Tony Nominations Announced

Variety: Tony Nominations Announced

PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A PLAY

Ben Daniels, "Les Liaisons Dangereuses"
Laurence Fishburne, "Thurgood"
Mark Rylance, "Boeing-Boeing"
Rufus Sewell, "Rock 'n' Roll"
Patrick Stewart, "Macbeth"

CBS picks up six for 2008-09 slate

CBS picks up six for 2008-09 slate -- Network nabs two comedies, four dramas By CYNTHIA LITTLETON, MICHAEL SCHNEIDER:

CBS has settled on its pilot pickups, handing orders Monday to two comedies and four dramas for its 2008-09 sked.

CBS' drama docket next season will include another Brit TV adaptation, the thriller "Eleventh Hour," about a government investigator probing cases involving scientific anomalies. Rufus Sewell stars in Jerry Bruckheimer-produced series for Warner Bros. TV. Brit scribe Mick Davis handled the U.S. adaptation.

- Thanks, Rai

Drama Desk drafts "A Catered Affair"

LA Times - The Envelope - Tonys - Drama Desk drafts "A Catered Affair"

On the play front, likely Tony winner, the Pulitzer Prize-winning "August: Osage County," led with seven nominations, including best play and dueling best actress nods (Deanna Dunagan and Amy Morton). Last year, Tom Stoppard's "The Coast of Utopia" dominated both the Drama Desk and the Tony Awards; this year, he competes with "Rock 'N' Roll," which scored only three nods for best play, actor Rufus Sewell, and actress Sinead Cusack.

Reading Tony tea leaves in Drama Desk nominations

The LA Times: Reading Tony tea leaves in Drama Desk nominations

On the play front, likely Tony winner, the Pulitzer Prize-winning "August: Osage County" led with seven nominations, including best play and dueling best actress nods (Deanna Dunagan and Amy Morton). Last year, Tom Stoppard's "The Coast of Utopia" dominated both the Drama Desk and the Tony awards; this year, he competes with "Rock 'n' Roll," which scored only 3 nods for best play, actor Rufus Sewell and actress Sinead Cusack.

DVD Times - Dark City

DVD Times - Dark City

Warner Home Video have announced the Region 1 DVD release of Dark City (Director’s Cut) on 29th July 2008 priced at $19.97 SRP. Alex Proyas’ critically-acclaimed film is back with a brand new directors cut featuring enhanced picture and sound, never-before-seen footage and three commentary tracks that take you deeper than ever before into the world of one of sci-fi’s most exciting and revered tales. When John Murdoch (Rufus Sewell) wakes with no memory at the scene of a grisly murder, he soon finds himself hunted by the police, a woman claiming to be his wife and a mysterious group of pale men who seem to control everything and everyone in the city.

`A Catered Affair' leads Drama Desk nominations with 12 nods

The AP: `A Catered Affair' leads Drama Desk nominations with 12 nods

Nominated for actor-play were Bill Champion, "Intimate Exchanges"; Kevin Kline, "Cyrano de Bergerac"; Bull Pullman, "Peter and Jerry"; Mark Rylance, "Boeing-Boeing"; Tobias Segal, "From Up Here"; and Rufus Sewell, "Rock 'n' Roll."

EbertFest 2008 - To Absent Friends

Cinematical: To Absent Friends

Nonetheless, the show must go on, as Roger might say, and so it does, with Chaz ably filling in for her husband, introducing the films and warmly greeting old friends and new with that same welcoming spirit Roger so embraces. Many filmmakers and actors are here this year carrying the fest forward. I sat in yesterday morning on an excellent panel on the future of independent film, ably moderated by fest director Nate Kohn. The panel included critics Richard Roeper and Lisa Rosman, actors Rufus Sewell and Timothy Spall, and a spate of filmmakers, including Tom DiCillo (Delirious), Joseph Greco (Canvas), Jeff Nichols (Shotgun Stories), Eran Kolirin (The Band's Visit), Bill Forsyth (Housekeeping), and producer Adam Hammel (Canvas).