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Exclusive: In competitive bidding, Netflix has landed the landed feature film rights to The Unsound, based on the Boom! Studios’ graphic novel by Cullen Bunn & Jack T. Cole. Shazam! director David F. Sandberg is poised to return to the horror genre, where he helmed Lights Out and Annabelle: Creation, the latter of which grossed over $450 million worldwide. Lights Out was a calling-card short film that blossomed into a feature that grossed $148 million worldwide.

The script will be written by Skylar James, whose 29 Mole Street has landed atop the BloodList and Hit List. She is co-creator and exec producer of a limited series for Pearl Street, Gregory Jacobs and Endeavor Content. Sandberg and his longtime collaborator Lotta Losten will produce via their newly created production company Mångata, alongside Boom! Studios’ Ross Richie and Stephen Christy. Adam Yoelin and James are exec producers.

This becomes the first feature Boom!

You’ve heard of the Boy Who Lived, but what about When Lightning Strikes?

That’s the buzzworthy pitch from Anna Klassen, who has officially made the cut for 2017’s Black List – an annual rundown of the best unproduced screenplays bouncing around Hollywood. Placing a laser focus on J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter), When Lightning Strikes has been described as the “true story of 25-year-old Joanne Rowling as she weathers first loves, unexpected pregnancies, lost jobs, and depression on her journey to create Harry Potter.” For the record, Klassen’s spec script also landed on the 2017 Hit List.

All of this has led to a groundswell of support for When Lightning Strikes, which will seemingly be more of an intimate, character-driven drama than the fantastical saga of witches and wizards that cemented J.K. Rowling’s name in the history books.

No word yet on whether Klassen’s script has attracted the interest of studios,...

Stranger Things producer and director Shawn Levy is looking to team up with Fox on a new sci-fi film project called Crater. According to Variety, the film is a "coming-of-age story in the vein of Stand By Me, set on a moon colony." Color me intrigued!

The spec script, which was voted #1 on the Tracking Board’s 2015 Hit List and was #5 on the 2015 Black List, was written by John J. Griffin. This is the description of the story that was released:

After the death of his father, a boy growing up on a lunar mining colony takes a trip to explore a mysterious crater, along with his four best friends, prior to being permanently relocated to another planet.

I love what I'm hearing and this seems like it would be an awesome project for Shawn Levy to take on! Sounds like the kind of film that he could also cast...

Director Allan Ungar might have found his next big actioner in Decoy, a project with some compelling star power in Frank Grillo (The Purge: Anarchy), Andy Garcia (The Untouchables) and Tyler Posey (Teen Wolf). Written by David Benullo, the story centers on an identity thief who becomes hunted by the Nsa after he steals the identity of a wanted man. The script was featured on the 2014 Hit List which tracks well-liked, unproduced work. Ungar's last film was the raucous 80s throwback Gridlocked, which channeled the fun of buddy cop films like Lethal Weapon and The Hard Way. That film starred Dominic Purcell, Stephen Lang and Danny Glover and is available on Netflix. The Hollywood Reporter has the scoop on the film and the fact...

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NBC is bringing is live musical event formula to Easter, revealing plans to stage “Jesus Christ Superstar Live!” next year.

The event, which will air on Easter Sunday (April 1), 2018, will be executive produced by Craig Zadan and Neil Meron – the gurus behind NBC’s other live TV events, including last year’s “Hairspray Live” – as well as Marc Platt and “Jesus Christ Superstar” originators Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice.

Read More: ‘Hairspray Live!’ Review: The Best and Worst of NBC’s Latest Musical As It Happens—Live Blog

“Casting has just begun, but we want to fill out this classic show with as many recording artists as possible to give proper voice to what is the original rock opera score,” said NBC Entertainment chairman Bob Greenblatt.

“Jesus Christ Superstar” began as a concept album then debuted on Broadway in 1971. It was nominated for five Tony Awards, including Best Performance...

Imagine “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’s” Dennis Reynolds as an honors biology teacher in high school. That’s the basic premise behind NBC’s “A.P. Bio,” which has been firmly greenlighted to series.

Glenn Howerton stars as Jack, a philosophy scholar who goes to work as a high school Advanced Placement biology teacher after he loses out on his dream job. Soon he decides, instead of actually teaching any biology, to use the honor roll students to his own benefit.

Read More: Glenn Howerton May Not Return to ‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’ After Season 12 Finale

Patton Oswalt, Lyric Lewis, Mary Sohn, Aparna Brielle, Jacob McCarthy, and Nick Peine star, while Vanessa Bayer guests in the pilot. Mike O’Brien is the writer and executive producer, while Lorne Michaels, Seth Meyers, Andrew Singer and Michael Shoemaker are also executive producers.

Osmany Rodriguez directed the pilot, which comes from Universal Television,...

“As of right now there is still no conclusive evidence connecting the dots that the Trump campaign colluded with Russia to help him win the presidency, but there are so many dots,” Seth Meyers said last night while opening to his popular political segment, A Closer Look. “The Trump presidency is basically a six-year-old with chicken pox. And the rest of us are really f*cking itchy.”

Meyers went on to play a clip of former Trump national security advisor Michael Flynn saying that if someone asks for immunity, it usually means they’ve committed a crime. (Last week, Flynn offered information to the FBI in exchange for immunity.)

Read More: Seth Meyers Thinks Donald Trump and ‘The Dude’ Are Strikingly Similar — Watch

Meyers also poked fun at White House press secretary Sean Spicer for his lightning-fast and unconvincing response to a reporter’s question about whether or not the...

New Line Cinema has found the writer for their remake of the horror-comedy film Housebound, hailing originally from New Zealand and writer-director Gerard Johnstone, this tracking board is reporting. According to the site, 2016 Hit List scribe Chris Borrelli will be penning the U.S. remake. Borrelli previously wrote the 2007 film Whisper and last year’s The Vatican Tapes. His work will next be seen in […]...

In 2012, two years before journalist Gabriel Sherman published his biography about Roger Ailes, the Fox News CEO sent out a detailed memo within the news network entitled "To: Interested Parties." "Re: Gabriel Sherman." The 400-page memo appeared to be "opposition research" about Sherman, who Ailes viewed as an enemy, according to CNNMoney. The memo, sent to CNN by two anonymous sources, included a section called the "Gabriel Sherman Hit List," a rundown of his reporting and comments on Republican leaders and Fox News personnel. It included Sherman's address, voter registration information, property records and a note from researchers that

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Review by Stephen Tronicek

Pandemic is a found footage film that never manages to feel like one because of it’s passion. Every little detail has been looked after here, and that might be half the reason it works. The beautiful sense of place, and gory action makes for a piece of worthwhile piece.

The plot here is simple. A few operatives are sent into a quarantine zone to retrieve a lost team. Lauren (Rachel Nichols) is the protagonist, and the audience Pov character (quite literally) but is hiding something

The fact is found footage is best used to either allow for creeping horror (as in Paranormal Activity 1) or putting the audience in a full on immersive intense situation (as in Cloverfield). Pandemic might benefit from falling a little bit into both. Pandemic does have a fast pace allowing only some of the suspense to really pay off, but...

We have not one, not two, not even three, but four preview pages (and three covers) from Dark Horse's Predator: Life and Death #1. Also in this round-up: a trailer for Pandemic and details on the release of Earthrise.

Predator: Life and Death #1: "Colonial Marines on the planet Tartarus battle extraterrestrial hunters over the possession of a mysterious horseshoe-shaped spaceship of unknown origin. The Weyland-Yutani rep wants the ship, and the marine captain wants to protect her crew. But neither objective is likely when a band of Predators attacks!

*Predator: Life and Death begins chapter one in a new story cycle involving Predators, Aliens, and the mysterious Engineers from Prometheus!

Predator: Life and Death #1 - JAN160126

Dan Abnett (W), Brian Thies (A), Sachin Teng (Variant Cover), and Chris Warner (30th Variant Cover).

On sale March 2nd."

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Pandemic: "Pandemic is set in the near future, where a virus of...

Ten years ago on this very date, a mop-topped jock named Troy Bolton and a “freaky math girl” named Gabriella Montez auditioned for a show called Twinkle Towne. The rest, as they say, is history High School Musical.

VideosHigh School Musical Cast Reuniting for 10th Anniversary

Wednesday marks the 10th anniversary of the Disney Channel original movie’s premiere, and even though it eventually spawned three spinoffs — yes, the events of Sharpay’s Fabulous Adventure are canon — fans remain saddled with a slew of unanswered questions, including: Why can’t Ms. Darbus pronounce the word “musical?” Who got Gabriella’s math teacher pregnant?...

So far we’ve run through our lists of the top trailers, breakout stars, posters, and movies of the year in neatly packaged lists, but what about those note-worthy moments that defy categorization? Welcome to the Hit List, the Best of the Rest, for those movies, moments, and people that just don’t quite fit anywhere else. We’re looking at you, Mortdecai.

We’ve honoured everything from hairpieces to grills in years’ past , and this year’s Hit List covers the wacky, weird, and wonderful at the movies in 2015. Our Best of the Rest list aims to find those throw away gems and shine light on their greatness (or lack thereof) and give props to some people – and animals – who reached peak greatness this year.

Let's get started. Best Part-time Rogue: Mortdecai It’s hard to believe anyone involved in this project thought this bizarre and terribly unfunny caper was a good idea.

Vulture every lightsaber in the Star Wars franchise ranked. Solid rankings actually and I rarely say that about other people's lists ;)

NPR talks to Harvey Keitel about his role in Youth

Coming Soon Trainspotting 2 is officially a go. The entire principal cast returns to reprise their roles. Ready for round two of Ewan McGregor as Renton?

i09 Ryan Coogler may follow up Creed behind the cameras of Marvel's Black Panther (2018)

La Times Directors of Room, Love and Mercy, Brooklyn, Sicario and more discuss nailing crucial scenes

People Sisters "The Farce Awakens". Tina Fey & Amy Poehler are going head to head with Star Wars on December 18th

Interview Magazine talks to Jake Lacy (Carol), our favorite "square" boyfriend at the movies

In Contention Laverne Cox helps with the Tangerine Oscar campaign

Awards Daily the current Bfca scores for several movies. It's always amusing to see how this lines up with their...

Chasing Life‘s April Carver doesn’t know it yet, but newcomer Vanessa (played by Smash alumna Krysta Rodriguez) might just be her guardian angel in disguise.

RelatedExclusive Pretty Little Liars First Look: The Girls Are Dressed to Kill (Charles?) at Prom

Sure, Vanessa’s blunt manner of speaking seems off-putting at first, but as Rodriguez points out to TVLine: “Anytime Vanessa says something to April, it changes her entire life. She switched her clinical trial after a conversation with Vanessa, then she decided to dance and be free and get fired from her job because of Vanessa. My character...

Verve, a Los Angeles-based talent and literary agency, has announced the creation of Verve Ventures, a global business development initiative within the company that will be run by international sales veteran Amy Beecroft.

Beecroft brings to Verve a wealth of experience, having worked at many of the top companies in the international space during her career: First Look/Overseas Film Group, HBO, GreeneStreet Films, and FilmNation to name a few.

Verve Ventures will focus on creative strategic partnerships in the international and domestic film and television space, including finance and sales, digital distribution, and the development of new technologies, such as Virtual Reality, on a global scale.

“The international landscape has changed drastically in the last five years. With 70% of the box office coming from the international marketplace, savvy foreign distributors, producers, and financiers alike are looking to establish new and strategic partnerships on both the theatrical and television sides,” said Beecroft. “With Verve representing some of the best directors and writers in the business, I feel we are uniquely positioned to find new and exciting ways to expand our clients’ reach into the global marketplace. I am absolutely thrilled to be part of the Verve family.”

Verve partners said in a statement: "With the exponential growth and importance of the overseas marketplace, being able to draw from an international viewpoint will be the best way to serve our clients moving forward and we believe that Amy is the best person to lead the way in this space.”

Verve is a talent and literary agency on the vanguard of client representation. During the past five years, the agency has built an impressive roster of Oscar, Emmy, WGA, BAFTA, and Spirit Award winning writers and directors. Verve’s clients are writing and directing for every major motion picture and television studio and packaging their own passion projects for the large and small screen.

Verve is also the only agency seriously representing content creators in the burgeoning Virtual Reality space and consistently has a major presence on the coveted Black List, including 2014’s number one script, "Cathrine the Great," by Kristina Lauren Anderson. Anderson’s script also topped The Tracking Board’s 2014 Hit List, where Verve is the only agency to show positive growth over all five years of the List. Since opening its doors in 2010, the agency has gained a reputation for its white-glove, personal service and putting talent above all else...

One of the most popular stories of the year so far, the unexpected announcement of a special one night only charity concert performance of a fan favorite musical-within-the-series from NBC's musical series Smash, Bombshell, to benefit the Actors Fund, is already a huge hit here on BroadwayWorld, and, now we bring you an exclusive chat with an elemental figure in the creation of the project, choreographer and director Joshua Bergasse, all about the hotly anticipated evening. As part of our conversation, Bergasse offers up a slew of new details on what plans are currently in place for the unprecedented Smash reunion as well as share first reactions to the wildly successful Kickstarter campaign that has already racked up more than 315,000 in donations in less than two weeks, having begun with a goal of 50,000 when the event was first announced. Additionally, Bergasse parses the finer points of the Bombshell score and...

Darren Aronofsky is one of the most unique filmmakers working today. None of his films are alike and whether the material be melodrama (Black Swan), Biblical epic (Noah), or fantastical drama (The Fountain), he always finds a way to innovate the medium of film. With multiple projects in development, including the HBO series Maddaddam, the question still remains as to what his seventh directorial effort will be. The Tracking Board has posted their full 2014 Hit List which mentions the film...

Five stories we didn't share in all the hulaballoo of our trip to Los Angeles, the recovery week's madness and now our Thanksgiving prep. Can't let these stories go unremarked upon since many of them are related to this year's Oscar race as well as 2015 and possibly 2016. Let's get ahead of ourselves! 

Barnum by way of Jackson / Amy to play Janis

1. Hugh Jackman as P.T. Barnum

When I was coming out of Into the Woods the other day and coming out of The Last Five Years back in Toronto, I was wracked with indecision about how I felt. My cinephile self was mounting a civil war with my inner musical theater geek who is deeply devoted to both shows. The former musical is among my top 3 favorite Sondheim shows (the others being Company & Follies) and the latter is literally my favorite original musical of the 21st century to date. The...

The Scribbler

Release Date: Theaters, VOD, and iTunes September 19th Written By: Dan Schaffer Directed By: John Suits Starring: Katie Cassidy, Michelle Trachtenberg, Eliza Dushku

Man o’ man, creeps. What we have here is a lil’ independent gem that serves as one of the most original and entertaining superhero origin films I’ve seen in many a day!

But I’m getting a bit ahead of myself… ya see, at first, The Scribbler plays out like a kind of murder mystery (albeit a surreal and ultra-stylized one), as Suki (Katie Cassidy), a young girl with multiple personalities, arrives at Juniper Tower, a boarding home for recently released mental patients—all of whom have their own unique quirks (think Arkham Asylum subdivided into low-rent housing).

After Suki arrives and does a lil’ of the ol’ self-medicating (which in this case involves her eliminating individual personas from her psyche via a machine...

Going back to my failure to get on-board with the Soul Patrol, I'm accustomed to supporting Katharine McPhee in ill-fated circumstances. It's no wonder, then, that we're simpatico when it comes to Karen Cartwright losing the Tony to Ivy Lynn. "That's a great question," McPhee says when I inquire about her disappointment regarding this fictional theater award. "I wanted Karen to win!" "[M]y heart kind of like broke for her," McPhee admits. "I'm like, 'Really? She ends up with this loser guy who goes to jail and she can't even win the Tony?' And she has to have this nasty catfight with a girl who she could have potentially had a great relationship with? And she can't win the Tony. At least she got to play Marilyn for a little bit." McPhee's two-year run on "Smash" taught her many lessons, which we discussed in July when we sat down...

Final Destination creator Jeffrey Reddick's new short film, which he both wrote and directed, Good Samaritan, will be playing as part of this year's Screamfest L.A. film festival; and right now we have a couple of new stills for you! Dig 'em!

The film stars Toby Hemingway (pictured; Black Swan, The Covenant) and Rainn Wilson ("The Office," Super, House of 1000 Corpses). Based on the Hit List winning feature, Good Samaritan tells of Nathan Rome (Hemingway), an agoraphobic who videotaped a man get fatally beaten while numerous bystanders watched and didn't intervene.

The short opens with Nathan being interviewed by George Reed (Wilson), a conservative talk show host who blasts Nathan for his inaction. George points out that two of the other witnesses have died mysteriously and cryptically ponders if Nathan might be next. Nathan is convinced the other deaths were accidents. But after George shreds his morality on national TV,...

Scott helped Liam through his first full moon as a werewolf beta, Lydia discovered the supernatural hit list and Sheriff Stilinski teamed up with Derek to track a supernatural assassin in Teen Wolf's "The Benefactor."

Scott Tries To Get Through To Liam

After biting Liam (Dylan Sprayberry) on the roof of the hospital, Scott (Tyler Posey) panicked and tied him up with duct tape in his bathtub. Scott called Stiles (Dylan O’Brien) to help him and the two try to break the news to him that he may turn into a werewolf, but they end up scaring him more than anything else and Liam escapes from Scott’s house before they can tell him exactly what he is going to be.

The next day at school, Liam’s ankle is completely healed, as is the bite Scott left on his arm. Scott and Stiles corner him at school again,...

Though Gladiator filmmaker Ridley Scott is still in post-production putting the final touches on his upcoming Biblical epic Exodus: Gods and Kings, the director is already planning to bring another fabled Biblical hero to the big screen. This time, Scott has set his sights on the story of David, said to have become the king of Israel after slaying the giant Goliath in his youth with a stone from his sling.

However, Scott (who is not signed to direct yet but has boarded as a producer) won’t be centering on the battle between David and Goliath – the film is reported to instead follow David through his post-Goliath years, during his reign as the king of Israel. Jonathan Stokes, who has written four Black List scripts in three years and had a record four scripts recognized on the Hit List for most-liked but unproduced spec scripts, will be penning the screenplay.

Lance Henriksen has been working steadily in the movies (and television) for decades now, and he has the elongated IMDb page to prove it. Even with nearly 200 titles to his name though he will most likely always be remembered for his work through the ’80s in films like The Terminator, Near Dark, Aliens, Pumpkinhead and more. Those films share something more than simple genre though — they’re also loaded with still memorable practical effects work. Granted, it was the ’80s, and CGI wasn’t exactly a known quantity, but the fact remains that nearly thirty years later we’re still impressed and affected by the scene in Aliens where Bishop (Henriksen) is grabbed by the alien queen, ripped in half and thrown along the floor. It’s accomplished with practical visual effects, and when the artists who crafted the scene (Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff Jr. of StudioADI ) set out to make their own Kickstarter-funded movie this...

More casting news has come in for the latest shocker from Blumhouse Productions, Viral, which is to be directed by Paranormal Activity franchise directors Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman. Read on for details.

Deadline reports that Sofia Black-d’Elia (pictured) has landed the lead role in Blumhouse thriller Viral. She’ll play teenager Emma, who is put to the test along with her family to survive a city-wide quarantine after a deadly outbreak, with the increasingly violent infected trapped inside.

The original Black List, Blood List, and Hit List script (formerly known as Peste) is by Barbara Marshall. Christopher Landon (Disturbia, Paranormal Activity 2, 3, 4, and 5) was tapped to rewrite. She will star opposite Analeigh Tipton who will play Stacey, Emma’s sister.

Synopsis:

A teenage girl begins a video documentary about her life for a school project just as a terrifying virus sweeps through her small town. Quarantined with her family,...

Analeigh Tipton (Warm Bodies) has taken the lead in Blumhouse Productions' upcoming horror project Viral (formerly Pest), Deadline reports. Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman (Catfish, Paranormal Activity 3) will direct.Viral is based on Barbara Marshall’s original screenplay, which appeared on the "Black List," the "Blood List," and the "Hit List" in 2012.

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Analeigh Tipton ( Crazy, Stupid, Love. , Warm Bodies ) has taken the lead in Blumhouse Productions' upcoming horror project Viral (formerly Pest ), Deadline reports. Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman ( Catfish , Paranormal Activity 3 ) will direct. Viral is based on Barbara Marshall.s original screenplay, which appeared on the "Black List," the "Blood List," and the "Hit List" in 2012. It follows the outbreak of a deadly virus and a teen who documents her family's new life in quarantine and tries to protect her infected sister as society begins to crumble outside. Octane, the genre division of Im Global, a subsidiary of Indian conglomerate Reliance Ada, will fully finance the film which will be produced by Jason Blum of Blumhouse Productions (...

The following is a list of all comic books, graphic novels and specialty items that will be available this week and shipped to comic book stores who have placed orders for them.

Abrams

Adventure Time A Totally Math Poster Collection Sc, $19.95

Abstract Studios

Rachel Rising #24 (not verified by Diamond), $3.99

Antarctic Press

Gold Digger Gold Brick III Reminted Edition Tp (not verified by Diamond), $50.00

Ninja High School #176, $3.99

Archie Comic Publications

Best Of Archie Comics Betty And Veronica Volume 1 Tp (not verified by Diamond), $9.99

Aspen Comics

Bubblegun #5 (Of 5)(Cover A Mike Bowden), $3.99

Bubblegun #5 (Of 5)(Cover B Mirka Andolfo), $3.99

Avatar Press

Crossed Badlands #50 (Christian Zanier Red Crossed Incentive Cover), Ar

Crossed Badlands #50 (Christian Zanier Regular Cover), $3.99

Crossed Badlands #50 (Christian Zanier Torture Cover), $3.99

Crossed Badlands #50 (Christian Zanier Wraparound Cover), $3.99

Crossed Badlands #50 (Jacen Burrows Amazons Cover), $3.99

Crossed Badlands #50 (Jacen Burrows Pure Art Incentive Cover), Ar

Crossed Badlands #50 (Jacen Burrows True Romance Cover), $3.99

Crossed Badlands #50 (Matt...

If you're looking for a diverse and entertaining horror themed podcast, hopefully you've already found 'Killer Pov,' the weekly horror talk show podcast hosted by Fearnet's own Rob Galluzzo, Fangoria's Rebekah McKendry and Inside Horror's Elric Kane. Available on both iTunes and directly from the GeekNation website (who produces the show), the gang recently celebrated their 50th episode (!) and joining in on the celebration was none other than director William Lustig (aka Bill to those that know him well)! Lustig was the man behind the original 'Maniac,' the 'Maniac Cop' franchise, as well as cult classics 'Vilgilante,' 'Hit List,' 'Relentless' and 'Uncle Sam' (currently streaming this week in The Vault with exclusive video commentary by Heidi Honeycutt & Jill Kill), as well as being at the forefront of home video entertainment with his company Blue Underground. 

During the lengthy 2 hour chat,...

The following is a list of all comic books, graphic novels and specialty items that will be available this week and shipped to comic book stores who have placed orders for them.

Adhouse Books

Basewood Hc (not verified by Diamond), $19.95

Andrews McMeel

For Better Or For Worse It’s One Thing After Another Tp, $22.99

Ape Entertainment

Black Coat The Blackest Dye Gn, $12.99

Archie Comics

Afterlife With Archie #4 (Francesco Francavilla Regular Cover), $2.99

Afterlife With Archie #4 (Tim Seeley Variant Cover), $2.99

Archie Double Digest #249, $3.99

Mega Man #34 (Ben Bates Mega Man X Variant Cover), $2.99

Mega Man #34 (Patrick Spaziante Regular Cover), $2.99

Sonic Super Sized Super Digest #6, $6.99

Sonic The Hedgehog Mega Man Worlds Collide Volume 2 Into The Warzone Tp, $11.99

World Of Archie Double Digest #37, $3.99

Avatar Press

Extinction Parade #5 (Raulo Caceres Leather Cover), $14.99

God Is Dead #8 (German Nobile Carnage Wraparound Cover), $3.99

God Is Dead #8 (Jacen Burrows End Of Days Cover), $3.99

God Is Dead #8 (Jacen Burrows Gilded Incentive...

On the eve of Valentine's Day, Kara Lindsay, currently starring in Disney's 'Newsies' on Broadway, was joined on-stage by her husband Kevin Massey Memphis, her college best friend Kirsten Scott Big Fish, Santino Fontana 'Frozen', his girlfriend Jessica Hershberg Cinderella, Drew Gehling Jersey Boys, his wife Sara Jean Ford The Phantom of the Opera, Patrick Cummings Happiness, his girlfriend, Alessa Neeck Cinderella, Thea Brooks Dirty Dancing, and musical director Benjamin Rauhala Hit List in a celebration of Broadway romance, both on and off-stage. The evening will also feature bluegrass trio 'Shubert Alley,' featuring Kevin Massey, his brother Patrick Massey, and Jamison Scott Spider-Man. Also featured in the concert were Aaron Albano Newsies, Stephen Joshua Thompson, Antwayn Hopper Hair, and Devin Ilaw Les Miserables. They were accompanied by Rauhala on the keys, and Charlie Rosen One Man, Two Guvnors, who will alternate on bass, acoustic guitar, and drums.

On the eve of Valentine's Day, Kara Lindsay, currently starring in Disney's Newsies on Broadway, will be joined on-stage by her husband Kevin Massey Memphis, her college best friend Kirsten Scott Big Fish, her original Newsies co-star, Jeremy Jordan 'Smash', his wife, Ashley Spencer Rock of Ages, Santino Fontana 'Frozen', his girlfriend Jessica Hershberg Cinderella, Drew Gehling Jersey Boys, his wife Sara Jean Ford The Phantom of the Opera, Patrick Cummings Happiness, his girlfriend, Alessa Neeck Cinderella, Thea Brooks Dirty Dancing, and musical director Benjamin Rauhala Hit List in a celebration of Broadway romance, both on and off-stage. The evening will also feature bluegrass trio 'Shubert Alley,' featuring Kevin Massey, his brother Patrick Massey, and Jamison Scott Spider-Man. They will be accompanied by Rauhala on the keys, and Charlie Rosen One Man, Two Guvnors, who will alternate on bass, acoustic guitar, and drums. This is...

Although their show has been off the air since this past May, costars Katharine McPhee and Megan Hilty will have a mini-"Smash" reunion on a comedy web show, with hints at their performances being musical. 

In the announcement for "It Could Be Worse," McPhee and Hilty are shown in an Instagram video sight-reading the lyrics to Lorde's "Royals." Watch the ten-second clip of the two starlets below. Warning: prepare to beg for more.

  It's not yet known when in Season 2 of "It Could Be Worse" McPhee and Hilty will make their appearance, or what roles they'll take. "It Could Be Worse" stars "Smash" alum Wesley Taylor (Bobby, Seasons 1 and 2) as Jacob, a Broadway wannabe looking to make it big in a New York minute. Although he was cast in his first big Broadway show, he's often stuck at home tending to a needy long-term boyfriend, or is held back by his overbearing parents.

On the eve of Valentine's Day, Kara Lindsay, currently starring in Disney's Newsies on Broadway, will be joined on-stage by her husband Kevin Massey Memphis, her college best friend Kirsten Scott Big Fish, her original Newsies co-star, Jeremy Jordan 'Smash', his wife, Ashley Spencer Rock of Ages, Santino Fontana 'Frozen', his girlfriend Jessica Hershberg Cinderella, Drew Gehling Jersey Boys, his wife Sara Jean Ford The Phantom of the Opera, Patrick Cummings Happiness, his girlfriend, Alessa Neeck Cinderella, Thea Brooks Dirty Dancing, and musical director Benjamin Rauhala Hit List in a celebration of Broadway romance, both on and off-stage. The evening will also feature bluegrass trio 'Shubert Alley,' featuring Kevin Massey, his brother Patrick Massey, and Jamison Scott Spider-Man. They will be accompanied by Rauhala on the keys, and Charlie Rosen One Man, Two Guvnors, who will alternate on bass, acoustic guitar, and drums. This is...

The following is a list of all comic books, graphic novels and specialty items that will be available this week and shipped to comic book stores who have placed orders for them.

Action Lab Entertainment

Fracture Encore Edition (One Shot), Ar

Adventurist Corp

Roll Hard Gn, $9.99

Archie Comic Publications

Archie Double Digest #248, $3.99

Sonic The Hedgehog Archives Volume 22 Tp, $7.99

Aspen Comics

All New Executive Assistant Iris #3 (Cover A Pasquale Qualano), $3.99

All New Executive Assistant Iris #3 (Cover B Eric Basaldua), $3.99

All New Executive Assistant Iris #3 (Cover C Eric Basaldua), Ar

All New Fathom #5 (Of 8)(Cover A Alex Konat), $3.99

All New Fathom #5 (Of 8)(Cover B Emilio Laiso), $3.99

Trish Out Of Water #4 (Cover A Lori Hanson), $3.99

Trish Out Of Water #4 (Cover B Siya Oum), $3.99

Trish Out Of Water #4 (Cover C Jenevieve Broomall), $3.99

Trish Out Of Water #4 (Cover D Elizabeth Torque), $3.99

Attaboy’S Yumfactory

Hi-Fructose Magazine Quarterly #30, $7.95

Avatar Press

Crossed Badlands #33 (Matt Martin Blazing Hot...

Inspired by true events that shocked the world and to this day still frighten and fascinate, The House at the End of the Drive was shot on location on Cielo Drive… just a knife’s throw away from the site of the Manson/Tate murders.

Produced by the homeowner David Oman, the movie blends fact with fiction as supernatural forces from the past transport he and his dinner guests through time -- back to the night of the original murders.

The movie recently enjoyed a big red carpet gala premiere in Hollywood at Shockfest (where it took home “Best Writer” honors in the closing Awards). We were lucky enough to catch up with Oman for this exclusive interview.

Dread Central: I’ve been hearing about your haunted house for years, but I never did have the, er, pleasure of visiting. I recall, a few years back, you used to host film screenings and tours.

Miley Cyrus has had tongues wagging ever since her legendary MTV VMAs performance in August, so it really shouldn’t come as a surprise that she won the Music Choice award for Top Female Performer of 2013. Still, Miley was sweet and gracious as she accepted the award — and HollywoodLife has the Exclusive video below!

Miley Cyrus, 21, has had a banner year, and now the multi-platform video and music network Music Choice has honored the talented young star with their highly coveted Top Female Performer trophy! HollywoodLife has Exclusive footage of Miley accepting her award, and the gorgeous young star was sweet, gracious, and utterly humble as she dedicated the award to her fans. Check it out below!

Miley Cyrus Accepts Top Female Performer Award From Music Choice

Miley may be on top of the world right now, but she was still gracious and even emotional as she accepted the Top...

Smash lives!!

Kinda. Sorta. Well, not really. But for a few brief, shining moments on Dec. 9 and 10, a gaggle of alumni from NBC’s failed musical experiment banded together to put on a show: a concert version of Hit List, the hip downtown musical that tried to wrest our attention from Bombshell in season 2.

As fans (and, yes, hate-watchers) know, in the context of the series, that attempt was largely unsuccessful — even if Hit List did go on to win a bunch of fake Tony awards. But in a small, moodily lit cabaret, when performed uninterrupted for an audience stacked...

It's been 7 months since Smash's swan song aired on NBC and somehow, in the fat lady's aftermath, all the things I hated about the series (ludicrous plot twists, inexplicable character motivations, "dramaturgs") have faded away and I've come to find an enduring appreciation for the show's seriously splendid songs.

While Bombshell, the Marilyn Monroe musical at the center of the series, scored a proper CD release, Hit List, the season two musical that served as stiff Tony competition, never received the same treatment despite boasting infectious tunes that could absolutely hold their own on The Great White Way.

Now, 54 Below, in cooperation with Smash Ep Josh Safran, is giving Hit List the proper stage it deserves with four sold-out performances, starring Jeremy Jordan, Andy Mientus & Krysta Rodriguez. I caught up with Jeremy Jordan this weekend to talk about the excitement -- and vindication -- that comes from stepping back into Jimmy's shoes, to find out...

Just last night, Jeremy Jordan, Krysta Rodriguez, Andy Mientus, Carrie Manolakos starred in Hit List at 54 Below. The second season of NBC's Smash featured a fictional new Broadway musical called Hit List, written by characters played by Jeremy Jordan Newsies, The Last 5 Years and Andy Mientus Carrie, Spring Awakening, and starring Krysta Rodriguez First Date,The Addams Family. The fictional musical opened at Manhattan Theatre Workshop and then transferred to Broadway, opening at the Barrymore Theatre and winning seven Tony Awards. Hit List, a modern fable about identity and the price of fame, tells the tragic love story of a wannabe pop singer who transforms herself to become a star and the hidden songwriter she uses to get there - but at what cost Check out photos from the special concert event below...

54 Below just welcomed a part of its December line-up for a special performance preview, including the cast of 'Hit List' -- a fictional musical created for NBC's popular series Smash. Jeremy Jordan Newsies, The Last 5 Years, Andy Mientus Carrie, Spring Awakening, Krysta Rodriguez First Date ,The Addams Family, and Carrie Manolakos Wicked, Mamma Mia will star in the concert production, and BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge was there to share in their excitement about the project. Click below to watch interviews, plus a performance preview...

54 Below just welcomed a part of its December line-up for a special performance preview, including Tony Award-winner Chita Rivera West Side Story, Chicago, Bye Bye Birdie, Fiddler on the Roof and the cast of 'Hit List' -- Jeremy Jordan Newsies, The Last 5 Years, Andy Mientus Carrie, Spring Awakening, Krysta Rodriguez First Date ,The Addams Family, and Carrie Manolakos Wicked, Mamma Mia. Check out photos from the previews below...

The following is a list of all comic books, graphic novels and specialty items that will be available this week and shipped to comic book stores who have placed orders for them.

Action Lab Entertainment

Pirate Eye Iron Bars Wretched Tales (One Shot), $2.99

Princeless Encore Edition #1 (Of 4), $1.00

Airship Entertainment

Girl Genius Volume 5 The Clockwork Princess Tp (New Printing), $25.00

Amryl Entertainment

Cavewoman Sea Monsters (One Shot), $3.75

Cavewoman Sea Monsters (One Shot)(Budd Root Special Edition), Ar

Cavewoman Sea Monsters (One Shot)(Special Edition), Ar

Antarctic Press

Steam Wars #3, $3.99

Archaia Entertainment

Hawken Melee #1 (Of 5)(Archaia), $3.99

Moon Lake Volume 2 Hc (Archaia), $24.95

Mouse Guard Legends Of The Guard Volume 2 #4 (Archaia), $3.50

Mouse Guard Legends Of The Guard Volume 2 Hc (Archaia), $19.95

Archie Comic Publications

Archie #650 (Dan Parent Regular Cover), $3.99

Archie #650 (Fiona Staples World Tour Variant Cover), $3.99

Archie Double Digest #246, $3.99

Fox #2 (Dean Haspiel Regular Cover), $2.99

Fox #2 (Paul Pope Get Freaky Variant Cover), $2.99

Sonic The Hedgehog #255 (Ben Bates...

The following is a list of all comic books, graphic novels and specialty items that will be available this week and shipped to comic book stores who have placed orders for them.

Action Lab Entertainment

Skyward #1 (Of 6)(Jeremy Dale 2nd Printing Variant Cover), $2.99

Skyward #4 (Of 6)(Cover A Jeremy Dale), $2.99

Skyward #4 (Of 6)(Cover B Mike Norton), $2.99

Amigo Comics

Arcane Secrets #2 (Of 3), $3.99

Antarctic Press

Gold Digger #205, $3.99

Wild Work #1 (Of 5), $3.99

Archie Comic Publications

Archie #649 (Bill Galvan/Bob Smith/Rosario Tito Pena Regular Cover), $2.99

Archie #649 (Jeff Shultz & Rosario Tito Pena Nighthawks Variant Cover), $2.99

Archie Comics Spectacular It’s A Date Tp, $5.99

Fox #1 (Darwyn Cooke Running With The Foxes Variant Cover), $2.99

Fox #1 (Dean Haspiel Freak Magnet Variant Cover), $2.99

Fox #1 (Dean Haspiel Regular Cover), $2.99

Fox #1 (Fiona Staples High Flying Variant Cover), $2.99

Sonic The Hedgehog #254 (Ben Bates Regular Cover), $2.99

Sonic The Hedgehog #254 (Sega Variant Cover), $2.99

Aspen Comics

All New Fathom #3 (Of 8)(Cover A Alex Konat), $3.99

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E! reports that ABC is turning to Lady Gaga for another holiday special (following A Very Gaga Thanksgiving). This time, its a Christmas special that would include The Muppets. I hope there’s a sketch where a PETA activist calls her out for that time she wore a frog skin coat.

I mean, that’s like an atrocity as far as Kermit is concerned, right?

Discovery is working on a mafia drama from the writer of Goodfellas according to The Hollywood Reporter. The Five Families is planned as the first drama to dramatize actual events and real people.

Here’s a consolation prize for the Smash fans, 54 Below, a New York cabaret (or that’s what Wikipedia tells me) is staging a performance of Hit List with Jeremy Jordan, Krysta Rodriguez and Andy Mientus participating.

Liz Heldens created two gay-inclusive dramas for NBC with Mercy (admittedly, that gay was woefully underused,...

Smash is crawling back from the cancelled TV show graveyard to mount a real-life concert version of its terrible, fictional rock opera, Hit List. New York's 54 Below has just announced a two-nights-only performance of the fictional, Rent-esque musical that kept Katherine McPhee’s character employed during the show’s second season. Smash alums Jeremy Jordan, Krysta Rodriguez, and Andy Mientus are set to star and showrunner Joshua Safran is also involved. The concert will feature Hit List songs written by Drew Gasparini, Joe Iconis, Andrew McMahon, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, and ...

This morning, it was announced that Hit List, one of the fictional musicals from NBC’s dearly departed drama Smash, will be performed at 54 Below in New York City. Smash stars (and Hit List composers/performers) Jeremy Jordan, Andy Mientus, and Krysta Rodriguez, will star in the show, which will be presented by Julia Brownell, ex-Smash showrunner Joshua Safran, and Jennifer Ashley Tepper. A release describes Hit List as “a modern fable about identity and the price of fame” that “tells the tragic love story of a wannabe pop singer who transforms herself to become a star and the...

Smash may be over, but singer-songwriter Andrew McMahon will vie for an Emmy Award at Sunday's Creative Arts ceremony for his original composition "I Heard Your Voice in a Dream." The song is featured in Smash's off-Broadway production, Hit List, in which Karen's character (Katherine McPhee) steals music from her former lover (Jeremy Jordan) and becomes a pop phenom. "I tried my best to approach it like I would any song that I would write for myself," McMahon, 30, tells The Hollywood Reporter. "I liked the theme and the idea of this guy who is still

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The following is a list of all comic books, graphic novels and specialty items that will be available this week and shipped to comic book stores who have placed orders for them.

Aam Markosia

Endangered Weapon B Gn, $12.99

Aardvark Vanaheim

Low Society (One Shot), $4.99

Abstract Studios

Rachel Rising #19, $3.99

AC Comics

Femforce #164 (Cover A Eric Coile), $9.95

Femforce #164 (Cover B Eric Coile), $9.95

Alternative Comics

Magic Whistle #13 (not verified by Diamond), $3.99

Amigo Comics

Rogues #4, $3.99

Amryl Entertainment

Cavewoman The Many Faces Of Meriem Cooper (Devon Massey Regular Cover), $3.75

Cavewoman The Many Faces Of Meriem Cooper (Devon Massey Special Edition Cover), Ar

Antarctic Press

Victorian Secret 2013 Summer Catalog (One Shot), $3.99

Victorian Secret Agents Owlls Of Ironwork Isle #2 (Of 5), $3.95

Ape Entertainment

Genie The Genius #1 (Of 3), $2.99

Archaia Entertainment

Cyborg 009 Hc, $24.95

Ardden Entertainment

Mythopolis #1 (Cover A Marco Tunni), $3.99

Mythopolis #1 (Cover B Marco Tunni), $3.99

Mythopolis #1 (Cover C Carlos Zuniga), $3.99

Mythopolis #1 (Cover D Des Taylor), $3.99

Aspen Comics

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