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Monday Morning Entertainment News Roundup
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After four weeks at the top, "The Hunger Games" was knocked out of its first-place box office position by romantic comedy "Think Like A Man" and Zac Efron’s "The Lucky One." The two debuts pulled in $33 million and $22.8 million, respectively, compared with $14.5 million for "Hunger Games" (which has now reached a domestic total of $356.9 million). [AP]

"Hunger Games" co-star Josh Hutcherson just became the youngest-ever recipient of GLAAD’s Vanguard Award for his work with anti-bullying campaign “Straight But Not Narrow.” Past Vanguard winners include Cher, Whoopi Goldberg, Elizabeth Taylor, Shirley MacLaine, Liza Minnelli, and Kristin Chenoweth. Chaz Bono was also a winner at Saturday night’s GLAAD Media Awards ceremony in Los Angeles, splitting the outstanding documentary prize for “Becoming Chaz” (a chronicle of his gender transition) with the OWN documentary’s directors, Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato. In addition, Bono received the special Stephen F. Kolzak Award. [AP]

Apparently still bothered by the cold that kept her out of opening night on April 6, opera diva Natalie Dessay had to be replaced after the first act of Verdi’s "La Traviata" during Saturday night’s performance at the Met. [AP]

"A Streetcar Named Desire" opened on Broadway Sunday night. Read Back Stage’s review at BackStage.com.

Academy Award-nominated playwright Jose Rivera ("The Motorcycle Diaries") will temporarily step into the role of Erik or the April 23 and 25 performances of Rattlestick Plywrights Theater’s Off-Broadway production of his "Massacre (Sing To Your Children)." [Playbill]

Jake Gyllenhaal will make his American stage debut this fall in Roundabout Theatre’s "If There Is I Haven’t Found It Yet" Off-Broadway. [BroadwayWorld].

Rosie O’Donnell confirmed via Twitter on Friday, April 20 that she will not be seen as Miss Hannigan in the upcoming Broadway revival of "Annie." She replied to casting rumors by tweeting, “I auditioned but didn't get it.” [BroadwayWorld]

Less than two weeks since its release on iTunes by Ghostlight Records, the original Broadway cast recording of Disney’s "Newsies" is now #1 on the Top Broadway Chart, #27 on the Top Digital Chart, and #74 on the Billboard Top 200. [Playbill] The original cast recording of "Bonnie & Clyde" is now available on iTunes; the CD will be released by Broadway Records on April 24. The musical ended its brief Broadway run on Dec. 30, 2011, but the cast recorded the album in early January. [Playbill]

Check out some leaked footage of Anne Hathaway and Hugh Jackman filming the "Les Mis" movie musical.

That’s all for now, but if you’re itching for some salacious stories, check out veteran actor Frank Langella’s new memoir, “Dropped Names.” The NY Times says, “There is so much happy sexuality in this book that reading it is like being flirted with for a whole party by the hottest person in the room.”

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