American.

Back in March, Stephen King had announced a new book in The Dark Tower series. Titled The Wind Through the Keyhole, this story will take place between the 4th and 5th books. While it ties into The Dark Tower series, it is also being written as a stand-alone novel that is described as a “wonderful introduction to the series”.

“For readers new to The Dark Tower, The Wind Through The Keyhole is a stand-alone novel, and a wonderful introduction to the series. It is a story within a story, which features both the younger and older gunslinger Roland on his quest to find the Dark Tower. Fans of the existing seven books in the series will also delight in discovering what happened to Roland and his ka tet between the time they leave the Emerald City and arrive at the outskirts of Calla Bryn Sturgis.

This Russian Doll of a novel,...

Getty Hugh Jackman, left, and Neil Patrick Harris on stage during the 65th Annual Tony Awards.

The Tony Awards 2011 are being held tonight at Beacon Theatre on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Will “The Book of Mormon”–the new musical from the “South Park” guys–sweep its categories? Can “Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark” finally turn on some critics with a performance from cast members?

Speakeasy is live-blogging the ceremony, hosted by Neil Patrick Harris, right now.

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We’re going to need a word which is harsher than “bleak”. The word “bleak” does not do justice to The Road, John Hillcoat’s faithful adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s novel. Set in an apocalyptic wasteland of nothing but ugly grey, “Man” (Viggo Mortensen) and his son “Boy” (Kodi Smit-McPhee) struggle with survival where the only point is to survive, and that’s not much of a reason. When suicide is the best thing in the world and the best use of a bullet is to kill your son to make sure he isn’t eaten alive by cannibals, you come to understand that “bleak” just doesn’t get the job done as far as adjectives go. Neither does “hopeless”, “grim” or “dismal”. But perhaps the greatest flaw of The Road isn’t its inability to conjure up dark adjectives, but that Hillcoat completely embraces the journey of his characters: pointless.

Short Version: The Road taps the power, beauty and horror of Cormac McCarthy’s novel and gives us a movie that is both gorgeous and gut-wrenching.

Screen Rant Reviews The Road

For those biting their nails in anticipation (I know you’re out there), I’ll skip the usual opening fanfare and get right to it: In my opinion, director John Hillcoat has successfully taken the power, beauty and horror of Cormac McCarthy’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Road and translated it, intact, to the big screen. I think that those moviegoers who don’t already read McCarthy now have another good example of why they should (The Coen Brothers’ No Country For Old Men being the other); I think that those who Do read McCarthy will at least be happy that the movie version “didn’t screw it up,” and at most will truly appreciate the movie based on its own merits.

In a word: bleak. Based on Cormac McCarthy’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, the long-awaited film version of The Road (opening November 25 after a year’s delay) follows a father and a son as they journey across the vast, ruined postapocalyptic landscape of the southeastern United States. The exact cataclysm is never mentioned, though McCarthy has said that he had an impact event in mind when he wrote the book. Years of fires have plunged the planet into a nuclear winter. Smoke darkens the sky, the temperature continues to drop and nothing green has survived. Total anarchy and no food have turned most of the survivors into cannibals.

Unlike the dark-futuristic action films we’re used to, The Road is a stripped-to-the-bone fable of morality and survival. Viggo Mortensen is The Man—bearded and bedraggled in a dirty down jacket and cardboard shoes. His dreams are heartbreaking flashbacks he can’t seem to shake.

The madness continues at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival.

The talk of the festival right now is the performance of Oscar-winner Robert Duvall in his new film, Get Low, in which he portrays a hermit with a dark secret who comes out of hiding to confront the rumors about him in a small southern town in the 30s. Directed by Aaron Schneider, the film is very much like a Horton Foote story, with those flawed yet all-too-human characters standing front and center.

Duvall, who adored Foote, loved the role and gives one of the best performances of his career. In fact if you recall, it was in 1997 that the veteran actor was poised for similar acclaim with The Apostle, which knocked critics and the film world on their collective butts. Duvall went on to earn an Oscar nomination for that performance, and may do the same here provided Get Low...

BBC Worldwide said Wednesday it has signed a major seven figure licensing deal with Australia's ABC Network for over 100 hours of programming. The eve of MIPCOM sales deal covers the cream of the pubcaster's forthcoming drama, factual and kids slates in addition to library shows that have already aired on BBC channels in the U.K. Headlining the deal is the BBC forthcoming adaptation of the Sherlock Holmes detective tale The Hound of the Baskervilles, starring Richard Roxburgh (Moulin Rouge), Ian Hart (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone) and Richard E. Grant (Gosford Park). Other drama titles covered by the deal include international espionage series Spooks, contemporary fatherhood drama Man and Boy and returning comedy drama Auf Wiedersehen Pet. The deal also includes the BBC's landmark natural history series Life of Mammals and the Michael Palin globetrotting adventure series Sahara. ABC is also taking the kids animated show Ace Lightning. "The programs licensed to the ABC are some of the highest quality productions coming from the BBC this year," commented BBC Worldwide Australasia sales head Julie Dowding. "This line-up is testament to the ABC's commitment to bringing their Australian audience the best and widest variety of programming available."...