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Martin McDonagh?s dark comedy ?The Lieutenant of Inishmore,? originally scheduled as the fourth production of Center Theatre Group/Mark Taper Forum?s 2009 season, will be postponed to the Taper?s 2010 season, it was announced today by CTG Artistic Director Michael Ritchie. There will be no production in the Taper in July and August.

Women writers, directors, performers featured in 8th annual festival, April 2-25; World Premiere of An Affair of Honor, the newest play by Lee Kiszonas; plus new work by ?Stealth Diva? Sean Owens; a reading of a new play by Lauren Yee; readings by poet Diane di Prima ? and DIVA Cabaret returns

Front Page: Executive getting rich film, TV production pact -- As Fox execs were still sorting out the restructuring repercussions of Peter Chernin's pending exit as News Corp. prexy, there are also plenty of questions about Chernin's lucrative film and TV production pact that will kick in as soon as he formally steps down on June 30.

Columbia Pictures says it is in talks with 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' director Michel Gondry to replace Hong Kong comedian Stephen Chow at the helm of its adaptation of 'The Green Hornet.'

Starting tomorrow, Wednesday, February 25 at 10:00 AM, Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) will be accepting entries for its popular LIVEforFIVE online lottery for $5 tickets to its next production, the World Premiere of INKED BABY, a new play by 2007 Susan Smith Blackburn nominee Christina Anderson in her Off-Broadway playwriting debut. A total of 40 tickets will be available via the online lottery.

Front Page: News Corp. chief may go after N.Y. Times -- Rupert Murdoch's counterintuitive quest to invest in print media helped drive away longtime lieutenant Peter Chernin.

Adventure Stage Chicago (ASC) is proud to announce Producing Artistic Director Tom Arvetis as one of the recipients of the 2009 Ann Shaw Fellowship from Theatre for Young Audiences/USA, the United States chapter of the International Association of Theatre for Children and Young People.

Film News: Lopez named CEO, Stone to serve as chairman -- AMC Entertainment announced Tuesday that chair-CEO Peter C. Brown is retiring from the top post after a decade.

Film News: Cinereach awards over $250,000 -- Socially conscious nonprofit org Cinereach has awarded $252,500 in grants, most of which will go to films being made across the globe. Individual project grants ranged from $10,000 to $35,000 include:

J.D. Fortune's claim that he was fired as INXS' lead singer is untrue, a band representative said.'Not only are we shocked by the claims, even the place the supposed incident was to have taken place is a mystery to the band,' Chris Murphy told the Daily Telegraph, referring to J.D.'s claim that he was fired in an airport.Murphy, the band's 'creative director and global business strategist,' according to the paper, said that INXS may have used Fortune on its next tour or for recording projects, but probably won't now, which implies that his time on the 23-month tour was the only thing he was contracted for.'The band have always stated to me that Fortune's services could potentially be contracted again when INXS next tour. In fact he was next on my list to call regarding a very big recording project I am putting together for INXS at present. I guess I have no reason to call him now,' Murphy said.Chris Murphy says INXS did not dump JD Fortune at airport [Daily Telegraph]>> share, li