Reunion Of “Chicago” Stars To Present On 10th Anniversary Of The Film’s Oscar Win

BEVERLY HILLS–Academy Award® winner’s Renée Zellweger and Catherine Zeta-Jones will join their “Chicago” cast mates Richard Gere and Queen Latifah to present together on-stage at the Oscars®, show producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced today. “We are very excited to reunite the stars of ‘Chicago’ to present on the Oscars, on the 10th anniversary [...]

Grammy winner Justin Timberlake To Perform At Grammys

Justin Timberlake

SANTA MONICA–Six-time Grammy winner Justin Timberlake is set to perform on the 55th annual Grammy Awards telecast. This marks the first time in four years that Timberlake will perform on the Grammy stage, and will be his debut TV performance on the eve of his first studio album in seven years. The music industry’s premier event will take place live on Sunday, [...]

Barbra Streisand To Perform On Oscars For The First Time In 36 Years

Barbra Streisand

BEVERLY HILLS–Two-time Academy Award winner Barbra Streisand, who has sung on the Oscars only once before, will perform on the upcoming Oscar telecast on February 24. Streisand last sang the love theme from “A Star Is Born” on the March 28, 1977 show, winning the Best Original Song Oscar for “Evergreen” that same night. “In [...]

Cygnet Theatre Launches Season With New Plays, Musicals

SAN DIEGO–Cygnet Theatre, currently halfway through their tenth anniversary season, is getting fired up about the next lineup of plays and musicals that they’re preparing for their eleventh season. Cygnet Artistic Director Sean Murray and Executive Director Bill Schmidt have assembled a package of plays and musicals for the 2013-2014 season that they feel just [...]

Norah Jones To Perform Oscar Nominated Song From “Ted” At Academy Awards

Nora Jones

BEVERLY HILLS–Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Norah Jones will perform the  song,“Everybody Needs a Best Friend” from the film “Ted” at next month’s Academy Awards. The song, lyrics by Academy Awards host Seth MacFarlane and music by Walter Murphy, is nominated for an Original Song Oscar.  This will be Jones’s first time performing on an Oscar show. [...]

Academy Awards To Salute Movie Musicals Of The Last Decade

BEVERLY HILLS–The Oscars will include a special celebration of movie musicals of the last ten years, the telecast’s producers announced today. “The musical as a motion picture genre has had a remarkable renaissance in the last decade,” said producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron.  ”We are excited to showcase three musical films—‘Chicago,’ ‘Dreamgirls’ and ‘Les Misérables’— [...]

Golden Globe Awards Nominees Give Back By Tweeting Swag Bag

BEVERLY HILLS–(PRNewswire)– The Golden Globe nominees will receive tons of Swag at a top secret location in Los Angeles this weekend. When the celebrities acknowledge the gifts by Tweeting, Hollywood Swag Bag will auction off Swag and proceeds will benefit the celebrities’ charity of choice. Celebrities will not feel bad to accept luxurious purses by Liucia Japan, or Alueur candles because they know [...]

Oscar Nominations Announced

Actress Emma Stone (left) and Academy Awards host Seth MacFarlane announced the nominees for the 85th Annual Academy Awards in the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater. Photo: Matt Petit / ©A.M.P.A.S.

By Gina Yarbrough BEVERLY HILLS–This year’s Oscar host, Seth MacFarlane, creator of Fox Television‘s hit series “Family Guy” and “American Dad,” joined actress Emma Stone early this morning to announce the nominations for the 85th Academy Awards. More than 400 media representatives from around the world gathered at 5:30 a.m. at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn [...]

Oscars To Pay Tribute To James Bond Movie Franchise

BEVERLY HILLS–The 85th Academy Awards will include a tribute to the James Bond movie franchise, which is celebrating its 50th Anniversary this year, the telecast’s producers announced today. “We are very happy to include a special sequence on our show saluting the Bond films on their 50th birthday,” said producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron. [...]

Oceanside Theatre’s The Boys Next Door Tackles Mental Disabilities

OCEANSIDE–The Oceanside Theatre Company will present a production of “The Boys Next Door” – a play about mental disabilities. “The Boys Next Door” is a play, written by Tom Griffin. Set in the Boston area, it deals with four men with various mental disabilities who live in a group home. It takes place over roughly [...]