Hugh Dancy to Star in Broadway's 'Venus in Fur'

NEW YORK (AP) Hugh Dancy has been tapped to star opposite Nina Arianda when "Venus in Fur" hits Broadway.Producers said Monday that Dancy will be in Manhattan Theatre Club's production playing a playwright. He has appeared in HBO's "Elizabeth I" and Showtime's "The Big C."Performances begin Oct. 13 at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre on 47th Street. The show will run until Dec. 18. The play by David Ives made its world premiere off-Broadway in January 2010.In the play, an actress' audition for a new play based on an erotic novel gets emotional and kinky.Dancy made his Broadway debut in the 2008 Tony-winning revival of "Journey's End." He returned to the New York stage in the 2009 production of "The Pride." He is married to actress Claire Danes.Copyright 2011 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Hugh Dancy PHOTO CREDIT AP Photo/Matt Sayles NEW YORK (AP) Hugh Dancy has been tapped to star opposite Nina Arianda when "Venus in Fur" hits Broadway.Producers said Monday that Dancy will be in Manhattan Theatre Club's production playing a playwright. He has appeared in HBO's "Elizabeth I" and Showtime's "The Big C."Performances begin Oct. 13 at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre on 47th Street. The show will run until Dec. 18. The play by David Ives made its world premiere off-Broadway in January 2010.In the play, an actress' audition for a new play based on an erotic novel gets emotional and kinky.Dancy made his Broadway debut in the 2008 Tony-winning revival of "Journey's End." He returned to the New York stage in the 2009 production of "The Pride." He is married to actress Claire Danes.Copyright 2011 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

VIDEO: Jon Stewart: "Shame On You, Newsweek" for Michele Bachmann Cover

The Daily Show In this clip from Tuesday's Daily Show, Jon Stewart rips Newsweek a new one for its cover image of Republican presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann. "Newsweek! Newsweek! That's a s----- picture of Michele Bachmann, and clearly not an accidentally s----- picture of Michele Bachmann," he notes. He then runs through several shots of Bachmann that are far more flattering than the one on the magazine's cover, noting, "You gotta go pretty far out of your way to find a crappy photo of Michele Bachmann, and you did. Why?" And then, the kicker: "Be honest, Newsweek, you used that photo in a petty attempt to make Michele Bachmann look crazy. And that's what her words are for!" VIDEO: CNN's Don Lemon rolls eyes at CNN Watch Stewart's expert takedown:

Bruce Willis Drafted For 'G.I. Joe' Follow up

Fighting for freedom wherever there's trouble, Bruce Willis can there be! The "Die Hard" hero continues to be drafted for any starring role in "G.I. Joe 2: Retaliation," formerly referred to as "Cobra Strikes." Based on the Hollywood Reporter, Willis is within discussions to experience General Joe Colton, regarded as the founding father of the Joe squad. The smoothness never made an appearance within the original "Joe" cartoons, and he'll make his live-action debut using the follow up. Given Colton's high rank, it's likely that Willis' role is lighter about the combat side and heavier on woofing the orders which make the experience happen. Actually, at first glance, the Colton role sounds pretty like the one occupied by Dennis Quaid within the first "G.I. Joe" movie. He performed General Hawk, then commander from the team there is not sure on whether Quaid's coming back for any follow up, though, so possibly he was disguarded (and changed by Willis) alongside the majority of the original movie's cast, full of-exodus which was formerly reported. Still, despite a significant overhaul that's left only a number of coming back "Joe" gamers in position Channing Tatum and Ray Park included in this you cannot state that "Retaliation" lacks star energy. Apart from Willis' recent enlistment, the "Joe" follow up also offers room for Dwayne Manley, RZA, Ray Stevenson and something-time "Question Lady" heroine Adrianne Palicki. And when the cast does not get it done for you personally, always remember: you will see ninjas. Many, many, ninjas. See below for proof: Having a June 29, 2012 release date already set, it will not be too lengthy prior to the real American heroes swing back to fight over land, ocean and air. Inform us that which you think about this news within the comments section as well as on Twitter!

Contagion Character Posters Online

Don't touch anyone!It's impressive when character posters for a film can conjure almost the same amount of dread and style as the trailer, but these six new images for Steven Soderbergh's viral drama Contagion have managed just that with a little sickly colour scheming and some great grabs from the movie. Check them out in the gallery below, courtesy of Yahoo. Contagion, as the name implies, tracks what happens when a lethal airborne virus spreads across the world, killing those who contract it in a matter of hours. Soon, the global pandemic is also causing chaos and the medical community is racing to try to find a cure even as society starts to crumble. Soderbergh has the likes of Matt Damon, Marion Cotillard, Laurence Fishburne, Jude Law, Kate Winslet and Gwyneth Paltrow in the cast, with Damon and Winslet as the focus as a man whose wife (Paltrow) gets sick and infects him, and a doctor looking to find some way to stop the spread - until she herself shows signs. {Contagion Character Posters}. Contagion spreads to our cinemas on October 21.

'How I Met Your Mother' Producer Ink Overall Cope With 20th TV

Generate An Income Met Your Mother's Kourtney Kang has inked a 2-year overall cope with twentieth century Fox Television.our editor recommendsFX Nabs Privileges to 'How I Met Your Mother' Reruns'Whitney': 10 Things to understand about the NBC Comedy Included in the arrangement, Kang continues to be elevated to executive producer status about the 20th-created, CBS comedy and will also be assigned with developing other projects for that studio. She's been with Carter Bays and Craig Thomas' Generate An Income Met Your Mother since its debut in 2005, first like a author after which like a co-executive producer. Kang also authored, executive created and co-produced Living on the Prayer, an airplane pilot that CBS ultimately handed down two seasons ago. Like Mother, it had been a collaboration with Bays, Thomas and Joe Kelly. "Kourtney is capable of doing creating figures that individuals worry about and are curious about attempting to stick to the saga of the lives and that is what we'll turn to her for," states 20th TV chairman Dana Walden, talking with an excellent that they thinks is probably the secrets to Mother's success. While she's still very devoted to Mother, Kourtney appreciates that they has a few other potential series ideas brewing. "The one thing that actually interests me is making really strong female figures that everyone can connect with,Inch she informs The Hollywood Reporter, observing that her favorite films, including Unaware, Legally Blond, Heathers and Mean Women, squeeze into this category. Like her peers in the market, she's thrilled that ladies are finally getting their due about the large and small screen. "It was once each year there'd be a couple of 'girl shows,' also it feels as though presently there's a lot of them," she states, referencing some of the female-skewing fall agendas in the broadcast systems. "It's not looked lower upon like a girl show any longer it's only a great show." Kang has already established her heart set on the career in television since she would be a young girl who analyzed the television power grid in her own parent's newspaper. After graduation from Carnegie Mellon, she packed her existence into her Honda Social and drove to La where she got her break being employed as Michael Chiklis' assistant on NBC's short-resided 2000 comedy Daddio. She adopted by using employment being an an assistant at ICM, before landing inside a development role at NBC. After that, Kang grew to become a author on that network's 2003 comedy Coupling and offered and developed feature scripts for both Cinemax and Fox. She's repped by UTA and attorney Ken Richman. Email: Lacey.Rose@THR.com Twitter: @LaceyVRose Related Subjects Michael Chiklis CBS twentieth century Fox Television Generate An Income Met Your Mother

Southland Recruits Lucy Liu in Season 4

Lucy Liu Former Charlie's Angels sweetheart Lucy Liu has joined the cast of Southland, TNT announced Monday. The 42-year-old actress is billed as a special guest-star who will recur throughout Season 4 as a member of the LAPD. Check out the rest of today's news Liu, whose film credits also include Kill Bill: Volume 1 and Chicago, previously starred on Ally McBeal and Dirty Sexy Money. Southland will premiere this winter.

Charlie Sheen Will not Show up on 'Celebrity Large Brother'

Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic/Getty Images Charlie Sheen won't be showing up on Celebrity Your Government despite an incorrect U.K. report, his repetition verifies towards the Hollywood Reporter. THe U.K. Independent reported the first kind 2 . 5 Males star has struck a £6 million deal (about $9.7 million U.S.) to look about the reality show if this begins on Funnel 5 later this month. PHOTOS: Charlie Sheen Tour Funnel 5 and Endemol are keeping the cast under systems. Ivana Trump, Stephen Baldwin, Coolio, Dennis Rodman and LaToya Jackson are among individuals who've made an appearance on the program. Sheen will star in Anger Management, inspired through the 2003 film starring Adam Sandler and Jack Nicholson. PHOTOS: Charlie Sheen's Crazy Twit Photos The comedy project is as simple as marketers Mort Marcus and Ira Bernstein, co-presidents of Santa Monica-based Debmar-Mercury, Lionsgate Television, Revolution's Joe Roth, Sheen manager Mark Burg's production company Evolution Mangement and Robert Maron. PHOTOS: Charlie Sheen's Colorful Career "I selected Anger Management because, while it may be a large stretch that i can play a man with serious anger management issues, It is a superb concept," Sheen stated inside a statement. "Additionally, it generates for me real possession within the series, some creative control and the opportunity to be in business and among my personal favorite movie producers ever, Joe Roth." Sheen was fired from 2 . 5 Males captured. Charlie Sheen