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Emily Blunt on Auditioning for ‘Into The Woods’: “It’s like that feeling of showing your underwear”

Musical veterans like Anna Kendrick, James Cordon, and Simon Russell Beale were natural choices for Disney’s movie adaptation of Stephen Sondheim‘s Into The Woods. However, one of the main roles was filled by an actress with no musical experience, Emily Blunt. Speaking with The New York Times, Blunt spoke about

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Eddie Redmayne Star Wars Audition

Eddie Redmayne Had a “Catastrophically Bad” Audition for ‘Star Wars’… and an ‘Awful’ One for ‘The Hobbit’ Too!

How many times have you watched the Star Wars: Episode VII — The Force Awakens teaser trailer? Probably enough to scour every frame for clues to what the J.J. Abrams-directed sequel is actually about. Though we only saw a handful of actors in the trailer — and mostly those who couldn’t

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Matt Ryan is Constantine

Q & A: Matt Ryan Talks ‘Constantine’ and the “Longest” Audition Process He’s Even Been Through

It’s not looking good for Constantine. No, the character that’s based on DC Comics’ wizard John Constantine, is always in good shape by the end each show. This is something that even Constantine couldn’t stop: NBC. The network has just stopped production on the show. I’m hoping it makes a

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Naomi Grossman as Pepper in American Horror Story

‘American Horror Story: Freak Show’ Star Naomi Grossman: “Hollywood so rarely entrusts the little guys with these types of opportunities”

Naomi Grossman is enjoying the success of American Horror Story: Freak Show in her role as the gremlin-like Pepper. However, getting to that point of career satisfaction certainly wasn’t easy. She talked to Salon about her journey to series regular on the Ryan Murphy show. “It was an audition like

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Hugh Jackman Broadway The River

Hugh Jackman on His Return to Broadway: “I think what’s driving me now more than anything is to do new material”

There’s no denying that anytime that Hugh Jackman returns to Broadway it’s a huge deal. However Jackman’s next Broadway role isn’t a musical, it’s a Jez Butterworth one-act play titled The River. Though it undoubtedly will sell out every week, fans of Jackman’s The Boy from Oz and Hugh Jackman, Back

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donna garner once tour

Interview: Donna Gardner Learned to Play the Accordion in 8 Days for Her ‘Once’ National Tour Audition

Once, the Broadway musical based on the Academy-Award winning film of the same name, is currently touring around the country. I saw the show on Broadway and it’s wonderful. If you’ve seen the movie, you’ll know how incredible the music is and to see it performed on stage by a

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Interview: Bailey Noble on ‘True Blood’, Being a Series Regular and Moving Cross-Country to Los Angeles

It’s True Blood‘s final season (nooooo!) and if you’ve been watching like I have, then you’ll know that the show isn’t going out with a whimper. Long time characters are getting killed and everything is going to hell in ‘ole Bon Temps. Which is giving the audience one heck of

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