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Stage news roundup: Ben-Hur at the O2, Dreyfuss at the Old Vic, outstanding small spaces

Big BenIt promises four hundred performers; a parade of donkeys, camels, eagles and chickens; and pyrotechnics to dazzle an audience of up to 15,000 punters per night – but can Ben-Hur work as theatre?The question arises...

Has Barack Obama Opened the Door for a Black James Bond?

posted Friday, November 7, 2008 , saying this week's historic presidential election signals an opportunity: "After Barack Obama's victory I think we might have reached the moment for a colored 007 [editor's note - James Bond...

'Parallels' wins TriggerStreet

Documentary nabs Online Film Festival prize TriggerStreet.com founders Kevin Spacey and Dana Brunetti announced "Parallels" as the 2008 Online Film Festival winner. The docu, by helmer Paul St. Amand, was selected by a panel of...

Chili is for winners....

Those who know me well may know of my love for David Mamet (who ranks up there with Aaron Sorkin and Bret Easton Ellis as my "favorite voices" of the last couple of decades). And one of my favorite Mamet lines comes from...

Colin Farrell says his days of drinking and hellraising are over

He was determined to live the movie star life to the full. But hellraiser Colin Farrell admits that the spectre of an early death forced him to give up boozing and settle for a quiet life. But, he concedes, the Colin Farrell of...

The Farrelly Brothers, Richard Dreyfuss, George Wassouf

Since at least 2004 those latter-day knuckleheads Bobby and Peter Farrelly , the gross-out auteurs of "There's Something About Mary" and "Kingpin" fame, have been contemplating a movie in which they would upgrade the Three...

Telstar: The Joe Meek Story

Read other reviews about this film An Aspiration Films presentation of a Simon Jordan production. Screenplay, Moran, James Hicks, based on their 2005 play "Telstar." The energy, craziness and often downright shabbiness of...

Kevin Spacey, Kenneth Branagh and Alan Rickman up for Evening Standard Theatre Awards

The Evening Standard kicked off the 08/09 British Theatre awards season announcing their longlist of theatrical heavy-weights, newcomers, regulars and Hollywood stars for the Evening Standard Theatre Awards. Kevin Spacey and...

Gold Derby nuggets: Lindsay Lohan loses another job | See 22 guys in the Oscars slugfest | Dennis...

• Elizabeth Snead serves up tasty tidbits all day long at The Dish Rag here at The Envelope. Among her must-read items is this news that Lindsay Lohan, fresh from being bounced by "Ugly Betty," is out as host of...

Lewis Hamilton and Nicole Scherzinger: The New Beckhams?

posted Wednesday, November 5, 2008 Should David and Victoria be worried? Buzz-wise, racing champ Lewis Hamilton and Pussycat Dolls frontwoman Nicole Scherzinger are already giving the Beckhams a run for their money. And rumors...