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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/02/26/highlights_from_last_night_s_important_t Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:00:08 EST Entertainment News 111780@http://www.starpulse.com/news Last night the third episode of Important Things with Demetri Martin aired on Comedy Central. In case anyone missed it, here's a few highlights from the show, which was all about brains.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/09/26/overrated_aamp_underrated_high_school_mo Fri, 26 Sep 2008 09:17:41 EST Entertainment News 99210@http://www.starpulse.com/news It's the end of September, and now there's no turning back. Summer is too distant a memory, Christmas Break is a speck on the horizon and the work is beginning to pile up.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/07/30/memorable_acting_performances_by_profess Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:44:42 EST Entertainment News 94173@http://www.starpulse.com/news Ah acting-a craft that stands as one of the finest, and most difficult in the world. Some of our culture's most influential people were actors: William Shakespeare, Ronald Reagan, Yul Brenner, the list is endless

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/05/18/sundance_hit_hamlet_2_debuts_in_theaters_22 Sun, 18 May 2008 09:30:00 EST Entertainment News 87333@http://www.starpulse.com/news A world premiere at- and the comedy smash of- the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. In the irreverent comedy, Hamlet 2, A failed actor-turned-worse-high-school-drama teacher (Steve Coogan) rallies his Tucson,

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/04/23/celebrity_birthdays_april_82 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 03:00:00 EST Entertainment News 80814@http://www.starpulse.com/news Happy Birthday to Slovakian tennis player Daniela Hantuchova (1983), "Sin City" actress Jamie King (1979), WWE champ John Cena (197), Mexican singer Patricia Manterola (1972), "CSI NY" actress Melina Kanakaredes (1967), sitcom actor George Lopez (1961), Def Leppard guitarist Steve Clark (1960; d. 1991),

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/04/20/ewan_mcgregor_fears_return_to_stage Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:30:00 EST Entertainment News 84928@http://www.starpulse.com/news British actor Ewan McGregor is terrified about his return to the London stage later this year, because his theater career is littered with catastrophes. The star has appeared in a number of shows on London's West End, including the musical Guys and Dolls, but he is scarred by forgotten lines and onstage mistakes.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/04/15/daniel_craig_wants_to_take_to_the_stage Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:08:01 EST Entertainment News 84391@http://www.starpulse.com/news Daniel Craig is planning to return to his theatrical roots with a stint on the stage, as soon as he can take a break from playing James Bond.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/02/10/legend_of_the_black_scorpion_arrives_on__26 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 15:30:03 EST Entertainment News 77527@http://www.starpulse.com/news Blending dazzling choreography, dramatic camerawork and a Shakespeare tragedy, Legend Of The Black Scorpion debuts as a two-disc Ultimate Edition DVD set February 26th under the Dragon Dynasty label from Genius Products and The Weinstein Company.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/01/30/kelsey_grammer_was_discovered_on_a_ladde Wed, 30 Jan 2008 12:11:51 EST Entertainment News 76239@http://www.starpulse.com/news Ex-Frasier star Kelsey Grammer was discovered by a casting director while working as a painter and decorator. The actor is convinced he was born for the stage and screen, because he was way up a ladder when the theatre boss spotted his talent.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/01/24/steve_coogan_film_is_a_big_hit_at_sundan Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:30:00 EST Entertainment News 75555@http://www.starpulse.com/news British funnyman Steve Coogan's new movie has become the first big hit of this year's Sundance Film Festival in Utah after the film, Hamlet 2, was picked up for distribution by Focus Features executives.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/01/15/burt_reynolds_to_play_washed_up_actor_in Tue, 15 Jan 2008 12:03:51 EST Entertainment News 74385@http://www.starpulse.com/news Burt Reynolds is hoping to revive his film career by playing a Hollywood star hoping to revive his career in a new British film. The veteran will play a washed-up star who signs up to play Shakespeare's King Lear in A Bunch of Amateurs.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/12/25/shakespeare_made_christmas_special_for_j Tue, 25 Dec 2007 14:45:35 EST Entertainment News 72346@http://www.starpulse.com/news French actress Juliette Binoche's favorite Christmas memories come from the days where she and her sister would read Shakespeare aloud - because they were too poor to give gifts.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/09/20/kelsey_grammer_hits_the_high_seas_to_rec Thu, 20 Sep 2007 10:48:26 EST Entertainment News 60760@http://www.starpulse.com/news Former Frasier star Kelsey Grammer has renewed his love for the high seas after buying a small sailboat - for quirky Shakespeare recitals. The actor became a fan of sailing in his teens but he was forced to put his passion on hold when he and his wife Camille started planning a family.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/09/04/fascinating_facts_103 Tue, 04 Sep 2007 21:00:00 EST Entertainment News 58598@http://www.starpulse.com/news Petra Nemcova, has been signed up to front a new advertising campaign by British lingerie makers La Senza.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/08/09/movie_review_becoming_jane_looks_beautif Thu, 09 Aug 2007 14:20:44 EST Entertainment News 55267@http://www.starpulse.com/news ''Becoming Jane,'' the imagined back story of Jane Austen, might have seemed like a solid corset-and-carriage flick if a couple of other movies hadn't come along in recent years and covered similar territory in superior fashion.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/07/18/new_series_of_jazz_icons_tm_dvds_feature Wed, 18 Jul 2007 20:00:00 EST Entertainment News 52131@http://www.starpulse.com/news The eagerly anticipated release of the second series of Jazz Icons(TM) DVDs is here. Reelin' In The Years Productions and Naxos are proud to announce the September 4, 2007 release of the next seven titles in the illustrious DVD series featuring performances by John Coltrane, Dave Brubeck, Duke Ellington, Sarah Vaughan, Dexter Gordon, Wes Montgomery, and Charles Mingus.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/07/18/ian_mckellen_says_playing_king_lear_more Wed, 18 Jul 2007 13:34:42 EST Entertainment News 52111@http://www.starpulse.com/news SINGAPORE (AP) - Ian McKellen says playing the title character in William Shakespeare's ''King Lear'' is more nerve-racking than his recent Hollywood film roles.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/07/16/branagh_adapts_and_directs_shakespeare_s Mon, 16 Jul 2007 20:00:00 EST Entertainment News 51798@http://www.starpulse.com/news In the latter part of the 19th century, Japan opened up for trade with the West. Merchant adventurers arrived from all over the world, many of them English. Some traded in silk and rice and lived in enclaves around the "treaty ports." They brought their families and their followers and created private mini-empires where they tried to embrace this extraordinary culture, its beauties and its dangers

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/06/20/feminist_icon_germaine_greer_unimpressed Wed, 20 Jun 2007 13:07:43 EST Entertainment News 48023@http://www.starpulse.com/news Feminist icon Germaine Greer has blasted the Royal Shakespeare Company for failing to do enough to entice tourists. The Female Eunuch author has criticised the company for not making Stratford-upon-Avon, the birthplace of Shakespeare, tourist-friendly.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/05/13/bryan_ferry_to_release_entire_album_of_b Sun, 13 May 2007 11:00:00 EST Entertainment News 41764@http://www.starpulse.com/news There is a racing, joyous intensity to Bryan Ferry's interpretations of the songs of Bob Dylan. Just as his legendary version of 'A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall', recorded back in 1973, exchanged apocalyptic vision for exuberant swagger, so at the heart of these new recordings lies Ferry's brilliance in both paying homage to the original track, and reinventing it as entirely and iconically his own.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/04/26/magician_teller_to_adapt_macbeth_for_sta Thu, 26 Apr 2007 21:00:00 EST Entertainment News 39753@http://www.starpulse.com/news TV illusionist Raymond Teller will surprise William Shakespeare fans when he brings Macbeth to the stage next year - as a "supernatural horror thriller".

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/04/23/celebrity_birthdays_april_53 Mon, 23 Apr 2007 03:00:00 EST Entertainment News 35534@http://www.starpulse.com/news Happy Birthday to Slovakian tennis player Daniela Hantuchova (1983), "Sin City" actress Jamie King (1979), WWE champ John Cena (197), Mexican singer Patricia Manterola (1972), "CSI NY" actress Melina Kanakaredes (1967), sitcom actor George Lopez (1961), Def Leppard guitarist Steve Clark (1960; d. 1991), "One Day At A Time" actress Valerie Bertinelli (1960), filmmaker Michael Moore (1954), "Three's Company" star Joyce DeWitt (1949), actress Sandra Dee (1942; d. 2005), "The Six Million Dollar Man" star Lee Majors (1939), singer/songwriter Roy Orbison (1936; d. 1988), American singer Ray Peterson (1935; d. 2005), musician Bunky Green (1935), legendary child actress Shirley Temple (1928), baseball legend Warren Spahn (1921; d. 2003), French actress Simone Simon (1910; d. 2005), film director Frank Borzage (1893; d. 1952), 15th President of the United States James Buchanan (1791; d. 1868), and prolific English playwright William Shakespeare (1564; d. ca. 1616).

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/04/03/sam_mendes_reunites_with_kevin_spacey_fo Tue, 03 Apr 2007 11:14:57 EST Entertainment News 36526@http://www.starpulse.com/news Director Sam Mendes is to reunite with Kevin Spacey in a three year theatre project. Spacey, Artistic Director of London's Old Vic Theatre has invited Mendes to present a double-bill of classic plays up until 2010 in the British capital and the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/03/26/quentin_tarantino_believes_he_was_shakes Mon, 26 Mar 2007 09:35:05 EST Entertainment News 35334@http://www.starpulse.com/news Quentin Tarantino has a strong feeling he was William Shakespeare in a former life. The director feels he was born to write because it's in his soul, and though he'd never seriously suggest he's prolific Shakespeare reincarnated, Tarantino can't rule the possibility out.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/02/14/romeo_and_juliet_original_motion_picture Wed, 14 Feb 2007 16:00:06 EST Entertainment News 29754@http://www.starpulse.com/news A dazzling and unconventional contemporary re-telling of William Shakespeare's classic love story, Romeo+Juliet comes to life in a whole new way on February 6 as Capitol/EMI and Fox Home Entertainment celebrate the 1997 hit film's 10th anniversary with new commemorative releases. On February 6, Capitol/EMI will release an expanded 10th Anniversary Edition of the film's hit soundtrack on CD and digitally, and Fox Home Entertainment will release an expanded Music Edition DVD.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/12/29/palin_s_comedy_roots Fri, 29 Dec 2006 13:00:00 EST Entertainment News 24777@http://www.starpulse.com/news Michael Palin credits a disastrous school play with his successful comedy career. The Monty Python star even believes he could have become a serious actor had the production of A Christmas Carol not ended in catastrophe when a pupil fell off the stage and the girl playing Mrs. Cratchitt became stuck to her bonnet.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/12/12/jude_law_to_spend_christmas_in_africa_wi Tue, 12 Dec 2006 13:11:23 EST Entertainment News 23712@http://www.starpulse.com/news Jude Law is sacrificing his Christmas holidays to direct a William Shakespeare play in a South African orphanage. The star will jet to the coastal city of Durban with his ex-wife Sadie Frost and their children to help kids who have lost their parents to AIDS.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/10/24/mario_van_peebles_reveals_tupac_s_love_o Tue, 24 Oct 2006 14:26:41 EST Entertainment News 19609@http://www.starpulse.com/news Mario Van Peebles has shattered Tupac Shakur's gangster image by suggesting the late rapper was ashamed of his love for William Shakespeare because he felt it might hurt his tough guy reputation.

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