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WGA Touts 'Casablanca' as Greatest Script

"Casablanca" has topped the list of "101 Greatest Screenplays," a first-ever ranking by members of the WGA revealed Thursday at a reception in Beverly Hills.

Lortel Foundation Bestows Small-Theatre Grants

While unrestricted general operating grants are among the hardest kind of support to find in the not-for-profit sphere, the Lucille Lortel Foundation is continuing its effort to provide that kind of philanthropy to small and midsize theatres.

DGA Sees Little Diversity

The Directors Guild of America has reported that producers still refuse to increase the hiring of women and other minorities to direct primetime drama and comedy on American television.

Gala to Honor Juilliard School Prez

A New York City-based contemporary dance company has announced a spring gala event to honor the president of Julliard.

Black Empowerment Rules at NBTF

Dorothy Dandridge reached the dizzying zenith of her film career in 1954 when she earned an Academy Award nomination starring in "Carmen Jones." She was young, achingly lovely, and gifted with an extraordinary singing voice. Yet in the waning days of Jim Crow, opportunities to sustain her Hollywood career were ...

Every actor hears it when he or she first moves

Every actor hears it when he or she first moves to town: Read the trades. Educate yourself about the industry by following its daily news in The Hollywood Reporter and Variety. But given that the trades can read like stereo instructions, actors may find themselves scratching their heads as they ...

Nathan the Wise

The remarkable fact about "Nathan the Wise" is not the quality of the play itself, but that such a play could have been written at all in the late 1700s.

'Full Monty' Producer Scores Internet First

Leading British film producer Simon Beaufoy, who wrote the smash hit "The Full Monty," is set to break new boundaries with the world's first Internet film premiere.

Pitt Takes on 'Schmidt' for Col Project

Brad Pitt is attached to star in "Chad Schmidt," a new Steve Conrad script that has been sold to Columbia Pictures for more than $1 million.