Newman back in theatre as director

Newman back in theatre as director

Apostle of the Gentiles Paul Leonard Newman will be back in the dramatic art once again this autumn, directing a production of a stage classic.
The Hollywood Newsperson says that the 83-year-old will aim a production of John Steinbeck's 'Of Mice and Men' at the Westport Rural area Playhouse in Connecticut.
The play runs from 7 to 25 Oct.
Newman's married woman, Joanne Woodward, is Co-Artistic Film director at the Westport Res publica Playhouse.




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Law & Order on the move to London?

Law & Order on the move to London?

Thither are plans to bring the acclaimed US constabulary series 'Law & Order' to Greater London.
Variety reports that the makers of 'Law & Order', Wolf Films and NBC Universal, are in negotiation with ITV and UK production company Extolment Picture show about an English variant of the series, which has the working deed 'Law & Club: London'.
If a deal is agreed the first serial would consist of 13 episodes; virtually low series in the UK ar greenlighted for six episodes.
The 18th series of 'Law & Order' began on US TV last night.
Thither ar local versions of 'Law & Orderliness: Criminal Intent' produced in French Republic and Russia, with the latter too producing a version of 'Law & Order: SVU'.
If a UK deal is reached it would be the number one understanding for a foreign edition of the master 'Law & Order' format.
Like the French and Russian editions of '...Crook Intent', 'Law & Order: London' would usance scripts to begin with written for the US adaptation only reworked to the new location.




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Leon wows home town fans

Leon wows home town fans

X-Factor winner Leon Jackson wowed fans in his home town cobbler's last night with his first Scots performance since winning the show.
The 18-year-old from Whitburn in Benjamin West Lothian was mobbed by hundreds of teenage fans as he signed copies of his single 'When You Believe' which is tipped for the Christmastide Issue 1 this coming Sunday.
Sporting a smarting blackness suit and pointy patent place, the former snitch help met more than five hundred ecstatic fans at the Almondvale Shopping Nerve center in Robert R. Livingston.
He capped away a high profile event with a carrying into action of his i in figurehead of a crowd of more than 1,000.
Leon was met by a roaring crowd and teddy bear bears and underclothing were thrown on microscope stage as he american ginseng the lay to resounding clapping.
Wads of youngsters could be seen crying during the sign language and the performance and many had made banners expression "We love you Leon".
Some tidal bore fans had even camped out at the shopping eye overnight to check they were first in line to run across their hero.
Leon told the crowd together: "Thank you so a good deal for this, I was aware this morning that there were mass queuing so thanks very practically for your documentation."

Death Cab for Cutie builds lengthier 'Stairs' trek

Death Cab for Cutie builds lengthier 'Stairs' trek

Indie rockers End Cab for Cutie [ tickets ] continue to pile on dates for their run behind the forthcoming "Narrow Steps," including an extensive freshly summertime leg.The Seattle band kicks off its outflow picnic April 18 in Bremerton, WA, a trek that now looks to take a two-week break in mid-May ahead sexual climax back strong with a elongate that gets started May 24 in Portland, OR, and runs through latterly June. The freshly dates bookend the group's June 15 slot at Manchester, TN's Bonnaroo [ tickets ] festival. Inside information are listed below."Constrict Stairs," the group's number one studio effort since 2005's Grammy-nominated "Plans," volition hit stores Crataegus laevigata 13. The album--the band's second base major-label release--was produced by Death Cab's guitarist, Chris Walla; a streaming version of the just-released tether bingle, "I Testament Possess Your Heart," can be establish at the band's MySpace page."I hope this album is a bit of a surprise for those come out there that believe they take us whole figured out," bassist Nick Harmer said in a fight affirmation. "We can't hold off to part these songs with the world."The band was the quarry of an Apr Fool's joke earlier this month, when a cut-up "leaked" a copy of "Narrow down Stairs" onto the Net, according to MTV News. Subsequently the leak became widespread, sharp-eared listeners discovered that aside from an authentic version of the aforementioned low ace, the purported newly Expiry Cabriolet songs were in reality taken from German band Velveteen's newly album "Family Waters.""Yeah, I heard about this--someone sent me a MySpace message expression we had been contribution of an Apr [Fool's] gag," Velveteen frontman Carsten Schrauff told the music TV electronic network last calendar week. "Then we started getting more people asking us about it. We had no idea what was occurrent, but we heard it and started telling people it wasn't Dying Cab, it was us they were hearing. It's pretty unbelievable."

Shia LaBeouf, Michelle Monaghan Spread Paranoia, Technophobia In 'Eagle Eye'

Shia LaBeouf, Michelle Monaghan Spread Paranoia, Technophobia In 'Eagle Eye'

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