Liza Minnelli’s recent Broadway show, Liza’s at the Palace, will be aired on public television later this year, according to Variety. Liza’s played Broadway last December and won a Tony this past June. The version that will air on television will be filmed during upcoming reprise performances at Las Vegas’ MGM Grand staged on Sept. 30 and Oct. 1. Chicago and Hairspray producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron will serve as executive producers. The show includes performances of Minnelli’s signature numbers as well as a tribute to multi-hyphenate performer Kay Thompson, who is Minnelli’s godmother.
Archive: September 2009 (131-140 of 314)
Sep 17
2009
08:26 AM ET
'The Lost Symbol' sells more than one million copies
Author Dan Brown’s Da Vinci Code sequel The Lost Symbol sold more than a million copies in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom on Tuesday, its first day of publication, according to Reuters. Retailers Barnes & Noble said the book broke its one-day sales record for adult fiction.
Sep 17
2009
05:58 AM ET
Lifetime commissions 'Search for the Greatest American Recipe' pilot
The Lifetime network has commissioned a food show pilot called Search for the Greatest American Recipe, according to Variety. The show will track chef Tyler Florence as he searches for unique recipes in different regions of the country.
Sep 17
2009
05:58 AM ET
'New Moon' is already selling out
Online ticketing website Movietickets is reporting that more than a dozen performances of New Moon have already sold out, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The Twilight sequel will not be released for another nine weeks.
Sep 17
2009
04:00 AM ET
Spike Lee, Robert De Niro team with Showtime for 'Alphaville'
Spike Lee and Robert De Niro have joined forces with Showtime to develop a drama series set in the Manhattan neighborhood of Alphabet City. The Hollywood Reporter writes that John Ridley will write Alphaville, with Lee set to direct the pilot. The drama will chronicle the neighborhood’s gritty past in the 1980s, full of struggling artists, aspiring rappers, drug dealers and families.
Sep 17
2009
04:00 AM ET
LeBron James to play himself in 'Fantasy Basketball Camp'
LeBron James will play himself in Fantasy Basketball Camp for Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment, Variety reports. Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel are writing the comedy about five diverse adults who come to Las Vegas to attend the LeBron James Adult Basketball Camp, trying to drag James into their personal problems. Brian Grazer will produce the film, which is expected to shoot in summer 2010.
Sep 17
2009
04:00 AM ET
Gael Garcia Bernal in talks to join Kate Hudson in 'Earthbound'
Gael Garcia Bernal is in talks to join Kate Hudson in Nicole Kassell’s Earthbound, Variety reports. The film is about a terminally ill woman who falls in love with her doctor. Earthbound will start shooting in January 2010.
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