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May 25 2012 10:12 PM ET

Tony-winner Katie Finneran to play Miss Hannigan in 'Annie'

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Katie Finneran is about to get evil — playing Miss Hannigan in the new production of Annie on Brodway. Producers said Friday that the two-time Tony Award winner has been cast as the cruel head of Annie’s orphanage in the show that begins reviews Oct. 3 at the Palace Theatre.

Finneran won a Tony for her performance in the recent Broadway revival of Promises, Promises and another in Noises Off. Her other Broadway credits include Mauritius, Cabaret, and The Iceman Comet. Finneran starred this past season on Fox’s series I Hate My Teenage Daughter.

Based on the beloved comic strip that debuted in 1924, Annie first opened on Broadway in 1977 and ran for almost six years, fueled by songs including It’s the Hard-Knock Life and Tomorrow.

Read more:
‘Annie’ on Broadway: Meet the Orphans
Broadway’s new ‘Annie’ Lilla Crawford talks landing the role of a lifetime
The New ‘Annie’: Lilla Crawford to star in Broadway revival

May 25 2012 03:30 PM ET

Forget the outdoors: Here's your guide to Memorial Day weekend marathons

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This Memorial Day weekend, you could head to the beach, have a barbecue, and spend quality time with your loved ones…or you could stay glued to your couch and watch 72 consecutive hours of television. Given some of the marathons planned, we won’t judge anyone who chooses option B.

Here’s the best of what will air as we celebrate everyone’s favorite military-themed federal holiday. (Better luck next year, Veterans Day!) Whether you’re looking for classic flicks, absurdist comedy, garbage reality shows, or slightly less trashy reality shows, that miraculous box will have you covered. U.S.A.! U.S.A.! U.S.A.!

Saturday, May 26
AMC has your tickets to the gun show: Memorial Day War Heroes Weekend begins Friday and includes back-to-back showings of iconic war movies like Letters from Iwo Jima and Patton. You can catch both of those films tonight, provided you’re willing to stay up late; they air at 11 p.m. and 2:10 a.m., respectively. (5:30 a.m.-6 a.m.; 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Sunday; 9 a.m.-11 p.m. Monday)

Travel back in time with Showtime’s The Tudors, which will air in its entirety on BBC America all day today and tomorrow. Watch your head. (6 a.m.-8 p.m. Sunday)

Still don’t know why your friends won’t stop gabbing about Camille Grammer at brunch? Figure it out by tuning into a Real Housewives of Beverly Hills marathon on Bravo. (11 a.m.-8 p.m.)

Feel like a kid again with several straight hours of Adventure Time on Cartoon Network; the ‘toon channel will also air another AT marathon tomorrow. (11 a.m.-7 p.m.)

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May 25 2012 02:48 PM ET

Kristen Wiig: What are the 'SNL' MVP's career prospects?

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Kristen Wiig made her final regular appearance on Saturday Night Live last week with a moving send-off that was grander and more heartfelt than the sketch show has given a cast member in quite some time. With half a dozen film projects in the works, Wiig is poised to launch into a long, successful career on the A-list. But then again so was David Spade, Jimmy Fallon, and Tina Fey. While those SNL vets have all flourished in television, Wiig has made no move toward the small screen, and it’s harder to become a bankable star on the level of Will Ferrell, Adam Sandler, Mike Myers, and Eddie Murphy. Can Wiig leverage her Bridesmaids success to become SNL‘s first major female breakout film star? And, if so, where would she fit in the industry? EW reached out to some authorities on the show’s history to determine Wiig’s chances for headliner success.

“It’s a weird thing, having that SNL brand attached to you when you move from the show to movies,” acknowledges Nick Marx, a Media and Cultural Studies Fellow at the University of Wisconsin. “That assumption is there that successful stars of SNL will eventually leave the show and go on into movies. It’s really a decidedly mixed bag as far as whether it’s an advantage or not when you begin a movie career.” So will she go the route of Ferrell or the way of Chris Kattan? READ FULL STORY »

May 24 2012 09:00 PM ET

EW's Bite of the Night: Submit your favorite quote from tonight's best TV!

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As you tune into your favorite TV shows tonight, we think it’s only fair that YOU decide the night’s best sound bite.

After you’ve watched enough TV, submit your choice sound bite in the comments section of this post. Will it be from Duets or So You Think You Can Dance? Awake or Rookie Blue? Men at Work or Perez Hilton All Access: Lady Gaga? Leave us a comment with your favorite quote of the evening, or vote for someone else’s by hitting “Like” next to their submission.

We’ll highlight the most-voted quote as our Bite of the Night tomorrow morning, and give due praise to the submitter. Don’t be discouraged if your pick doesn’t win — there’s a whole new batch of TV tomorrow!

What are you waiting for? Let the sound bite hunting commence! READ FULL STORY »

May 24 2012 06:43 PM ET

Facebook Camera: Just like Instagram, except...well, just like Instagram!

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Say, remember when Facebook purchased Instagram for one kabillion dollars? Well, in news that is completely unrelated, the beloved social network/high-class stalker-enabling mechanism has announced the impending release of a new photo application called Facebook Camera. Facebook Camera — or FaceCam, as I’ll henceforth call it until Twitter tells me not to — also allows you to add all kinds of exciting filters to your photos. And those filters are not too different from Instagram’s. Mike Isaac at AllThingsD refers to the camera as “Instagram Redux,” which could just be reference to the fact that FaceCam features a wholly unnecessary French plantation scene. READ FULL STORY »

May 24 2012 04:55 PM ET

John Malkovich talks to Siri in new iPhone ads

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Confession: I can’t stand the new batch of iPhone advertisements. Apple spent the better part of a decade dropping zeitgeist-grenade TV commercials. But when it came time to show off audio helpmate Siri, the marketing team decided to fall back on random celebrity pitchmen. The result was Zooey Deschanel and Samuel L. Jackson meandering around identical IKEA households. (Absent from these advertisements: The celebrities’ assistants, a.k.a. “Siri With Limbs.”) I have to admit, though, that I’m a bit tickled by a new pair of advertisements featuring adorable cult weirdo John Malkovich, who speaks to Siri as if she’s the only one who really understands him. Check out the two commercials below: READ FULL STORY »

May 24 2012 12:00 PM ET

Elijah Wood joins the cast of 'Red vs. Blue.' Plus: Season 10 trailer -- EXCLUSIVE

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The tenth season of animated sci-fi-action-comedy series Red vs. Blue debuts on RoosterTeeth.com on May 28, and co-director Burnie Burns promises the run of shows will be marked by a level of quality routinely lacking in the soldiery skills of its bickering future-warriors. “We thought, ‘We’re hitting ten seasons, we should definitely pull out all the stops,’” says Burns, who also voices the characters Church and Alpha on the video game-inspired show. “We’re wrapping up a lot of the stories, paying off a lot of things. We’re taking the series up a level or two and trying to make it as big and as bada– as we possibly can. We’re just making sure that the action scenes are as over the top and as awesome as they possibly can be.”

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May 24 2012 11:25 AM ET

Michael McKean tweets recovery after being hit by car

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After being struck by a car and breaking his leg in New York City on Tuesday, actor Michael McKean took to Twitter to express his thanks and relief, tweeting: “Lucky man: best wife, great kids, awesome docs and nurses, priceless friends; a little overwhelmed by the sweet tweets. Love all y’all.”

McKean’s wife Annette O’Toole tweeted her appreciation as well on Wednesday morning, writing: “Thank you dear people for your love and support. @MJMcKean and I so appreciative. He is getting great care. Spirits are good. Grateful, we.” READ FULL STORY »

May 24 2012 10:33 AM ET

EW's Morning Bite: And the best sound bite from last night is...

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Submitted by Dr. Bombay:

“Yes, my bad-boy prom date is gay. He just doesn’t know it yet, so I’m basically his beard. Pre-beard. His… stubble.” 

– Alex (Ariel Winter) on her gay prom date on Modern Family

Check out the rest of your quote submissions from Wednesday, May 23, and come back tonight to share your pick for best sound bite!

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May 23 2012 11:25 PM ET

That 'Revenge' finale: My. Dear. God. Is [SPOILER] really a goner?

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Revenge has packed more twists and turns into its first 22 episodes than the most winding Hamptons highway. But in the promotional build-up to tonight’s finale, “Reckoning,” ABC seemed to be setting the bar impossibly high with a series of ads touting it as “mind-blowing,”  ”earth-shattering,” and “unbelievable” among their more sedate superlatives. Now it seems like they were underselling it. “Reckoning” featured the deaths of possibly three major castmembers, one wholly unexpected return, a breakup, a showdown with über-villain The White-Haired Man, and a revelation about Emily’s parentage. But not the revelation about Emily’s parentage you thought you saw coming. READ FULL STORY »

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