Eisenberg imbibes stage confidence from mother

Hollywood actor Jesse Eisenberg, who plays a magician in forthcoming film "Now You See My", says he imbibed the confidence to perform from his talented mother. "My mother was like a hippy clown. She did folk songs at children parties. She was like a great performer and I grew up in a house of somebody who was like a confident performer. She was really great in front of an audience and my ...

Dean Brody Serena Ryder Sam Roberts Band among big names set for Stampede’s Coca-Cola Stage

The Stampede's free Coca-Cola Stage will once again be stacked with an eclectic array of national talent this year -- including some, as usual, that's homegrown. Organizers announced the lineup Thursday night during the Covert Concert event at Flames Central, which featured surprise performances from Dean Brody and Down With Webster.Taking the stage this year are artists that run the ...

Whole new world for Arrested

The seven-year game of Bluth or Consequences finally has come to an end. Arrested Development, which follows the shenanigans of the Bluth family, is back with 15 new episodes, available exclusively via the internet on Netflix. All 15 instalments will be there for you to watch starting Sunday. Who would have predicted seven years ago that if Arrested Development ever did come back, it would not ...

Dunham furious over Girls porn

Actress/director Lena Dunham has spoken out against plans to make a porn parody of her hit TV show GIRLS, insisting the video goes against the series' feminist ideology. Executives at Hustler have commissioned an adult film version of the show called This Ain't Girls XXX, with porn stars taking on the characters made famous by Dunham and her castmates. However, Dunham, who created ...

Viktor Ullmanns opera written in Nazi concentration camp revived in Berlin

Viktor Ullmann wrote The Emperor from Atlantis while at the Theresienstadt concentration camp, in what is now the Czech Republic. Photograph: Radek ...