
In honour of the 10th Birthday of Whatsonstage.com, James Earl Jones and Jeremy Irons are to announce the nominations for the first audience empowered theatre award at Cafe de Paris on December 4th. The timely addition of a new category, 'Theatregoers Choice' to the acclaimed Whatsonstage.com Theatre Awards is welcomed the end of the noughties, giving theatre buffs the opportunity to consider the longer running theatre heavyweights and crowd-pleasers as well as new, memorable productions from the last year.
The nominations party will be a star-studded event attended by a host of Broadway and West End legends including James earl Jones and Jeremy Irons, Sanaa Lathan (Brown Sugar, The Family That Preys) and Phylicia Rashad , who played the legendary Clair Huxtable in The Cosby Show and received a Tony award for her role in A Raisin in the Sun.
After the nomination party on December 4th, the voting commences. Voters will be able to text their choice or vote online. The award ceremony itself will be held on Sunday 14 February 2010 at the West End’s Prince of Wales Theatre in front of a live audience.
35,000 voters took part in last year's poll but that figure should be smashed with the introduction of text voting and the chance to pick a favourite musical from all our old favourites. Check out the nominations at Whatsonstage.com
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Highlights:
- Harry makes fun of Craig's handwriting and the dressing room
- Harry and Craig reminisce about Life Without Dick
- Harry and Craig practice leaning in for a kiss
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A strand of hair from Elvis Presley, saved by his personal barber, has raised £1,055 at auction.
Homer Gill Gilleland toured with Elvis for more than 20 years. He dyed the singer's hair black and then cut it, saving strands in a towel.
Friends of Mr Gilleland said he would then bundle up the towel, with hair inside, and take it home in a bag.
The piece of hair had been expected to fetch up to £250 at Saturday's auction in Devizes, Wiltshire.
After Elvis's death in 1977, Mr Gilleland is said to have started selling strands of the hair in a souvenir shop on the street opposite the singer's home Graceland in Memphis in the US.
The strand which was auctioned was given to Thomas B Morgan Jnr in 2002 by the barber. Mr Morgan worked in the Sheriff's Office of Shelby County and knew Elvis.
The hair, which comes with a certificate of authenticity, is mounted in a frame alongside a photograph of Elvis.
It was auctioned at Henry Aldridge and Son in Devizes.
In November 2002, a strand of Elvis's hair sold for 115,000 US dollars (about £70,000) in an internet auction.
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Would you buy a lock of hair from your favourite dead celeb, ONTD, or is that just too creepy?
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confused - Music:"Visions" by Maisie

Lindsay Lohan's father has been accused of hunting out strippers who look like his famous daughter.
Despite Michael Lohan's denials, Elliot Osher, a former owner of New York's most famous strip club Scores, insists the troubled dad made the bizarre request when he visited.
The weird request, which Osher did not give a date for, is part of a book he plans to write about many of the celeb visitors to the sexy hot spot.
"Lindsay Lohan's father once sat down and described the kind of dancer he was looking for," Osher insisted.
"We sent some girls over. Funny, they all seemed to look like Lindsay.
"We ended up having to show him to the door."
Michael Lohan admits getting into an "altercation" at Scores, but insisted: "No girls danced for me.
"The last thing I'd want to see is a girl who looked like Lindsay. I don't even look at the magazines where she's done some risque photos."
But Osher insisted: "Maybe he just doesn't remember."
Osher worked at Scores for 18 years, starting out as a bouncer.
Among the anecdotes in his planned book he claims Madonna stiffed the staff, Bill Gates left a $3,500 tip, Bernie Madoff "wanted a private room" and Russell Crowe "almost got in a fight with an Irish waiter".
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Lindsay is not amused

I've never done this before! I am going to keep doing it, though... this one is very not-good-enough-yet. One day I'll be able to have a for-real-comic that I made that was published, but for now, printing it out myself and having a faux-copy is really really neat!
I wish I could wave it around to you guys so that you could see it too. XD It's just not the same, plastering .jpg's up and scrolling through them. Screw this webcomic business, I want to be able to packrat squirrel away entire books-full of my art.
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It's good practice, actually doing the work, you know! Who would have thought?
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The “Eyes Wide Shut” actress looked glamorous in a little black dress and heels as she toted her young love in her arms while a chauffeur scrambled to keep the two ladies dry in the rainy Big Apple weather.
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We Love Soaps editor Damon L. Jacobs recently attended the Day of DAYS event at CityWalk Hollywood at Universal Studios.
He interviewed most of the cast including Eric Martsolf (Brady) and Lindsay Hartley (Arianna).
source: WeLoveSoaps
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I have a really bad habit of being good with stuff for two to three weeks, and then starting to slack off. Sometimes it's as much as a couple of months. Granted, I slacked off Curves after 1. my mom had a mini stroke and 2. one of the employees there really pissed me off--all on the same day, no less--but I still slacked off and didn't go back. I've decided I've got to do better this time. It's not going to get any easier as I get older, and when my weight is preventing me from doing fun stuff, it's time to stop. Stop NOW. Jeff's death was a huge wake-up call: it's time. It's past time.
I feel kind of weird about posting this sort of post YET AGAIN; I've lost count of the number of times I've said "I'll do it this time," and then promptly fallen off the wagon. I don't want anyone to feel like I'm looking for "yay you" comments or something like that. But as my dear friend
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Cox was a master of disrupting the Transatlantic Triangular Trade. The captain was known for ruthlessness, cunning, and wealth.
But a tragically common girl crosses paths with our captain and learns a secret with the potential to ruin the captain's entire career.
http://www.fictionpress.com/s/22776
Rated M - Mature for an older audience.
1) this is shirley.
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the greatest book ever could never be as great
as being there with you when you first read it.
38 days until Christmas Eve and 24 Hours of A Christmas Story
39 days until Christmas Day

Coming later this month from Apple Corps Ltd. and EMI Music, The Beatles: Here, There And Everywhere is a three-part radio series celebrating of the best selling group of the 21st Century in America - The Beatles! Syndicated in conjuction with FMQB Productions, Here, There And Everywhere is the only Beatles special officially sanctioned by the Fab Four's label, Apple Corps.
The series features The Beatles' digitally remastered recordings and exclusive new interviews with a variety of artists and producers as they reveal the influence of The Beatles on their individual careers. Listeners will be treated to stories from Brian Wilson, Tom Petty, Dave Grohl, Slash, Jeff Lynne, Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson, Peter Asher, Jackson Browne, Bob Seger, T-Bone Burnett, Cameron Crowe, Mika, Mark Ronson, Susan Werner, Rick Rubin and Joe Boyd.
The Beatles: Here, There And Everywhere is available to run from 11/27/09 - 1/3/10, making it the perfect program for radio stations looking to fill time during the holiday season. Interested radio stations should contact their FMQB rep for details.
Written and produced by Kevin Howlett, each of the three 48-minute installments of The Beatles: Here, There And Everywhere take a different thematic approach:
Part One: Meet The Beatles!The interviewees recorded exclusively for this series reveal the impact made upon them by The Beatles’ records from throughout their career. We hear Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys, Tom Petty, film director Cameron Crowe and Ann & Nancy Wilson (of Heart) talking about their first-hand experience of The Beatles’ phenomenal 1964 breakthrough in the United States. Dave Grohl, Mark Ronson and Slash discuss the enduring influence of albums such as Rubber Soul, Revolver and Abbey Road.
Part Two: Ask Me Why
The interviewees focus on the various elements within the group that combined to make The Beatles so musically powerful: their strengths as performers - both instrumentally and vocally - plus the brilliance of John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison as songwriters.
Part Three: The Beatles On The Record
We hear how The Beatles’ music was captured on record with the help of innovative arrangements and adventurous production by George Martin. Some of today’s leading record producers - Peter Asher, Joe Boyd, T-Bone Burnett, Jeff Lynne, Mark Ronson and Rick Rubin - marvel at the dazzling creativity evident in recordings made more than 40 years ago.
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Dude, The Beatles, Tom Petty and Dave Grohl in one radio series? Count me the fuck in. What's your favourite Beatles album and song, ONTD? Mine is "Revolver" and "Maxwell's Silver Hammer".
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