Amazon, Netflix roll out more original programming - TechHive

Amazon, Netflix roll out more original programming - TechHive

Amazon, Netflix roll out more original programmingTechHiveAs for the comedy pilots, Amazon is offering Browsers (“Fresh-faced interns face the music and sing along with it”), Onion News Empire (“Onion News Network journalists will do anything to stay on top”), and Zombieland (“Four survivors are killin ...and more »

After Oscar for screenplay, Geoffrey Fletcher realizes another dream - TheDay.com

After Oscar for screenplay, Geoffrey Fletcher realizes another dreamTheDay.comFletcher has won the biggest award in moviedom - the Oscar - for best adapted screenplay for "Precious" in 2010. And he is ... The movie is a genre-bending concoction, fusing elements of thrillers and fables, coming-of-age tales and quirky comedies ...

At Brookfield Theatre for the Arts, How to 'Be A Good Little Widow' - Housatonic Times

At Brookfield Theatre for the Arts, How to 'Be A Good Little Widow'Housatonic TimesShe is an alumna of the Women's Project Writer's Lab, the Ars Nova Play Group, and the Playwright's Realm and was the Playwright in Residence at the Finborough Theater in London (2010-2011). She is a two-time Samuel French Short Play Festival winner ...

'Canceled' Doesn't Mean Canceled Anymore, And That's a Big Problem - Hollywood.com

Hollywood.com'Canceled' Doesn't Mean Canceled Anymore, And That's a Big ProblemHollywood.comHeroes has been canceled since 2010. ... Yes, TBS and Netflix are coupling their revivals with original content like Men at Work on the comedy-skewing cable channel and House of Cards and Hemlock Grove on the streaming site, lending credibility to ...

"Ishtar: The Director's Cut" comes to Music Box Theatre - Chicago Sun-Times (blog)

"Ishtar: The Director's Cut" comes to Music Box TheatreChicago Sun-Times (blog)The best that can be said for "Ishtar" is that Warren Beatty and Dustin Hoffman, two of the most intelligent actors of their generation, play dumb so successfully that on the basis of this film there's no evidence why they've made it in the movies ...

ABC Family wants you ready for musical - York Dispatch

ABC Family wants you ready for musicalYork DispatchTo ensure that viewers are ready for Sunday night's premiere of "Lovestruck: The Musical," ABC Family will be airing four nights of romantic comedy and melodrama. The warbling kicks off with ... two 2010 romantic comedies, "When in Rome" and "You Again ...

Greek theatre drew scholar Kathryn Bosher, rowing moved her - Globe and Mail

Globe and MailGreek theatre drew scholar Kathryn Bosher, rowing moved herGlobe and MailAmong a handful of scholars to research the ancient origins of comedy in Sicily and southern Italy, then western outposts of the Greek empire, she was equally at home with the raunchy, sexually charged humour of Aristophanes as with the crystalline ...

JCCT to present Southern comedy 'Rex's Exes' - Kingsport Times News

Kingsport Times NewsJCCT to present Southern comedy 'Rex's Exes'Kingsport Times NewsThe Southern-fried comedies penned by playwrights Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope and Jamie Wooten have proven so popular with audiences at Johnson City Community Theatre that including the trio's latest production in its 2013 season of shows was a ...

Preview: The Importance of Being Earnest at the Customs House, South Shields - ChronicleLive

Preview: The Importance of Being Earnest at the Customs House, South ShieldsChronicleLiveOscar Wilde's theatrical masterpiece is widely-acknowledged as one of the greatest comedies in the English Language. Wonderful characters, sparkling dialogue, ... A scintillating comedy of manners, Oscar Wilde's best-loved work overflows with wordplay ...and more »

It's a Dramatic, Dominant Week for CBS in Primetime - Variety

It's a Dramatic, Dominant Week for CBS in PrimetimeVarietyOn the series side, with the CBS comedies airing in repeats, it was time for its hourlongs to enjoy the spotlight as the Eye claimed the week's top four dramas in the 18-49 demo. Even in repeat, meanwhile, it was ... any comedy or drama on cable. For ...and more »