Fresh from her run in Broadway’s The Heiress, Jessica Chastain is already eyeing a new, high-flying movie role. The two-time Oscar nominee is in talks to star as Jane in a new film reboot of Tarzan, alongside True Blood’s Alexander Skarsgard as Tarzan, according to The New York Post. Rumors are swirling that Broadway alum Samuel L. Jackson ...

The Oscars may be over, but the Les Misérables movie isn't finished storming the barricades! The awards season favorite wracked up three MTV Movie Award nominations on March 5, including Best Female Performance for Oscar winner Anne Hathaway. Les Miz also earned nods for Breakthrough Performance (Eddie Redmayne) and Best Musical Moment.

Broadway veterans to also nab nominations ...

Jimmy Kimmel is known for his brand of YouTube randomness, and the late night host certainly delivered another solid entry with the help of a slew of movie and Broadway stars. Kimmel’s fake trailer for Movie: The Movie: 2V is loaded with cameos from stage vets like Jessica Chastain, Tony nominee Jude Law, Bradley Cooper, Kerry Washington, Samuel L ...

The Les Misérables film didn’t exactly sweep the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards on Feburary 10, but it did pick up a few trophies, including a Best Supporting Actress win for Anne Hathaway. The movie musical, directed by Tom Hooper, also took home awards for Best Make-Up and Hair, Best Production Design and Best Sound ...

The weather outside is frightful, but even a blizzard won’t stop us from celebrating our favorite moments on Broadway this week! From a bad-ass interview with Dame Julie Andrews to a very special Wicked and Mean Girls mash-up, check out our favorite lessons from the past seven days below.


Julie Andrews? Yeah, She’s Still Got It
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Since The Heiress opened on Broadway, it's become painfully obvious that Jessica Chastain is the best at everything. While starring as Catherine Sloper in the revival of Ruth and Augustus Goetz’s drama, she also headlined two hit movies (Zero Dark Thirty and Mama, ever heard of ‘em?), won a Golden Globe, nabbed SAG and Oscar noms and appeared ...

Jessica Chastain was in good company when The Heiress star got to share the Tonight Show With Jay Leno couch with her pal, Les Misérables film headliner Hugh Jackman! The pair first met at last year’s Oscars luncheon, where Jackman tried giving Chastain bunny ears in every photo (or was it the other way around?). The busy actress ...

Audiences have been flocking to catch Academy Award nominee Jessica Chastain and Downton Abbey star Dan Stevens in The Heiress. The Broadway revival will recoup its full $3 million investment during its final week of performances. The production is scheduled to hold its final performance on February 9, having played 27 previews and 117 regular performances.

In addition to Chastain ...

Welcome to February! There’s still plenty of time before planning your Valentine’s Day dinner and Oscar-watching party, so clear your calendar for the best stage-related events in the week ahead. Read on to get the scoop on the most exciting happenings in theater, TV, music and films in our calendar of events for Broadway lovers.


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Golden Globe winner, Oscar nominee and The Heiress star Jessica Chastain has previously hinted about her newest project, but now it’s official: The actress will lead a new screen adaptation of August Strindberg’s Miss Julie alongside Hollywood hunk Colin Farrell and Samantha Morton, according to Variety. No shooting or release dates for the forthcoming film, to be helmed ...