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Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and actor who suffered from Als died at his home.

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and Oscar-nominated actor Sam Shepard has died from Als. He was 73.

Shepard died on July 27 at his home in Kentucky surrounded by family. “The family requests privacy at this difficult time,” Chris Boneau, the spokesman for the family, said.

Shephard won the Pulitzer Prize in 1979 for his play Buried Child and received a best supporting actor Oscar nomination for his role as Chuck Yeager in The Right Stuff.

His final on-screen appearance came in 2015 on the Netflix drama Bloodline. As an actor his screen credits include Days Of Heaven, Resurrection, Frances, Country, Fool For Love, Crimes Of The Heart, Baby Boom, Steel Magnolias, Bright Angel, Defenseless, Hamlet, The Notebook, Black Hawk Down, The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford, Brothers, Mud, August: Osage County, Cold in July, Midnight Special, In Dubious Battle, and You Were...

In an insightful preview of David Letterman's trip to India for National Geographic docuseries Years of Living Dangerously, the former Late Show host learns how diesel generators help power the energy-starved nation.

Letterman gazes out from a rooftop in the exclusive clip, narrating about the differences in energy consumption between India and the U.S. "Back home, we use generators when a tree falls on a line," he says. "But here, power failures seem to be pretty routine."

"These generators are all powered by diesel and pour huge quantities...

At a loss for what to watch this week? From new DVDs and Blu-rays, to what's streaming on Netflix, we've got you covered.

New on DVD and Blu-ray

"Bridge of Spies"

Steven Spielberg's mid-20th Century Cold War drama is nominated for six Academy Awards -- Best Picture, Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Mark Rylance), Original Score, Production Design, Sound Mixing, and Original Screenplay. Tom Hanks stars as Brooklyn lawyer James Donovan, who is sent by the CIA on a near-impossible mission to negotiate the release of a captured American U-2 pilot. The movie is out on DVD, Blu-ray, and Digital HD on February 2. Blu-ray bonus featurettes, which go behind-the-scenes of the film and showcase the real-life historical events, include "A Case of the Cold War: Bridge of Spies," "U-2 Spy Plane: Beale Air Force Base," "Spy Swap: Looking Back on the Final Act," and "Berlin 1961: Recreating the Divide.

The clear difficulty of identifying the definitive movie musicals is separating the musical itself from the film version. The Phantom of the Opera is, without a doubt, a top ten definitive stage musical. Movie musical? Not so much. Drawing a clear line between the two is what makes this list a little trickier. For this segment of the list, we have musicals that have no stage version, two Best Picture winners, a Palme d’Or winner, and a few musicals that may stretch the term a bit.

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20. Jailhouse Rock (1957)

Directed by Richard Thorpe

Signature Song: “Jailhouse Rock” (http://youtu.be/HZJTgYzf9FE)

It brought “The King” to the big screen for the first time in a film about a man in prison who learns to express himself through music, rather than violence (he’s in prison for manslaughter). Vince (Elvis Presley) accidentally kills a drunk in...

Watch your back, Jimmy Fallon: One of your former Saturday Night Live co-stars is gunning for David Letterman’s job.

Tracy Morgan stopped by the Today show Thursday morning, where he told Matt Lauer he’s launching a new campaign: To become CBS’s next late night host. “Jimmy Fallon needs some competition,” he explained. Hold up, everyone. Let’s not dismiss this too quickly — Morgan’s show sounds amazing.

The band: “It would be different every night. It might be Drake one night, it might be Sly and the Family Stone .”

Ideal guest: “Bruce Vilanch…or the black dude from Magnum P.

Valerie Harper has set her first TV appearance since publicly revealing she has terminal brain cancer. The Rhoda actress will appear on the syndicated daytime talker The Doctors, alongside her husband and Mary Tyler Moore castmates Cloris Leachman and Ed Asner. During the sitdown, set to air Monday, Harper revealed that her husband, Tony Cacciotti, initially hid the diagnosis from her because the prognosis is so poor. Story: Behind Valerie Harper's Signature Head Scarves “I didn’t get it because my husband hid it," Harper said. "Poor baby -- he was so bereft.” Harper, 73, revealed Wednesday she is suffering

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Fords Theatre Director Paul R. Tetreault and Signature Theatre Artistic Director Eric Schaeffer today announced that Tony-nominated actress Nancy Opel Broadways Memphis, Urinetown, Teddy amp Alice, Sunday in the Park with George, Anything Goes, others and Edward Gero King Lear with Stacey Keach for Goodman and Shakespeare Theatre Company Fords A Christmas Carol Goodman and Arena Stages Red will star in the spring production of Hello, Dolly at Fords Theatre 511 10th Street Nw. The production will be directed by Schaeffer and co-produced by Fords Theatre and Virginias Tony-winning Signature Theatre. The production will play from March 15 through May 18, 2013. Additional casting will be announced in early 2013.

2012 Tribeca Film Festival Announces Film Selections

For Spotlight And Cinemania Sections And Special Screenings

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Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival Lineup Also Revealed

The Tribeca Film Festival (Tff), presented by American Express, today announced its feature film selections in the Spotlight and Cinemania sections, as well as Special Screenings and the Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival lineup. The 11th edition of the Festival will take place from April 18 to April 29 in New York City.

The Spotlight section screens 34 films, 22 narratives and 12 documentaries that demonstrate the breadth of films at the Tribeca Film Festival. Nineteen films in the selection will have their world premieres at the Festival. The Cinemania section offers a largely international assortment of seven thrilling narrative films.

.The Spotlight program is a wonderful encapsulation of the originality and diversity of filmmaking that Tribeca seeks to highlight. We have films from emerging filmmakers as well as seasoned veterans, narratives that...

HollywoodNews.com: The Tribeca Film Festival (Tff), presented by American Express, today announced its feature film selections in the Spotlight and Cinemania sections, as well as Special Screenings and the Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival lineup. The 11th edition of the Festival will take place from April 18 to April 29 in New York City.

The Spotlight section screens 34 films, 22 narratives and 12 documentaries that demonstrate the breadth of films at the Tribeca Film Festival. Nineteen films in the selection will have their world premieres at the Festival. The Cinemania section offers a largely international assortment of seven thrilling narrative films.

‘The Spotlight program is a wonderful encapsulation of the originality and diversity of filmmaking that Tribeca seeks to highlight. We have films from emerging filmmakers as well as seasoned veterans, narratives that showcase stellar performances and insightful writing, and documentaries that challenge and inform their audiences,’ said Frédéric Boyer, newly appointed Artistic...

Clint Spaulding/Patrick McMullan Kevin Spacey (left) and Edward Norton at Pershing Square Signature Center Opening Gala.

At the opening gala for the Pershing Square Signature Center last night, the voluminous space was opened up to visitors for the first time.

Some 500 guests paid $1,000 or more per ticket to attend the event, which included a tour of the Frank Gehry-designed facility and its three theaters. Some of the guests in attendance included actors Edward Norton (who was being honored...

What is the state of musical theater today? Ask eight people and you'll likely get eight different answers: There are too many revivals. Jukebox musicals are choking the form. More diversity among writers is needed. Ticket prices are too high. The New York Times has too much power. The Internet is destroying standards. The audience is dying out. A new audience is emerging thanks to "Glee."To get an idea of the core health of musical theater, I spoke with eight professionals, who work with new musicals and new writers, about where shows come from, how they're developed, and the strengths and weaknesses of a very ad hoc system.It Startson the PageObviously, everything begins with the writers. We are blessed with an abundance of successful composers, lyricists, and book writers today—including Stephen Schwartz, William Finn, Terrence McNally, Jeanine Tesori, Thomas Meehan, Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, John Weidman,...

Arena Stage presents Stick Fly, a thought-provoking comedy that explores the role of race and privilege in the African-American social aristocracy. Director of the 2004 Tony Award-winning Broadway revival of A Raisin in the Sun, Kenny Leon returns to Arena Stage to direct this witty and insightful comedy. Stick Fly is written by playwright Lydia R. Diamond, whose plays include The Bluest Eye and The Gift Horse, among others. Stick Fly is being produced in collaboration with the Huntington Theatre Company. Stick Fly runs January 1 - February 7, 2010 at Arena Stage in Crystal City. The press opening performance is Thursday, January 7, 2010.

"I love Lydia's play, and to have Kenny direct it is a dream," said Arena Stage Artistic Director Molly Smith. "Lydia is a great storyteller who has an uncanny ear for dialogue. She says what she thinks, feels and wants through her plays. Kenny is a renaissance man. He understands the psychology of human beings.

Top Ten Movie F-Bomb Moments This should go without saying based on the headline, but as a bit of fair warning this article is not safe for work as every video clip contains foul language inappropriate for your workplace and most likely inappropriate for your children unless you are one of those parents that doesn't pay attention to your children or care for them because in that case I am going to assume it is your 7-year-old that is reading this and not you. You've been warned. Okay, I'm going to be honest with you. This was a really hard list to put together. How do I distinguish between best F-bomb one-liners and best F-bomb scenes and best F-bomb movies? I could make a top ten list of best F-Bomb movies (movies filled to the brim with great uses of the word, "f**k") and films like Casino and Goodfellas...