Showing posts with label Audra McDonald. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Audra McDonald. Show all posts

Thursday, August 3, 2017

Audra McDonald Joining CBS All Access Drama 'The Good Fight'

Tony, Grammy and Emmy Award winner Audra McDonald has joined the cast of The Good Fight on CBS All Access, the CBS Television Network's subscription video on-demand and live streaming service. The second season of CBS All Access' first original drama series will premiere in early 2018.

McDonald will reprise her popular role of Liz Lawrence, the tough United States attorney she played on The Good Wife. Now, in The Good Fight, it's revealed that she is the ex-wife of Adrian Boseman (Delroy Lindo), and over the course of the season the two will have to deal with many of their unresolved issues.

Tuesday, September 22, 2015

NEWS: Drew Cheetwood, Vanessa Williams, Balthazar Getty, Bren Foster, Anjelica Huston, John Stamos

Drew Cheetwood. Photo Credit: Jeremy Fraser
General Hospital's Drew Cheetwood moving to Michigan, but still hopes to appear on the soap
"I gave [executive producer] Frank Valentini the rundown of where my heart was," says Cheetwood, who plays Milo. "He said that he understood 100 percent because he has a ton of family on the East Coast that he misses every day. I said, 'I hope it doesn't mean that Milo can never be a part of the show again. If you guys can group some shows together, maybe I can fly out.'" Valentini let Cheetwood know there was a very good chance that could happen.

Blood & Oil gives North Dakota oilfields soap opera treatment
"We were really interested in the modern-day version of the 1849 gold rush, in that theme of boom and bust" Josh Pate, the show's co-creator, told Reuters.

Balthazar Getty joins Showtime's Twin Peaks
It’s not clear if Getty is playing a new character or taking over an existing one (rumors abound that at least one major role from the original series has been recast).

Vanessa Williams to recur on The Good Wife
Williams will appear in multiple episodes as a love interest for Alan Cumming's character, Eli Gold.

Does all the chatter about a show on social media actually help a network make money on said show?
Anecdotally, the robust social presence for shows like Scandal and Empire seems to have helped pique interest among some viewers — Empire's social engagement numbers, at least, rose in step with its Nielsen ratings. But whether there's a direct, cause-and-effect relationship between the two is still very much an open question.

Kevin Michael Martin and Bren Foster become The Last Ship series regulars
Martin, who recurred heavily in the first two seasons, plays Eric Miller, the well-intentioned seaman and youngest member of Cobra team. Foster (ex-Quinn Hudson, Days of our Lives) plays Senior Chief Wolf Taylor, an Australian naval operator who joined the crew in Norfolk this past season.

Cosmopolitan magazine is set to become an NBC drama
The No. 1 women’s magazine’s editor-in-chief, Joanna Coles, will serve as executive producer on a fictional take on her magazine and her staff.

Smash star Anjelica Huston joins Transparent
Huston will play Maura’s “new friend” in three Season 2 episodes.

Primetime Emmy Awards sinks to its lowest-ever ratings
About 11.9 million tuned in Sunday night while more people were watching the NFC Championship game rematch between the Seattle Seahawks and the Green Bay Packers. That’s down nearly 4 million from last year’s Emmys, which aired on a Monday and aired before the NFL season began.

Six-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald calls General Hospital star Nancy Lee Grahn a "Twitter troll"
Tweeted McDonald: "So annoying that the day that @violadavis and @UzoAduba made history some Twitter troll is the one trending for trying to tear them down."

Golden Globe winner Debbie Allen tweeted some advice for Grahn: "Nancy Lee Take the pill darling Just take the pill..... #teamviola"

John Stamos: Ex-wife Rebecca Romijn stopped me from starring on Nip/Tuck
Stamos claims Ryan Murphy wrote one of the plastic surgeon roles for him, but his then-wife considered the script too demeaning to women.

Friday, November 1, 2013

Joe West Joins NBC's "The Sound of Music Live!" Cast Includes Michael Park, John Bolger

Proud mom Maura West (Ava, GENERAL HOSPITAL) with her son,
Joe, whose star is rising fast. Photo Credit: Sue Coflin/Max Photos
After an exhaustive nationwide search, seven talented young actors have won the coveted roles of the von Trapp children in NBC's musical production of "The Sound of Music Live!"

The three-hour telecast airs Thursday, Dec. 5 at 8 p.m. ET/PT.

"The Sound of Music Live!" stars six-time Grammy Award winner Carrie Underwood as Maria and TRUE BLOOD star Stephen Moyer as Capt. Georg von Trapp. Moyer recently headlined in the stage version of the musical "Chicago" at the Hollywood Bowl.

Monday, September 16, 2013

Audra McDonald, Laura Benanti and Christian Borle Cast in 'The Sound of Music'

Tony Award winners and stage veterans Audra McDonald, Laura Benanti and Christian Borle have been added to the cast for the live Dec. 5 production of NBC's "The Sound of Music."

McDonald, who has won five Tonys ("The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess," "A Raisin in the Sun," "Ragtime," "Master Class" and "Carousel"), as well as two Grammy Awards for "Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny," will portray Mother Abbess. McDonald is also a three-time Emmy Award nominee, with nominations for the TV movies Wit and A Raisin in the Sun, as well as the special Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel from Live From Lincoln Center, for which she serves as series host.

Thursday, June 6, 2013

Tony Awards Lineup Includes Megan Hilty, Matthew Morrison, Audra McDonald & Sally Field

CBS has revealed the talented lineup that will be featured on THE 67TH ANNUAL TONY AWARDS, live from Radio City Music Hall, Sunday, June 9 (8-11 p.m., live ET/ delayed PT). The show will include appearances by the 2013 Tony-nominated musicals "A Christmas Story, The Musical," "Annie," "Bring It On: The Musical," "Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella," "Kinky Boots," "Matilda The Musical," "Motown The Musical" and "Pippin."

Thursday, January 17, 2013

NEWS ROUNDUP: Peter Reckell Reveals Why He Really Left DAYS OF OUR LIVES; Audra McDonald Visits THE GOOD WIFE

Peter Reckell sets the record straight about his exit from DAYS OF OUR LIVES
"The money thing wasn't an issue for me," Reckell clarifies. "Not having storyline, not being able to do anything artistic there was my issue… I just want the people who support me to know the real reason why I'm not there."

PRIVATE PRACTICE star Audra McDonald heads to THE GOOD WIFE
She will play Alicia's (Julianna Margulies) "nemesis" from their days at Georgetown law school, and the two will go toe to toe again in the courtroom. McDonald has booked one episode at the moment, but there is a chance she could return.

Monday, May 21, 2012

PHOTOS: AIDS Walk New York 2012


Pop-singer, Broadway actor and SMASH guest star Nick Jonas took the stage at the 27th Annual AIDS Walk New York in Central Park yesterday, where he was joined by Vincent Kartheiser (MAD MEN), Nick Adams ("Priscilla Queen of the Desert"), Audra McDonald (PRIVATE PRACTICE), Michael Urie (UGLY BETTY), Carolee Carmello ("Sister Act"), singer Keri Hilson, Barrett Foa (NCIS), David Hyde Pierce (FRASIER), fashion designer Jason Wu, Gay Men’s Health Crisis director Dr. Marjorie Hill, talk show host Wendy Williams and more than 45,000 other New Yorkers who walked to raise funds for GMHC and other AIDS charities. This year, walkers raised a grand total of $6,084,822 (and counting).

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