When Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps starts its second year on Broadway, it will do so in a new theatre and with a new star.
East Peoria flips switch on holiday lights (The Pantagraph) 04 December 2008EAST PEORIA -- Central Illinois' traditional kickoff to the Christmas season steps off with the start of the 24th annual Festival of Lights parade at 5:45 p.m. Saturday along Washington Street in East Peoria. | Festival calendar
Hitchcock's inventions disappear in BBC's latest version of The 39 Steps (Guardian Unlimited) 01 December 2008The woman behind a new BBC film adaptation of The Thirty-Nine Steps is braced for complaints this Christmas from fans of previous screen portrayals of the classic adventure. Gone from her version is Mr Memory, the music hall performer cruelly shot as he reveals the secret at the core of the story; gone is the gripping scene on the Forth Bridge; gone is the villain's tell-tale missing finger ...
The End of America (New York Times) 04 December 2008Naomi Wolf in the documentary “The End of America.” “The End of America,” an unsettling documentary polemic about the erosion of civil liberties in the wake of 9/11, brings up matters many of us would rather not contemplate in the middle of a financial crisis and on the eve of a new administration.
‘Ticket Out’ slated to film at courthouse (Newton Daily News) 03 December 2008A technical scout crew toured the Jasper County Courthouse on Tuesday afternoon, the first steps toward filming scenes there next month.
Jonas Bro Girlfriend Steps Out With Twilight's Robert Pattinson (US Weekly) 02 December 2008Camilla Belle and Twilight's Robert Pattinson were spotted lunching together Sunday at Three Square Bakery in Venice, Calif. Check out red carpet photos from the Twilight. According to
Playwright Rewrites Family History in NYC Run of 'Memory Play' (Playbill via Yahoo! News) 03 December 2008WorkShop Theater Company in New York City presents A Memory Play, a dark screwball comedy by Bob Stewart, Dec. 3-20.
Hanks angling for inauguration spot: any spot (The State) 03 December 2008Tom Hanks wants to attend President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration even if he doesn't get a front-row seat. Or any seat at all. "Look, I'll be in the back," the 52-year-old Oscar winner said backstage Tuesday night at a benefit for the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. "I'll sit on the Lincoln steps and just watch it from the distance on a Jumbotron. I've never been to anything ...
Got four left feet? Here's required viewing (New York Daily News) 03 December 2008No, you're mind isn't playing tricks on you. Forget "Dancing With the Stars" - the latest reality-show dance craze is "Dancing With Dogs," which airs Saturday at 9 p.m. on Animal Planet.Top freestyle dancer and trainer Cassandra Hartman offers her six steps for getting started:
Diaz 'snubs' Biel at LA award ceremony (The Times of India) 03 December 2008Diaz hastened her steps at an award function to avoid bumping into Biel, who's presently dating her former beau.