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2013 Seattle International Film Festival Lineup Announced

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2013 Seattle International Film festivalThe 39th Seattle International Film Festival will host the North American premiere of Sofia Coppola’s The Bling Ring which will screen as the festival’s closing night film. The festival runs May 16 through June 9, 2013 and will kick off with a special screening of Joss Whedon’s Much Ado About Nothing. Overall, 447 films will screen during SIFF, including 272 feature films and 175 shorts.
 
“My first knowledge of film festivals came from seeing astonishing and extraordinary films from the likes of Ridley Scott, Peter Greenaway, Lars von Trier and Bernardo Bertolucci. Today, those formative experiences drive my passion for finding the next wave of films from masters and undiscovered talent,” stated SIFF Artistic and Co-Director Carl Spence. “From the launch of our inaugural African Pictures program, to our Closing Night Gala, the American debut of Sofia Coppola’s The Bling Ring, to Disney•Pixar’s Monsters University, to Peter Greenaway’s Goltzius and the Pelican Company, the 39th edition of the Festival will unleash an incredibly rich and diverse array of fantastic programming.”
 
GALAS:
 
Opening Night Gala
Much Ado About Nothing (director: Joss Whedon)
Shakespeare’s classic comedy is given a contemporary spin in Whedon’s Much Ado. Shot in just 12 days (and using the original text), the story of sparring lovers Beatrice and Benedick offers a dark, sexy, and occasionally absurd view of the intricate game that is love. The film was shot entirely in Whedon and Cole’s own home, and made with a group of close friends (and recurring “Whedonverse” players) who share the filmmakers’ love of Shakespeare. Confirmed to attend Opening Night on May 16 are director Whedon and the stars of the film: Alexis Denisof, Amy Acker, Nathan Fillion, and Clark Gregg.
 
Closing Night Gala
The Bling Ring (director: Sofia Coppola) North American Premiere
Coppola’s latest is a story ripped from the tabloid headlines and gossip news programs, a story as strange as it is true. Five Tinseltown teenagers (two played by Emma Watson and Taissa Farmiga) wish to live like the rich and famous, but they’ll settle for robbing them instead. The gang, referring to themselves as “The Bling Ring,” track the internet goings-on of SoCal’s A-list celebs with ease, waiting for just the right moment to break into their vast mansions and run off with their high-class goods. But when rebelliousness turns to recklessness, the group’s crimes catch up with them.
 
Centerpiece Gala
Twenty Feet from Stardom (director: Morgan Neville)
When you’re singing along with the chorus of your favorite song, do you really know who you’re singing along with? Veteran filmmaker Morgan Neville does, and his new film tracks the astounding careers, contributions, and sacrifices of pop music’s most-recognizable, yet least-known artists: the backup singers. Twenty Feet from Stardom follows several diverse and gifted backup singers living in the shadows of superstardom. Although these singers are usually relegated to the margins, and few, if any, become household names, their work has defined countless songs that remain in our hearts and collective consciousness. Director Morgan Neville and singers Tata Vega and Merry Clayton are scheduled to appear and perform at the screening.
 
FEATURE FILM PREMIERES:
 
World (18):
 
9 Full Moons (d: Tomer Almagor, USA)
Alive and Well (d: Josh Taft, USA)
Clutter (d: Diane Crespo, USA)
Evergreen: The Road to Legalization in Washington (d: Riley Morton, USA)
Fateful Findings (d: Neil Breen, USA)
Finding Hillywood (d: Leah Warshawski, USA)
Her Aim Is True (d: Karen Whitehead, USA)
Last I Heard (d: David Rodriguez, USA)
The Little Tin Man (d: Matthew Perkins, USA)
Middleton (d: Adam Rodgers, USA, Anchor Bay Films)
Mutual Friends (d: Matthew Watts, USA)
The Otherside (d: Daniel Torok, USA)
Scrapper (d: Brady Hall, USA)
Spud 2: The Madness Continues (d: Donovan Marsh, South Africa)
Teddy Bears (d: Thomas Beatty, USA)
Test (d: Chris Mason Johnson, USA)
Town Hall (d: Jamila Wignot, USA)
Worm (d: Andrew Bowser, USA)
 
North American (38):
 
36 (d: Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit, Thailand)
The African Cypher (d: Bryan Little, South Africa)
Ali (d: Paco R. Baños, Spain)
Belleville Baby (d: Mia Engberg, Sweden)
Between Valleys (d: Philippe Barcinsk, Brazil)
Bitch Hug (d: Andreas Öhman, Sweden)
The Bling Ring (d: Sofia Coppola, USA, A24)
Breach in the Silence (d: Andrés Rodríguez, Venezuela)
Bypass (d: Patxo Telleria, Spain)
Capturing Dad (d: Ryota Nakano, Japan)
Celestial Wives of Meadow Mari (d: Aleksey Fedorchenko, Russia)
Closed Curtain (d: Jafar Panahi, Iran)
Comrade President (d: Mosco Kamwendo, Zimbabwe)
Dead Meat Walking – A Zombie Walk Documentary (d: Omar J. Pineda, USA)
Drug War (d: Johnnie To, Hong Kong, Well Go USA)
Éden (d: Bruno Safadi, Brazil)
Every Blessed Day (d: Paolo Virzi, Italy)
Fatal (d: Lee Don-ku, South Korea)
Flight of the Storks (d: Jan Kounen, France)
Garibaldi’s Lovers (d: Silvio Soldini, Italy, Film Movement)
The Girl With Nine Wigs (d: Marc Rothemund, Germany)
The Great Passage (d: Yûya Ishii, Japan)
House With a Turret (d: Eva Neymann, Ukraine)
I Kori (The Daughter) (d: Thanos Anastopoulos, Greece)
The Kampala Story (d: Donald Mugisha, Uganda)
Last Flight to Abuja (d: Obi Emelonye, Nigeria)
Love Is in the Air (d: Alexandre Castagnetti, France)
Low Profile (d: Cécilia Rouaud, France)
Ludwig II (d: Peter Sehr, Germany)
My Dog Killer (d: Mira Fornay, Slovakia)
Nishan (Medal of Honor) (d: Yidnekachew Shumete Desalegn, Ethiopia)
The Plague (d: Neus Ballús, Spain)
Redemption Street (d: Miroslav Terzi, Serbia)
Ripples of Desire (d: Zero Chou, Taiwan)
Short Stories (d: Mikhail Segal, Russia)
Television (d: Mostofa Sarwar Farooki, Bangladesh)
Tito on Ice (d: Max Andersson, Germany)
Yesterday Never Ends (d: Isabel Coixet, Spain)
 
US (6):
 
2+2 (d: Diego Kaplan, Argentina, Strand Releasing)
Aayna Ka Bayna (d: Samit Kakkad, India)
Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth (d: Prathiba Parmar, USA)
Breathing Earth (d: Thomas Riedelsheimer, Germany)
Horses of God (d: Nabil Ayouch, Morocco)
Invader (d: Daniel Calparsoro, Spain)
 
AFRICAN PICTURES PROGRAM:
 
The African Cypher (d:Bryan Little, South Africa, North American Premiere)
After the Battle (d: Yousry Nasrallah, France)
Coming Forth by Day (Hala Lotfy, Egypt)
Comrade President (d: Mosco Kamwendo, Zimbabwe, North American Premiere)
Die Welt (d: Alex Pitstra, Netherlands)
Fanie Fourie’s Lobola (d: Henk Pretorius, South Africa)
Finding Hillywood (Leah Warshawski, USA, World Premiere)
The Forgotten Kingdom (d. Andrew Mudge, USA)
A Hijacking (d. Tobias Lindholm, Denmark)
Horses of God (d: Nabil Ayouch Morocco, US Premiere)
The Kampala Story (d:Donald Mugisha, Uganda, North American Premiere)
Last Flight to Abuja (d: Obi Emelonye, Nigeria, North American Premiere)
Mother of George (d: Andrew Dosunmu, USA, Oscilloscope Laboratories)
Nishan (Medal of Honor) (d: Yidnekachew Shumete Desalegn, Ethiopia)
The Pardon (d: Joel Karekezi, Rwanda, North American Premiere)
The Repentant (d: Merzak Allouache, Algeria)
Sand Fishers (d: Samouté Andrey Diarra, Mali)
Spud 2: The Madness Continues (d: Donovan Marsh, South Africa, World Premiere)
 
COMPETITIONS:
 
New Directors Competition:
 
Breach in the Silence (d: Andres Rodriguez, Luis Rodriguez, Venezuela, North American Premiere)
The Cleaner (d: Adrian Saba Peru 2012)
Coming Forth by Day (d: Hala Lotfy, Egypt/United Arab Emirates 2012)
Die Welt (d: Alex Pitstra, Netherlands/Tunisia/Qatar, 2012)
Fatal (d: Lee Don-ku, South Korea 2012, North American Premiere)
Fuck Up (d: Øystein Karlsen, Norway 2012)
Harmony Lessons (d: Emir Baigazin, Kazakhstan/Germany/France, 2013)
House With a Turret (d: Eva Neymann, Ukraine 2012, US Premiere)
Love is in the Air (d: Alexandre Castagnetti, France 2013, North American Premiere)
The Plague (d: Neus Ballús, Spain 2013, North American Premiere)
Sadourni’s Butterflies (d: Dario Nardi, Argentina 2012)
Short Stories (d: Mikhail Segal, Russia 2012, North American Premiere)
 
New American Cinema Competition:
 
9 Full Moons (d: Tomer Almagor, USA 2013, World Premiere)
Clutter (d: Diane Crespo, USA 2013, World Premiere)
C.O.G. (d: Kyle Patrick Alvarez, USA 2013)
The Forgotten Kingdom (d: Andrew Mudge, USA 2013)
Last I Heard (d: David Rodriguez, USA 2013, World Premiere)
The Little Tin Man (d: Matthew Perkins, USA 2013, World Premiere)
The Moment (d: Jane Weinstock, USA 2013)
Mutual Friends (d: Matthew Watts, USA 2013, World Premiere)
A Song Still Inside (d: Gregory Collins, USA 2013)
Teddy Bears (d: Thomas Beatty, Rebecca Fishman, USA 2013, World Premiere)
Test (d: Chris Mason Johnson, USA 2013, World Premiere)
Worm (d: Andrew Bowser, USA 2013, World Premiere)
 
Documentary Competition:
 
The African Cypher (d: Bryan Little, South Africa 2012, North American Premiere)
Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth (d: Prathiba Parmar, USA 2013, US Premiere)
Breathing Earth (d: Thomas Riedelsheimer, Germany/Scotland 2012, US Premiere)
The Crash Reel (d: Lucy Walker, USA 2013)
Her Aim Is True (d: Karen Whitehead, USA 2013, World Premiere)
Mussels in Love (d: W.J.A. Kluijfhout, Netherlands 2012)
Our Nixon (d: Penny Lane, USA 2013)
The Punk Singer (d: Sini Anderson, USA 2013)
Sand Fishers (d: Samouté Andrey Diarra, Mali/France 2012)
Town Hall (d: Jamila Wignot, Sierra Pettengill, USA 2013, World Premiere)
The Trials of Muhammad Ali (d: Bill Siegel, USA 2013)
A World Not Ours (d: Mahdi Fleifel, Lebanon/United Kingdom/Denmark, 2012)
 
Source: SIFF
 

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LeAnn Rimes Rises Above Controversy with ‘Spitfire’

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LeAnn Rimes
LeAnn Rimes - Photographer: Sara Hertel

For the past four years, a tabloid-skewed version of LeAnn Rimes’ life has played out online and in public. With her new album, Spitfire, (released June 4) the twice-married, 30-year-old singer tries to set the record straight.

“It’s an emotional roller coaster ride of everything I felt, everything a human being could feel, in the last four years,” she said. “I didn’t set out to write a record that attacked the stories that have been out there. I’ve always said there’s 10 to 15 percent truth in those stories — the rest is BS. There’s a lot being thrown around out there. Any real artist takes what they’ve been through and uses it for their art. That’s basically what I’m doing.”

Rimes co-wrote eight of the 14 songs on Spitfire, her first album of mostly new material since Family in 2007. “She’s loosened her tongue, she’s loosened her heart, she’s loosened her spirit,” said producer Darrell Brown, who wrote many of those songs with her. “She’s writing ungodly better than she has in her entire life.”

Rimes signaled the direction of the new material in late 2012, when she released “What Have I Done?” (written by Rimes, Brown and David Baerwald) and “Borrowed” (Rimes, Brown and Dan Wilson), which acknowledge the guilt and shame she felt about the dissolution of her eight-year union with Dean Sheremet, and the circumstances under which her current marriage with actor Eddie Cibrian began. But these only hint at the emotional depths Rimes plumbs on the album. As she works through desire, anger and ultimately acceptance and wisdom, she sings honestly but never defensively. She may be the principal character in this drama, but she doesn’t see herself as its hero.

“I’m not perfect,” she says. “And I don’t want to be. At all. Anymore. I want to be imperfect — and I want to write about that.”

“God Takes Care of Your Kind,” which Rimes and Brown wrote with her then-husband Sheremet, is almost a harbinger of her ambition to honor her imperfections. “We always wrote together,” she remembered. “We had a great relationship that way. It probably was the first song we wrote for this record that ended up here. That’s life, isn’t it? It kind of works out like that.”

As Rimes’ personal life began to implode, she, Brown and their co-producer Vince Gill ended up recording Lady and Gentlemen, which features Rimes’ versions of classics written by John Anderson, Gill, Merle Haggard, Kris Kristofferson and other Country giants.

By the time Rimes returned to the studio, she was deep into the process of setting her life to song. “I didn’t set out to make a record that was true to my life,” she said. “At the same time, I didn’t know how to stop that train, because it was coming out of me, just so naturally. I didn’t want to record songs just to record songs anymore. I wanted everything to mean something to me. Even if I didn’t write it, I wanted it to be part of the story.”

A good example would be “Where I Stood,” which Australia’s Missy Higgins wrote and released as a single in 2007. Brown adjusted the song’s structure to accommodate Rimes’ broad vocal range, at one point modulating the chorus up a fourth for more dramatic impact. Its lyrics (“She will love you more than I could/She who dares to stand where I stood”) became Rimes’ message to Sheremet and his new wife, photographer Sarah Silver.

“It was important for her to say what she wanted to say with Dean, to apologize to him, but also to let him know that Sarah was going to love him more,” Brown noted.

Brown recruited top-notch songwriters Baerwald, Wilson and Nathan Chapman to write with Rimes. To bring out what he heard as “the blues and the soul” in her voice, as well as its Appalachian and Texas influences, he hired the R&B-based rhythm section of bassist Willie Weeks and drummer Steve Jordan. Then he fleshed out the band with Dean Parks, Dan Tyminski and Waddy Wachtel on acoustic instruments and Paul Franklin on pedal steel.

On all but a couple tracks, there’s no electric guitar. “I didn’t want any other frequency to interfere with that lower part of LeAnn’s voice, which is her natural voice,” Brown said. Instead, he instructed Franklin to play lines on steel that he thought an electric guitar player would add to the tracks.

Rimes also employed some unorthodox methods while recording her vocals. A hand-held microphone, much like the kind she would use in a live setting, allowed her mobility in the studio. Rimes recorded “Borrowed” on her knees and “What Have I Done” while lying flat on her back. That freedom of being able to move her hands and body appealed strongly to her. “It’s a very expressive thing I haven’t been able to do before,” she said.

Important as her messages are throughout Spitfire, Rimes now understands that the most important conversations are the internal ones. “Looking at this album, you see someone who’s talking to herself, almost, who’s being honest with herself for the first time and not worrying about everyone else,” she said. “From there, God knows where I go. But if I can start here, I’ll be so proud of myself.”

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By BRIAN MANSFIELD
© 2013 CMA Close Up® News Service / Country Music Association®, Inc.




‘Dallas’ Will Return for Another Season

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Rebecca Murray
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TNT Renews Dallas
Linda Grey, Patrick Duffy, Josh Henderson and Jesse Metcalfe in ‘Dallas’ (Photo © Turner Entertainment Networks, Inc)
TNT confirms they’ve renewed the dramatic series Dallas for season three. The network is moving forward with 15 new episodes which will air in 2014.

Announcing the renewal, Michael Wright, president, head of programming for TNT, TBS and Turner Classic Movies, stated: “Dallas has built a passionately loyal following with its expertly woven storylines, clever twists and turns, and numerous outstanding performances by a cast that spans generations. Although we said goodbye to Larry Hagman and his iconic character J.R. Ewing this year, Dallas has many more stories left to tell, and the Ewing clan will continue to honor J.R.’s memory by keeping its audience surprised and delighted.”

Dallas stars Patrick Duffy as Bobby Ewing, Linda Gray as Sue Ellen Ewing, Josh Henderson as John Ross, Jesse Metcalfe as Christopher, and Jordana Brewster as Elena Ramos. Additional co-stars include Julie Gonzalo, Ken Kercheval, Brenda Strong, Mitch Pileggi, Emma Bell and Kuno Becker.

Season two averaged 3.8 million viewers.

Source: TNT


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First Look: ‘Crazy Kind of Love’ Trailer and Poster

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Rebecca Murray
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Crazy Kind of Love Poster

True Blood‘s Sam Trammell and Virginia Madsen team up for the romantic comedy Crazy Kind of Love coming to select theaters on May 31, 2013. Directed by Sarah Siegel-Magness, the cast also includes Zach Gilford and Amanda Crew.

The Plot:

While re-evaluating her life, a mother relies on her stoner son and his awkward brother to keep life interesting. When an unlikely romance blossoms between the youngest son and the girl next door, she realizes the key to her happiness can be found where she least expects it.

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2013 Tony Awards – The Nominees

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Rebecca Murray
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2013 Tony AwardsTwo-time Oscar winner Tom Hanks earned his first Tony Award nomination for his starring role in Nora Ephron’s Lucky Guy, but Hanks wasn’t the only thing about Lucky Guy that proved to be lucky. The play picked up a total of six nominations including a nod in the Best Play category. However, overall it was Kinky Boots that came away the big nominations winner, earning 13 nominations including Best Musical, Best Original Score, and Best Direction of a Musical.
 
The 67th Annual Tony Awards will be held on June 9, 2013.

2013 Tony Awards Nominees

Best Play
The Assembled Parties
Lucky Guy
The Testament of Mary
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
 
Best Musical
Bring It On: The Musical
A Christmas Story, The Musical
Kinky Boots
Matilda The Musical
 
Best Book of a Musical
A Christmas Story, The Musical
Kinky Boots
Matilda The Musical
Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella
 
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
A Christmas Story, The Musical – Music and Lyrics: Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
Hands on a Hardbody – Music: Trey Anastasio and Amanda Green, Lyrics: Amanda Green
Kinky Boots – Music & Lyrics: Cyndi Lauper
Matilda The Musical – Music & Lyrics: Tim Minchin
 
Best Revival of a Play
Golden Boy
Orphans
The Trip to Bountiful
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
 
Best Revival of a Musical
Annie
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Pippin
Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella
 
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
Tom Hanks – Lucky Guy
Nathan Lane – The Nance
Tracy Letts – Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
David Hyde Pierce – Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Tom Sturridge – Orphans
 
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
Laurie Metcalf – The Other Place
Amy Morton – Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Kristine Nielsen – Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Holland Taylor – Ann
Cicely Tyson – The Trip to Bountiful
 
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
Bertie Carvel – Matilda The Musical
Santino Fontana – Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella
Rob McClure – Chaplin
Billy Porter – Kinky Boots
Stark Sands – Kinky Boots
 
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
Stephanie J. Block – The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Carolee Carmello – Scandalous
Valisia LeKae – Motown The Musical
Patina Miller – Pippin
Laura Osnes – Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella
 
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play
Danny Burstein – Golden Boy
Richard Kind – The Big Knife
Billy Magnussen – Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Tony Shalhoub – Golden Boy
Courtney B. Vance – Lucky Guy
 
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play
Carrie Coon – Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Shalita Grant – Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Judith Ivey – The Heiress
Judith Light – The Assembled Parties
Condola Rashad – The Trip to Bountiful
 
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical
Charl Brown – Motown The Musical
Keith Carradine – Hands on a Hardbody
Will Chase – The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Gabriel Ebert – Matilda The Musical
Terrence Mann – Pippin
 
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
Annaleigh Ashford – Kinky Boots
Victoria Clark – Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella
Andrea Martin – Pippin
Keala Settle – Hands on a Hardbody
Lauren Ward – Matilda The Musical
 
Best Direction of a Play
Pam MacKinnon – Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Nicholas Martin – Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Bartlett Sher – Golden Boy
George C. Wolfe – Lucky Guy
 
Best Direction of a Musical
Scott Ellis – The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Jerry Mitchell – Kinky Boots
Diane Paulus – Pippin
Matthew Warchus – Matilda The Musical
 
Best Choreography
Andy Blankenbuehler – Bring It On: The Musical
Peter Darling – Matilda The Musical
Jerry Mitchell – Kinky Boots
Chet Walker – Pippin
 
Best Orchestrations
Chris Nightingale – Matilda The Musical
Stephen Oremus – Kinky Boots
Ethan Popp & Bryan Crook – Motown The Musical
Danny Troob – Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella
 
Best Scenic Design of a Play
John Lee Beatty – The Nance
Santo Loquasto – The Assembled Parties
David Rockwell – Lucky Guy
Michael Yeargan – Golden Boy
 
Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Rob Howell – Matilda The Musical
Anna Louizos – The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Scott Pask – Pippin
David Rockwell – Kinky Boots
 
Best Costume Design of a Play
Soutra Gilmour – Cyrano de Bergerac
Ann Roth – The Nance
Albert Wolsky – The Heiress
Catherine Zuber – Golden Boy
 
Best Costume Design of a Musical
Gregg Barnes – Kinky Boots
Rob Howell – Matilda The Musical
Dominique Lemieux – Pippin
William Ivey Long – Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella
 
Best Lighting Design of a Play
Jules Fisher & Peggy Eisenhauer – Lucky Guy
Donald Holder – Golden Boy
Jennifer Tipton – The Testament of Mary
Japhy Weideman – The Nance
 
Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Kenneth Posner – Kinky Boots
Kenneth Posner – Pippin
Kenneth Posner – Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella
Hugh Vanstone – Matilda The Musical
 
Best Sound Design of a Play
John Gromada – The Trip to Bountiful
Mel Mercier – The Testament of Mary
Leon Rothenberg – The Nance
Peter John Still and Marc Salzberg – Golden Boy
 
Best Sound Design of a Musical
Jonathan Deans & Garth Helm – Pippin
Peter Hylenski – Motown The Musical
John Shivers – Kinky Boots
Nevin Steinberg – Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella
 
Special Tony Award® for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre
Bernard Gersten
Paul Libin
Ming Cho Lee
 
Regional Theatre Award
Huntington Theatre Company
 
Isabelle Stevenson Award
Larry Kramer
 
Source: The Tony Awards

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A Behind-the-Scenes Look at ‘Kon-Tiki’

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Rebecca Murray
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National Geographic Channel is taking audiences behind-the-scenes of the Oscar-nominated foreign language film Kon-Tiki with Kon-Tiki: The Incredible True Story. Kon-Tiki chronicles Thor Heyerdahl’s 1947 journey of 4,300 miles as he crossed the Pacific Ocean on a raft made of balsa wood. The documentary takes a look at how the film – directed by Joachim Ronning and Espen Sandberg and starring Pal Hagen – was made.

NGC will air the documentary on May 3, 2013 at 7pm.

Kon-Tiki follows Heyerdahl’s trip from Peru to Polynesia on a raft. He embarked on the expedition in order to “prove that it was possible for South Americans to settle in Polynesia in pre-Columbian times. The journey changed the way we understand cultural migration today.”

The behind-the-scenes documentary includes interviews with director Hagen and others involved in the film.

‘Hit the Floor’ with Dean Cain Premiering This Summer

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Rebecca Murray
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Hit the Floor Cheerleaders Photo
Valery Ortiz, Taylour Paige, Logan Browning and Katherine Bailess star in 'Hit the Floor' - Photo Credit: Piotr Sikora

VH1 has set a May 27, 2013 premiere date for the new drama series Hit the Floor starring Dean Cain, Kimberly Elise, and Charlotte Ross. Hit the Floor is the network’s second hour-long scripted series and is set in the world of professional basketball.

The cast also includes Taylour Paige, Logan Browning, Valery Ortiz, Katherine Bailess, Jonathan McDaniel, McKinley Freeman, Rob Riley, and Don Stark.

James LaRosa created the series and serves as executive producer with Maggie Malina and Bryan Johnson. LaRosa also wrote the pilot, which was directed by Sanaa Hamri.

The Plot:

Hit the Floor explores the sexy world of professional basketball and the dancers who make the fans (and players) go wild. The Los Angeles Devils are the number one team in the league. When the arena lights go on all of Hollywood comes out to support the million dollar players. But in this city these men share the fame, adrenalin, money, sex and power with their dancers, the Devil Girls. At the heart of Hit the Floor is Ahsha (Taylour Paige), a sheltered young woman who joins the team against the wishes of her mother Sloane (Kimberly Elise), who knows this treacherous, tempting world all too well having been a Devil Girl herself.

Olivia (Charlotte Ross) is the shrewd squad manager, Jelena (Logan Browning) is the ruthless, star captain who won’t let anyone else share the spotlight and Pete Davenport (Dean Cain) is the former All-Star who’s come back to coach his old team only to have to contend with the girls both stealing the spotlight and distracting his players. All the while, the mystery surrounding the disappearance of missing Devil Girls dancer Mia threatens to blow the roof off the entire L.A. Devils organization.




First Look: The Killing Season 3 Trailer

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Rebecca Murray
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It’s almost back… The Killing season three will premiere on June 2, 2013 and AMC has just unleashed a new trailer promoting season three. The promo tells us that there are 17 victims and counting, and those victims are what brings Linden (Mireille Enos) back for another case.
 
The Details:
 
A year after closing the Rosie Larsen case, Sarah Linden is no longer a detective. But when her ex-partner Stephen Holder’s (Joel Kinnaman) search for a runaway girl leads him to discover a gruesome string of murders that connects to a previous murder investigation by Linden, she is drawn back into the life she thought she’d left behind.
 
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TBS is Looking for Nerds

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Rebecca Murray
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Curtis Armstrong and Robert Carradine host 'King of the Nerds'
Curtis Armstrong and Robert Carradine host 'King of the Nerds' - Photo Credit by Jeremy Freeman

Are you a geek/nerd? If so, TBS wants you to try out for their competition series, King of the Nerds. The show’s been renewed for a second season and TBS is offering fans the chance to have a say in casting. Using a crowd-sourced casting call conducted via Facebook, fans will get to vote on who joins the competition as “The People’s Nerd.”

Season two will air in 2014.

The series is hosted by Revenge of the Nerds stars Robert Carradine and Curtis Armstrong and features nerds competing in challenges that “test their intellect, ingenuity, skills, and pop-culture prowess.” One competitor will ultimately emerge victorious and claim the $100,000 prize.

The Details, courtesy of TBS: To be considered as a potential “People’s Nerd,” King of the Nerds hopefuls must create a video of no more than five minutes in length showcasing their unique nerdiness. Friends, family, and fellow nerds will then be able to vote on which nerd they want to see battling for the title in this nerd-tastic competition.

The Timeline: Now – May 24: Casting videos can be uploaded to the King of the Nerds Facebook page. Voting will take place throughout the month, narrowing the field to the Top 10 nerds, who will move on to the next round.

  • May 25 – 31: The public will vote for their favorite nerds from among the Top 10.
  • June 3-5: The Top 3 nerds will be announced, with one finalist revealed each day on the King of the Nerds Facebook page.
  • July: The Top 3 nerds will be flown to Los Angeles to meet with the producers, who will then choose at least one of them to be “The People’s Nerd,” with a spot in Nerdvana and the chance to compete for the ultimate nerd crown.




CeeLo Green, Lady Antebellum to Perform on The Voice

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Rebecca Murray
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Hillary Scott and Adam Levine on 'The Voice'
Hillary Scott and Adam Levine on 'The Voice' - (Photo by: Tyler Golden/© NBC Universal, Inc.)
Former coach CeeLo Green will be returning to The Voice this season, but only as a guest performer. NBC says Green, Lady Antebellum, Rod Stewart, Robin Thicke, Pharrell Williams, and T.I. are confirmed to perform on upcoming episodes of season four of The Voice.
 
Per the network, Stewart and Green will perform on Wednesday, May 8, 2013’s episode. And Lady Antebellum, Thicke, Williams and TI will take the stage on Tuesday, May 14th.
 
Williams has already been featured on this season’s The Voice, assisting Usher as he readied his team for the battle rounds. Hillary Scott of Lady Antebellum also provided support for a The Voice team this year, joining with Adam Levine in coaching his team. And Thicke was a part of season two of The Voice as a special guest coach.
 
NBC says Stewart will be singing a song from his new album, Green will perform “Only You” off of his upcoming Girl Power solo album, and Lady Antebellum will sing “Goodbye Town” from Golden. And Thicke, Williams and T.I. will likely collaborate again on “Blurred Lines” which was just released on March 20, 2013.
 

 
Source: NBC
 

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