Fred Wedlock obituary - The Guardian
Fred Wedlock was part of the Bristol folk scene and had a natural ability to make audiences laugh. Photograph: LFI British folk clubs during the 1960s and 70s played host to the “folk comedians”, who combined a love of folk music with a natural

Crosstalk - A.V. Club
Scott: Last year s Oscar ceremony was, by and large, considered one of the best in recent history. I couldn t quite join the chorus of critical plaudits and I actually thought highly of such Oscar-hosting pariahs as David Letterman and Jon

Teacher Education, Partner Objection - BackStage.com
This is in response to your column of Feb. 18, in which you gave advice about dealing with a lousy studio teacher. My question is this: Couldn’t “Parent of Performer” have homeschooled the child? I realize that homeschooling isn’t for everyone, but

Auburn football: It’s Pro Day on the Plains - Ledger-Enquirer
AUBURN, Ala. A half dozen Auburn football players will audition for a group of NFL scouts at the school s Pro Day this afternoon. The group includes six seniors from last year s roster running back Ben Tate, defensive end/outside

To B sharp and smart — twice blissed - Staten Island Advance
Jan Somma-Hammel/Staten Island Advance Although Michael Norberg, an eighth-grader at Morris Intermediate School, lives in Westerleigh, he will be attending LaGuardia HS in Manhattan so that he can pursue his passion — music. STATEN ISLAND, N.Y

Control4 CEO Will West wants one remote to do it all - USA Today
LAS VEGAS Will West wants to neaten up your coffee table. Specifically, he’s looking at the handful of remotes resting there. He has a master remote that can turn on the TV and Blu-ray player and dim the lights, lock the door, close the

‘Wonderland’ and ‘Little Britain’ star Matt Lucas picks up the pieces - Los Angeles Times Blogs
This is a longer version of my story on Matt Lucas that appears in Tuesday’s Los Angeles Times Calendar section. Lucas is a major star in his native England where the skit show Little Britain has made him one of the country s

Former area teen on Disney television series - Dayton Daily News
Austin Wells had a few minutes to talk by phone before an exam on his previous week s assignments. Homeschooled because he s an actor, the former Centerville High School student, 17, said conventional schools don t understand when you

School briefs: Auction set to roll at Harborside - News-Press
Today is the last day to register for Thursday’s ABC’s Auction for Education at Harborside Event Center, conducted by the Greater Fort Myers Chamber of Commerce. The event begins at 5:30 p.m. Cost is $55; for a $500 VIP reserved table of eight; and

EBE Ensemble Presents ELEPHANTS ON PARADE 2010 - Broadway World
EBE Ensemble (Eric Alba, Artistic Director; Montgomery Sutton , Executive Director) will present the third-annual installment of their award winning festival of new one-act plays, Elephants on Parade 2010. Performances will begin on Tuesday, March 9

The Trials of Simon Cowell - Daily Beast
Frank Micelotta / Getty Images In the U.K., between an X Factor backlash and the instability of spinster sensation Susan Boyle, scandal and PR nightmares have plagued the Cowell empire. Of all the fates, balancing twin international entertainment

Which Actress Is Now a Hooker with a Gay Boyfriend? - Gawker
Our actress is not even bothering to audition for acting jobs at this point. No one can understand how she maintains her lifestyle without acting. Now you know. Oh, the boyfriend doesn’t care because he is just not that into women.” [

How Helena Became a Freak - Daily Beast
Disney In the new movie Alice in Wonderland , Helena Bonham Carter plays the big-headed Red Queen her latest over-the-top role. How the British goddess began playing weirdos. She can’t bear to watch those movies now. There’s little trace in them of

Robert Pattinson: The man who stepped in from the Twilight - Daily Mail
If you ask Piers Morgan about Robert Pattinson, he’ll tell you he’s Britain’s fastest rising star. If you ask any teenage girl, she’ll scream. If you ask him, he’ll say - with complete honesty - he doesn’t know what all the fuss is about ‘I get a

Danniella Westbrook wants to make her kids proud in Dancing on Ice as - Daily Mirror
Danniella Westbrook wants to make her kids proud in Dancing on Ice as she celebrates being off cocaine for 9 years She famously fought a 400-a-day cocaine habit which nearly killed her. So picking up a few bumps and bruises in Dancing on Ice is

Nigerian models are least paid in the world -Geraldine Obi - Vanguard
Geraldine Obi is a chemical Engineering graduate of Enugu State University whose passion for modelling and acting has no equal. Borne out of the desire to actualise her childhood dream of achieving fame in life , Geraldine started her modelling

Aasif Mandvi s Comic Talents Shine in Today s Special - Indiawest.com
In the new romantic comedy Today s Special, Samir (Aasif Mandvi), a talented young chef in a hip, hot Manhattan restaurant, comes to know that he s not quite hip and hot enough to satisfy the whims of his PR-savvy boss. In a huff, Samir

Patricia Heaton returns to motherhood - San Jose Mercury News
Patricia Heaton is a wife and mom again. Of course, much is changed on “The Middle,” her freshman ABC domestic comedy, after “Everybody Loves Raymond,” where for nine hit seasons she played a frazzled hausfrau opposite Ray Romano. “It’s not normally

Brochu’s Zero Hour Opens at Off-Broadway’s DR2 March 7 - Playbill
Jim Brochu’s tribute to late stage legend Zero Mostel, Zero Hour , officially opens at Off-Broadway’s DR2 Theatre March 7 following a recent limited engagement at Theatre at Saint Clement’s. Zero Hour played its final performance at Theatre at Saint

Danniella Westbrook wants to make her kids proud in Dancing on Ice as - Daily Mirror
Danniella Westbrook wants to make her kids proud in Dancing on Ice as she celebrates being off cocaine for 9 years She famously fought a 400-a-day cocaine habit which nearly killed her. So picking up a few bumps and bruises in Dancing on Ice is

How Helena Became a Freak - Daily Beast
Disney In the new movie Alice in Wonderland , Helena Bonham Carter plays the big-headed Red Queen her latest over-the-top role. How the British goddess began playing weirdos. She can’t bear to watch those movies now. There’s little trace in them of

Which Actress Is Now a Hooker with a Gay Boyfriend? - Gawker
Our actress is not even bothering to audition for acting jobs at this point. No one can understand how she maintains her lifestyle without acting. Now you know. Oh, the boyfriend doesn’t care because he is just not that into women.” [

Danniella Westbrook wants to make her kids proud in Dancing on Ice as - Daily Mirror
Danniella Westbrook wants to make her kids proud in Dancing on Ice as she celebrates being off cocaine for 9 years She famously fought a 400-a-day cocaine habit which nearly killed her. So picking up a few bumps and bruises in Dancing on Ice is

Idol needs to boot the pathetic group sing first - MSNBC
American Idol said farewell to four more semifinalists on Thursday, and unlike a week ago, there wasn t anyone who had reason to be upset at the results. But there remains one huge issue for the show in the coming weeks, one that has become

Stone Soup - Valdosta Daily Times
The flower girls dance around Camden Joiner as King Fleawig and Chelsea Ramirez as Queen Fleawig in Little Actors Theatre s Stone Soup, playing this weekend. Little Actors Theatre s Stone Soup plays this weekend at Valdosta High

Maybin gets his shot at the top of the order - Asheville Citizen-Times
Wednesday was the start of a two-week audition at the top of the batting order for Florida Marlins’ outfielder Cameron Maybin. So far, so good. The Asheville native started the Marlins’ exhibition opener vs. the University of Miami in centerfield and

‘American Idol’ - ‘Four Finalists Eliminated’ Recap - Tvsquad.com
We’re getting rid of another four people this week, getting us ever closer to a Top 12. Are we going to lose who you think we are, or is Vote for the Worst going to come in again and skew the results? These are the questions we have to answer. Well

Bad news for 2 local Idols - Chicago Tribune
What began as a promising journey on “American Idol” ended abruptly Thursday night for Northbrook’s John Park and Jermaine Sellers of Joliet. Park, a student at Northwestern University and a member of the campus a cappella group Purple Haze, was the

“American Idol” Sends Home Four Competitors - ABC News
NEW YORK (Billboard) - “American Idol” viewers sent four more contestants packing on Thursday, as Haeley Vaughn, Jermaine Sellers, Michelle Delamor and John Park were eliminated from the competition. After the entire “Idol” top 20 performed the Black

Music department scheduling auditions - Brazoria Facts
LAKE JACKSON Auditions for music scholarships in the Department of Music at Brazosport College will be Saturday and May 1. New students wishing to audition for scholarships should have a prepared piece and be ready to sight read. Scholarships are

‘Second City 50th Anniversary Tour’ brings improv-artist Dana - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Second City Chesterland native Dana Quercioli returns to her hometown as part of the cast of “The Second City 50th Anniversary Tour.” Quercioli also performed with the short-lived Second City Cleveland, and “played” regularly with the improvisational

Brochu’s Zero Hour Resumes Performances at Off-Broadway’s DR2 Feb. 23 - Playbill
He considered himself primarily an artist who took acting jobs to support his painting. I can think of no other person in show business who had more obstacles to overcome than Zero Mostel. He grew up poor. He survived the blacklist. A bus accident

Cris D’Annunzio digs his dad during stirring one-man performance - Santa Monica Daily Press
In person, Cris D’Annunzio is a gentle, soft-spoken man. Sweet, even. So you might not suspect that he was the son of a minor Mafioso. Although, as he says, “This is the cross you have to bear when your name ends in a vowel.” And then he adds in a

The Big Empty - IFC
A guy looking for easy money gets a lot more than he bargained for in this noir-flavored independent comedy. John Person (Jon Favreau) is a struggling actor living in Los Angeles who is starting to buckle under the pressure of his own failures. With

Christina Hendricks Hopes This Dress Is Okay With The NY Times - Starpulse.com
Christina Hendricks showed up to Cirque Du Soleil’s “Viva Elvis” world premiere in Las Vegas on Friday looking radiant and voluptuous (as usual) in a black cocktail dress. See more photos after the jump! The ” Mad Men ” star has been hurt by negative

Matthew Fox Might Become a Pilot! - Showbizspy.com
The Lost star says he ll take to the skies if no more acting jobs come his way. Well, there are many things in my life that I m passionate about, he said. I recently got my pilots license. I have been flying a lot and the area that I am

In child-support saga, Bristol Palin seeks ex’s financial records for - Minneapolis Star Tribune
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Bristol Palin’s lawyer is seeking permission to subpoena media outlets such as Playgirl magazine and CNN to determine how much money Levi Johnston, the father of her child, has made to calculate an appropriate level of child

A Supper star is born, and he s thrilled - Global Nation
MANILA, Philippines–Pardon comedian Joey Paras if he answers questions like a Miss U winner. It s because he can t contain his excitement, now that his movie, Last Supper No. 3, last year s Best Film in the Cinemalaya fest, will finally

Theater program performs classic Shakespearean play - Arkansas Online
THREE RIVERS AREA Stepping out of a class on applying fantasy makeup, his face hidden by a painted-on tribal mask, Aron Long said he has aspirations of becoming a professional actor. With the comprehensive theater program at Arkansas State

RadarOnline INTERVIEW: Mom Of Missing ‘Growing Pains’ Actor Remains - Radar Online.com
Former Growing Pains actor Andrew Koenig has been missing since February 14, and now his parents are asking the public for help in finding their troubled son who was last seen in Canada. “We began an active investigation on February 18,” Constable

BWW Reviews: Jeffrey Wright Delivers Solid Performance at the - Broadway World
In addition to his acting work, he’s also contributed as a director, writer and composer. Though, initially a film buff, he grew tired of the sanitized, PG-13 rated blockbusters that were being continually shoved down his throat by the studios.

The Sheldon and Webster University Team Up to Present St. Louis - Broadway World
In addition to his acting work, he’s also contributed as a director, writer and composer. Though, initially a film buff, he grew tired of the sanitized, PG-13 rated blockbusters that were being continually shoved down his throat by the studios.

Ian MacShane Joins The Cast Of Pirates 4 - Manolith
And what a glorious pirate he ll be. If you re one of the myriad of teenage girls who is still totally pumped for Disney s next Pirates of The Caribbean installment, this announcement will probably fall on shrill, shrieky ears. But if you re

Aziz Ansari: Probably not bored - Boulder Clarion
Human Giant was the show that started my transition into acting and became the calling card that got me all the other acting work I got right after it. So, yes, I d say it was a catalyst for things in a way. Co-created by Greg Daniels and

Nick Offerman, deadpan man - Boston Globe
One of the secret weapons on NBC s Parks and Recreation is Nick Offerman. He plays Ron Swanson, the department head with the withering deadpan, a bushy mustache, a love of breakfast meats, and a secret identity as jazz musician Duke Silver. I

Dean Gaffney backs “talented” Waterman - Digital Spy
Dean Gaffney has claimed that his former EastEnders co-star Hannah Waterman should answer her critics by letting her acting work do the talking. Gaffney, who was this week seen back on screen as Walford’s Robbie Jackson, spoke out following the

VIDEO: Brave man about town - Tonight South Africa
Standing naked, in front of a movie “focus puller” - the puller in dangerous proximity to your most delicate parts, well, it could all end painfully. But, if you must be an actor (in this case, starring in Craig Freimond’s Johannesburg-based comedy

Keith Duffy reveals US ambitions - Digital Spy
Duffy’s fellow Boyzone singer Ronan Keating recently expressed a similar desire for US success, explaining that he plans to move to Los Angeles in pursuit of acting work.

In child-support saga, Bristol Palin seeks ex’s financial records for - Minneapolis Star Tribune
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Bristol Palin’s lawyer is seeking permission to subpoena media outlets such as Playgirl magazine and CNN to determine how much money Levi Johnston, the father of her child, has made to calculate an appropriate level of child

Bristol Palin seeks Levi Johnston’s financial records - AZCentral.com
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Bristol Palin’s lawyer is seeking permission to subpoena media outlets such as Playgirl magazine and CNN to determine how much money Levi Johnston, the father of her child, has made to calculate an appropriate level of child

Matthew Fox Might Become a Pilot! - Showbizspy.com
The Lost star says he ll take to the skies if no more acting jobs come his way. Well, there are many things in my life that I m passionate about, he said. I recently got my pilots license. I have been flying a lot and the area that I am

The Big Empty - IFC
A guy looking for easy money gets a lot more than he bargained for in this noir-flavored independent comedy. John Person (Jon Favreau) is a struggling actor living in Los Angeles who is starting to buckle under the pressure of his own failures. With

Bristol Palin seeks ex’s financial records - Baltimore Sun
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Bristol Palin ’s lawyer is seeking permission to subpoena media outlets such as Playgirl magazine and CNN to determine how much money Levi Johnston, the father of her child, has made to calculate an appropriate level of child

RadarOnline INTERVIEW: Mom Of Missing ‘Growing Pains’ Actor Remains - Radar Online.com
Former Growing Pains actor Andrew Koenig has been missing since February 14, and now his parents are asking the public for help in finding their troubled son who was last seen in Canada. “We began an active investigation on February 18,” Constable

Willis has been around long enough that he can relax and let Morgan - HamptonRoads.com
Those who cross him often die hard. Don t mess with this guy. His quartet of Die Hard movies with him as the wise-cracking, reluctant every-guy forced to become a hero were his biggest hits. He seems to have been born with an attitude

Christina Hendricks Hopes This Dress Is Okay With The NY Times - Starpulse.com
Christina Hendricks showed up to Cirque Du Soleil’s “Viva Elvis” world premiere in Las Vegas on Friday looking radiant and voluptuous (as usual) in a black cocktail dress. See more photos after the jump! The ” Mad Men ” star has been hurt by negative

Brochu’s Zero Hour Resumes Performances at Off-Broadway’s DR2 Feb. 23 - Playbill
He considered himself primarily an artist who took acting jobs to support his painting. I can think of no other person in show business who had more obstacles to overcome than Zero Mostel. He grew up poor. He survived the blacklist. A bus accident

American Idol- Ellen Helps Out Contestant - Gather.com
After experiencing the murder of her father during her first American Idol audition and having to do jail time for unpaid traffic violations during her second year trying out, you d think 27-year-old Angela Martin would write off the show as

Tyler Grady vs. John Park: Semifinalist Showdown! - The Hollywood Gossip
Popular, early opinion so far states that a woman will win American Idol . But we can think of two singers that hope to prove that consensus wrong: Tyler Grady and John Park . The former stood out during his initial audition in Boston because he

Wrestling over where C.J. Wilson fits with the Rangers - Dallas Morning News
SURPRISE, Ariz. Welcome to C.J. Wilson’s fantasy spring training. This camp really is all about him. The Texas Rangers are going nowhere this season until they make a decision about their attention-craving, race car-driving, straightedge-living

American Idol Top 24 Season 9: Who’s your favorite? - Ledger-Enquirer
You endured the cheesy montages, delusional hopefuls and unfunny fake-outs. Now, the outcome of American Idol is finally in your hands. Season nine s top 24 contestants were announced last week. This week, they ll perform individually in

Cleveland Orchestra bassist, instrument make perfect pairing - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Scott Shaw, The PD Maximilian Dimoff and his 1651 Antonio Mariani bass: “It s a small instrument, but with a big sound. WELCOME TO SOLOS . This is another in an occasional series that profiles local musicians, actors and dancers who normally are

Conservatives wrap up meeting, eye midterm elections - CNN
More than 10,000 people attended the annual Conservative Political Action Conference Unifying themes were fiscal discipline, lower taxes, limited government Presidential hopefuls try out their political and policy themes Washington (CNN

Carl Chronicle: A busy time of year for students - Lake County News
Thank you very much to Angie Siegel, one of our teachers here at Carl , who has been teaching a hazmat certification class for 14 of our students; Daniel Alvarez, Amber Bradford, Christian Clark, Vince Copas, Jake Everhart, Josh Hays, Anthony Henson