Maggie Gyllenhaal News

The Gotham Film & Media Institute (The Gotham)  announced the winners of the 31st Annual Gotham Awards at a ceremony held at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City on November 29.

Today's episode features James Calleri, who, with his partners Paul Davis and Erica Jensen, owns Calleri Jensen Davis, a creative casting partnership. They have been awarded 16 Artios Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Casting.

The new Broadway production of the Tony Award nominated and Olivier Award-winning musical Caroline, or Change opened just last night, October 27, at Studio 54. BroadwayWorld was on hand for the special event and you can check out photos from the star-studded red carpet arrivals.

The Gotham Film & Media Institute announced today the nominations for the 31st Annual Gotham Awards, singling out 29 feature films, 16 series, and 32 performances for recognition in twelve award categories. 'Passing' and 'The Lost Daughter' led this year's nominations.

Maggie Gyllenhaal makes her directorial debut with 'The Lost Daughter', from a script she adapted from the novel by Elena Ferrante. Starring Olivia Colman, Dakota Johnson, Ed Harris, Jessie Buckley, & more, watch the trailer now!

Symphony Space will welcome audiences back into its New York City home this season for a wide range of memorable events that take place for one night only, and only at Symphony Space.

The Virginia Film Festival announced today that several films have been added to its recently-revealed 2021 program – including two of the most talked-about titles on this year's festival circuit.

Selected Shorts will return to the Symphony Space stage with a joyful night of short fiction about the triumphs and heartbreaks of life in the theater with a cast of characters including married, sparring divas and a cuckolded drummer.

Among the highlights are Denis Villeneuve’s highly anticipated adaptation of Dune; Academy Award–nominated director Mamoru Hosoda’s Belle, a visually extraordinary tale about a shy teenager who becomes an online sensation as a pop star.

Jenrette will share the story of a young Black girl who goes on a journey to combat obesity and free herself from her family’s “big boned” label. Kessler will explore obesity in comedy and speak to some of today’s biggest comedians about the weight of being overweight.

Variety reports that Luke Bracey has joined the cast of Baz Luhrmann's upcoming 'Elvis' biopic. He will play Jerry Schilling, one of the members of the famous 'Memphis Mafia.'

A collection of Roundabout Theatre Company's treasured alumni and artist friends will offer one-of-a-kind conversations and encounters for 'Bid for Roundabout,' a fundraiser to support the theater in the face of an unprecedented financial deficit due to the COVID shutdown. The auction, powered by Charitybuzz, begins Tuesday, September 8, 2020

A collection of Roundabout Theatre Company's treasured alumni and artist friends will offer one- of-a-kind conversations and encounters for 'Bid for Roundabout,' a fundraiser to support the theater in the face of an unprecedented financial deficit due to the COVID shutdown. The auction, powered by Charitybuzz, will begin on Tuesday, September 8, 2020.

Baz Luhrmann took to Twitter to confirm that the Elvis film, featuring Tom Hanks, has been halted.

The Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan's ReelAbilities Film Festival: New York, announces its full lineup of films for its 12th annual festival, which will run March 31 through April 6. Tickets go on sale March 4, and can be purchased at ny.reelabilities.org. View the festival trailer here: https://bit.ly/2wwjG8B

Variety reports that Yola has joined the cast of Baz Luhrmann's 'Elvis.' The British singer will play Sister Rosetta Tharpe.

Maggie Gyllenhaal is set to play Elvis' mother, Gladys Presley, in Baz Luhrmann upcoming musical drama film, a?oeElvis,a?? according to Variety.

Montalvo Arts Center brings the hit public radio show Selected Shorts to Saratoga live on stage as part of its Carriage House Concert Series. Conceived in 1985, Selected Shorts is a weekly public radio show with a simple premise: take great stories by well-known and terrific writers and have them performed by actors of stage and screen. Today, its podcast consistently ranks as one of the most popular NPR shows on iTunes. From fiction to classic and beyond, the stories of Selected Shorts are brought to life by actors from stage, screen, and television. At Montalvo, Selected Shorts will include special guests David Strathairn and Jane Kaczmarek, and others to be announced, presenting Unexpected Encounters, an evening of funny, moving readings about unlikely connections.

Gbenga Akinnagbe, the director of PRINCE: THE BEAUTIFUL ONES - A CELEBRATION OF HIS MEMOIR, LIFE AND ART will be Tom Needham's latest guest on WUSB's THE SOUNDS OF FILM this Thursday at 6 pm.

James welcomes his guests Maggie Gyllenhaal and Demi Moore, fresh off Spill Your Guts and Fill Your Guts - a game Maggie might excel at, considering she's dined on a live langoustine and charred ants. And she and James admit they wouldn't have any problem taking a bite out of a 15-year-old cookie Demi recently found.