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Casting Couch: Carrie, Billy Dee Do the Robot Chicken Dance; Mad Men Star on B'way
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The Force is still with Carrie Fisher and Billy Dee Williams.
The Star Wars stars are set to reprise their iconic roles as Princess Leia and Lando Calrissian, lending their pipes to the Cartoon Network's Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II.
Seth Green is once again on board to helm the animated sequel, a follow-up to Adult Swim's George Lucas-sanctioned special that not only earned Green an Annie Award for Best Direction but also a recent Emmy nomination for Best Animated Show.
"It doesn't even seem real—getting to make Star Wars twice!" the Robot Chicken mastermind tells the Hollywood Reporter.
Nine Gets Fergalicious
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Fergie is thisclose to joining the star-studded cast of Nine.
“It’s still being worked on, but it’s pretty much a done deal,” a source confirms.
Rob Marshall is directing the movie adaptation of the hit Broadway musical in which Daniel Day-Lewis stars as an Italian filmmaker, Guido Contini, who is balancing his latest movie project with all the various women in his life.
Dolly Parton's New 9 to 5 Shift
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Dolly Parton is heading to Broadway.
The country legend was in New York today to announce that the musical adaptation of 9 to 5 will open on Broadway at the Marriott Marquis Theatre on April 23.
Casting Couch: Black Ready to Rock Again; Helms Hits Vegas; Whoopi Heads to Broadway
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School is back in session.
Jack Black will reunite with director Richard Linklater to reprise his role as substitute teacher Dewey Finn in a sequel to 2005's hit comedy School of Rock, E! News has confirmed.
Mike White, who wrote the original, will pen the follow-up, School of Rock 2: America Rocks. The plot finds our headbanging hero (Black) taking a group of summer school kids cross-country to learn the history of rock 'n' roll, exploring its roots in blues, R&B, country and folk.
Casting Couch: Osbournes Return; Spike Tunes Up; 90210 Expands
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Maybe it's time for Black Sabbath devotees to renounce their fanhood: Ozzy Osbourne is moving into Osmond territory.
According to Variety, Fox has given a six-episode pickup to an hour-long variety show hosted by the 59-year-old erstwhile Prince of F--king Darkness, 55-year-old wife Sharon, 23-year-old son Jack and 22-year-old daughter Kelly, that's said to be a throwback to such programs of yore as—gulp—ABC's Donny and Marie and CBS' The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour.
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A Spring Awakening for Weeds' Hunky Hunter
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Spring Awakening is getting infested with some Weeds.
Hunter Parrish, who plays Mary-Louise Parker's son on the hit marijuana Showtime series, is joining the cast of the angst-ridden rock 'n' roll Broadway musical Spring Awakening sources exclusively reveal.
Casting Couch: Special Guest for Stiller, Roth Hits Small Screen, Gillian Anderson Has Write Stuff
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As if Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Robin Williams and Ricky Gervais didn't provide enough kid-friendly comic power the first time around, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian is turning the funny all the way up to 11.
The thinking man's funnyman, Christopher Guest, is bringing his comedy chops to the blockbuster sequel, signing on to star as Ivan the Terrible.
The original's stars are all back, as is new addition Bill Hader, who will play Gen. George Custer.
Casting Couch: Cage Sees a Ghost; Olyphant Doing Damages; Cross Gets a Peck
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Nicolas Cage is going from Ghost Rider to The Ghost.
The actor has come aboard to star opposite fellow Oscar winner Tilda Swinton and Pierce Brosnan in Roman Polanski's feature version of Robert Harris' political thriller.
Whoopi for India.Arie's Broadway Debut
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India.Arie isn't just the average girl from your "Video" anymore.
The neo-soul songstress is set to make her Broadway debut Sept. 8 in a Whoopi Goldberg-produced revival of the Obie Award-winning For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf.
The 1975 drama, by playwright Ntozake Shange, is a collection of 20 prosaic poems, each a reflection on modern American life as experienced by black women. The characters do not have names but are instead identified by monikers such as "Lady in Brown" and "Lady in Purple."
Previews begin Aug. 19 at Circle in the Square.
Arie, whose tune "The Heart of the Matter" can be heard on the Sex and the City movie soundtrack, won two Grammys in 2003, including Best R&B Album for Voyage to India.
Katie Holmes' Broadway Bow Set
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Mark your calendars, Katie Holmes' Broadway debut date has been set.
The producers of the revival of Arthur Miller's All My Sons announced today that Mrs. Tom Cruise & Co. will begin previews Sept. 18 at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre. The curtain will officially go up Oct. 16, and the limited-run engagement is set to last through Jan. 11.
As previously reported, Holmes will join an all-star ensemble that includes John Lithgow, Dianne Weist and Patrick Wilson.
TomKat: Housewarming Bash, Part Deux?
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Now that they've gotten the star-studded housewarming party at their new Beverly Hills estate out of the way, are Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes also planning on taking up residence in the Big Apple?
Well, Katie has been busy preparing to make her debut on the Great White Way this fall in Arthur Miller's All My Sons. And the play's producer, Eric Falkenstein, tells the New York Post, "She and Tom are committed to keeping the family together, so they have to get an apartment here."
Wonder if they'll bring Posh and Becks along as roomies?
Siriano: Makin' Whoopi's "Ruffled Extravaganza"
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Can’t wait to see what Christian Siriano is whipping up for Whoopi Goldberg to wear when she hosts the Tony Awards?
“It’s going to be a ruffled extravaganza,” the Project Runway winner told me yesterday at the official MTV Movie Awards post-party. “She’s going to be wearing a skinny pant, fabulous heels for days, a great jacket and a fabulous coat-cap kind of thing.”
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