Joel Coen News

Broadway, film, and television stars ? Alec Baldwin '94 (30 Rock), Broadway legend Elaine Stritch (At Liberty), Filmmaker Joel Coen '78 (No Country for Old Men), Rainn Wilson '89 (The Office), Mariska Hargitay (Law & Order: SVU), Laura Benanti (Gypsy), and Ra?l Esparza '92 (Company) ? will be on hand at Tisch on Stage, the annual gala benefiting NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. Baldwin, along with philanthropist and patron of the arts Iris Cantor; inventor, philanthropist, and patron of Tisch's Kanbar Institute of Film and Television Maurice Kanbar; and 'architect of American regional theater' Zelda Fichandler will be honored at the gala on November 17th at the Frederick P. Rose Hall, Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center.

Broadway, film, and television stars - Alec Baldwin '94 (30 Rock), Broadway legend Elaine Stritch (At Liberty), Filmmaker Joel Coen '78 (No Country for Old Men), Rainn Wilson '89 (The Office), Mariska Hargitay (Law & Order: SVU), Laura Benanti (Gypsy), and Raul Esparza '92 (Company) - will be on hand at Tisch on Stage, the annual gala benefiting NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. Baldwin, along with philanthropist and patron of the arts Iris Cantor; inventor, philanthropist, and patron of Tisch's Kanbar Institute of Film and Television Maurice Kanbar; and 'architect of American regional theater' Zelda Fichandler will be honored at the gala on November 17th at the Frederick P. Rose Hall, Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center.

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announced the selection of the individuals who will receive the Kennedy Center Honors of 2008. Recipients to be honored at the 31st annual national celebration of the arts are: actor Morgan Freeman, singer George Jones, actress and singer Barbra Streisand, choreographer Twyla Tharp, and musicians Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey of The Who.

Variety is reporting that actors Michael Stuhlbarg and Richard Kind have been tapped to star in the upcoming Ethan and Joel Coen film 'A Serious Man.'

Media City Ballet, Natasha Middleton, Artistic Director, will present 'An Evening of Khachaturian: The Composer and His Ballets,' featuring Principal Dancers, Arsen Serobian, Gabrielle Palmatier, Amara Baptist, Edgar Nikolyan, Felicia Guzman, Ellen Rosa and Stephen Nelson, along with Soloists and Corps Dancers from Media City Ballet. Jenkyns Pelaez will appear as a Guest Artist.

Media City Ballet, Natasha Middleton, Artistic Director, will present 'An Evening of Khachaturian: The Composer and His Ballets,' featuring Principal Dancers, Arsen Serobian, Gabrielle Palmatier, Amara Baptist, Edgar Nikolyan, Felicia Guzman, Ellen Rosa and Stephen Nelson, along with Soloists and Corps Dancers from Media City Ballet. Jenkyns Pelaez will appear as a Guest Artist.

Academy Award winning film maker Ethan Coen (Fargo), who recently made his debut as a playwright with the world premiere of Almost An Evening at Atlantic Theater Company, received three 2008 Academy Awards last night for his acclaimed motion picture No Country for Old Men.

The 80th Annual Academy Awards were broadcast live from the Hollywood Kodak Theatre on February 24 on ABC-TV, hosted by Jon Stewart. Top winners included Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Diablo Cody, Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard, Javier Bardem and Tilda Swinton.

The 80th Annual Academy Awards were broadcast live from the Hollywood Kodak Theatre on February 24 on ABC-TV, hosted by Jon Stewart.

The 80th Annual Academy Awards are broadcast live from the Hollywood Kodak Theatre tonight, February 24 on ABC-TV, hosted by Jon Stewart. Winners list announced here!

The Screen Actors' Guild (SAG) Awards were held at the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center. Among the winners were Alec Baldwin, Ruby Dee, Kevin Kline, Queen Latifah, 'The Sopranos,' 'The Office' and 'No Country for Old Men.'

The 60th Annual Directors Guild of America Awards were held Saturday, January 26, 2008 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza, Century City, California.

The 80th Annual Academy Awards take place on February 24, 2008. Here's all the nominees! Among the nominees include Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz for 'Enchanted,' Johnny Depp in 'Sweeney Todd,' plus screen and stage actors Laura Linney and Hal Holbrook.

Due to the on-going Hollywood writers' strike, The 65th Annual Golden Globe Awards NBC telecast and champagne dinner in The Beverly Hilton's International Ballroom was officially cancelled last week and instead the Hollywood Foreign Press Association revealed the winners during an hour-long HFPA press conference at The Beverly Hilton.

Due to the on-going Hollywood writers' strike, The 65th Annual Golden Globe Awards NBC telecast and champagne dinner in The Beverly Hilton's International Ballroom is officially cancelled. Instead, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association today announced that the recipients of Golden Globe Awards in 25 categories will be revealed during an hour-long HFPA press conference at The Beverly Hilton to be covered live by NBC News beginning at 6PM PST on Sunday, January 13.

The 13th annual Critics' Choice Awards ceremony was broadcast live on VH1 on Monday, January 7, 2008 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. Among the winners were the ensemble cast of 'Hairspray,' Nikki Blonsky, Ethan Coen and 'Enchanted.'

The movie musicals Hairspray and Sweeney Todd are among the nominees for the 65th Annual Golden Globe Awards.

The nominees for the 13th Annual Critics' Choice Awards were announced Tuesday, December 11 by the Broadcast Film Critics Association. Honoring the finest in cinematic achievement, the winners of the Critics' Choice Awards will be broadcast live on VH1 from the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium on Monday, January 7, 2008.

Brad Oscar, Harvey Fierstein and a two radio plays by the Coen Brothers and Charlie Kaufman will be featured on this week's Broadway's Best 77 on Sirius Satellite Radio