271 stories by "Cynthia Littleton"
In the hands of Hugh Jackman, being inside Radio City Music Hall for the Tony Awards ceremony was like being at a party with an incredibly gracious host. Jackman impressed during his on air …
If Neil Patrick Harris was nervous about being up for a Tony Award, he didn’t show it as he walked the red carpet outside Radio City Music Hall on Sunday. Harris was all smiles as he p…
Bryan Cranston’s Moon Shot Entertainment is getting down to business in developing television projects through his Moon Shot Entertainment banner. The “Breaking Bad” star&#…
“The View” will bring all 11 co-hosts in the show’s 17-year history together for the first time on May 15 for a farewell salute to series matriarch Barbara Walters. The liv…
CHICAGO (AP) — Oprah Winfrey is selling Harpo Studios in Chicago to a developer, but the studio will remain on the property for another two years. Winfrey filmed “The Oprah Winfr…
If there’s a sudden worldwide shortage of Swarovski crystals in the coming weeks, blame the Oscars. Oscar producers have trucked in hundreds of thousands of Swarovski crystals to decor…
The death of Philip Seymour Hoffman is a big blow to Showtime’s new series roster for 2014. The actor was to take on his first TV series role in the pay cabler’s comedy “Ha…
NBC Entertainment chairman Bob Greenblatt came to the Television Critics Assn. session on Saturday with a slew of programming announcements, none more anticipated than the decision to …
"I'm 82," Rita Moreno kept mentioning in her backstage remarks after receiving her SAG Awards life achievement kudo. Nobody bought it. She's too vivacious, too electric and way too sharp to …
Disney CEO Bob Iger earned $34.3 million in fiscal 2013, a 15% drop from his 2012 compensation. Disney released details of Iger’s compensation Monday as part of the proxy filing for it…
Edgar M. Bronfman Sr., the billionaire businessman who led Seagram Co. at the time of its acquisition of Universal Studios parent MCA, died Saturday. He was 84. The Canadian-born Bronfman…
David Mamet is turning to the Good Book, setting a deal with Fox, Lionsgate TV and 20th Century Fox TV to develop a seven-hour limited series rooted in the concepts behind the seven de…
Exhausted and exhilirated — that’s how “Sound of Music Live” exec producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron feel this morning on the heels of pulling off NBC’s live …
NBC’s staging of “The Sound of Music Live” is generating a steady stream of Twitter commentary, ranging from snark to swooning over the classic tunes featured in the belove…
Jane Kean, a thesp who got her start in musical theater but was best known for playing Trixie alongside Jackie Gleason in the 1960s revival of “The Honeymooners,” has died.…
For Meryl Streep, taking on the role of Violet Weston in the Weinstein co. film adaptation of “August: Osage County” was daunting because she knew how exhausting it would be t…
Lifetime has greenlit a telepic adaptation of the Broadway production of “A Trip to Bountiful” starring Cicely Tyson, Vanessa Williams and Blair Underwood. The Rialto rendition, …
The carriage standoff between CBS and Time Warner Cable has ended as the sides have inked a wide-ranging content deal that calls for CBS network, Showtime and other channels blacked out sinc…
Julie Harris, one of Broadway’s most honored performers, whose roles ranged from the flamboyant Sally Bowles in “I Am a Camera” to the reclusive Emily Dickinson in “T…
NBC added one comedy and two more dramas to its 2013-14 roster, all from Sony Pictures TV. “Welcome to the Family,” from scribe Mike Sikowitz, revolves around the culture clash o…
DirecTV is close to finalizing a deal with Momentum Television for a 1o-episode drama series from Neil LaBute for its Audience Network channel. Half-hour drama dubbed “Full Circle̶…
