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The hills are alive… with a new version of The Sound of Music.
Grammy winner Carrie Underwood will star as Maria von Trapp in NBC’s broadcast of the original stage version of The Sound of Music, the network announced today. An air date has not been set for the three-hour live event, but it will be broadcast sometime during the holidays in 2013. READ FULL STORY »
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Marissa Jaret Winokur admits she might have gone a little too Method for the season finale of her TV Land series Retired at 35. Laughs the bubbly Tony winner (for 2002′s Hairspray) and former Dancing With the Stars contender, “I took more time picking out that wedding dress than my own!” Starting Tuesday night, the two-week season closer event follows her character Amy down the aisle, where she may or may not marry fiancé Jared (John Ross Bowie). The complication? Her brother’s best friend Brandon (Josh McDermitt) “really is in love with [Amy],” she says, “and there’s definitely a triangle going on for a little while.”
Winokur admits the season-long tug-of-war between the two guys was even tough for her. “I actually didn’t even know as an actress who I wanted Amy to be with,” she says. “Every week when I’d get a script, I’d wonder which way it was going to go — ‘Is this the week that says [she's] with Brandon, or is the one that says [she's] with Jared?’ … One week, I’d be super-close with Josh and be like, ‘Oh, I hope we’re going to get together this week!’ [Then again] John and I have such great chemistry, too. So even I was wishy-washy with who [Amy] should be with.” READ FULL STORY »
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Louis C.K. — not websites like Ticketmaster or StubHub — has the last laugh on this one. The comedian announced on his website Monday that he will go on tour starting in October, and he’ll be selling tickets directly to fans.
C.K. will sell tickets for the comedy shows from his site, hoping to cut down on the extra fees from distributors, which jack up prices. He’s also taken steps to prevent ticket reselling – anyone who tries to resell their ticket for a higher price will find their ticket canceled.
“My goal here is that people coming to see my shows are able to pay a fair price and that they be paying just for a ticket. Not also paying an exorbitant fee for the privilege of buying a ticket,” C.K. wrote on his site.
All tickets will be $45, period. The tour runs from October through February.
C.K., who’s also prepping for Thursday’s season 3 premiere of his FX show Louie, did warn fans that he had trouble finding venues that would work with his ticketing plan, so he’s performing “in very new places.” The full list of tour dates and theaters is also on his site.
This isn’t the first time C.K. has played with sales strategy. In December he sold video downloads of his special Live at Beacon Theater for $5 a pop, and he declared the experiment a success. He did the same with his album WORD: Live at Carnegie Hall last month.
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Queen Latifah is joining the star-studded cast for Lifetime’s all-African-American Steel Magnolias reboot as M’Lynn, the character played by Sally Field in the 1989 feature film of the same name. Condola Rashad will play her diabetes-stricken daughter, Shelby (played by Julia Roberts), and Rashad’s mother Phylicia will reinterpret the role of Clairee (portrayed by Olympia Dukakis). Alfre Woodard will tackle the irascible Ouiser, who was unforgettably played by Shirley MacLaine, Jill Scott looks to fill Dolly Parton’s shoes as understanding hairdresser Truvy, and Pariah breakout Adepero Oduye will play insecure newcomer Annelle, made famous by Daryl Hannah. READ FULL STORY »
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