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According to Entertainment Weekly's Ausiello Files, actor Edward Norton has signed on to guest star on Modern Family, a new ABC sitcom.

Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, known affectionately as ?The Trocks? celebrating their 35th anniversary, return to Australia with performances in Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney and Perth. Having last delighted Perth audiences with their sensational tour in 2005, The Trocks present an all new programme, including works never before seen in Australia, for a limited season of six performances from Wednesday 18 to Sunday 22 November, 2009 at His Majesty?s Theatre.

Press Day at this year's CEDIA EXPO got off to an 'earthshaking' start as Atlantic Technology demonstrated its new H-PAS (Hybrid Pressure Acceleration System) that enables very small speakers to produce a very deep bass, precise, bass response. The demonstration given to the press was certainly impressive as a 40-inch tower speaker which housed two 4 1/2-inch drivers delivered an impressive bass response below 35 Hz. What makes this technology impressive is that it can be used with small speakers and compact speaker enclosures, increasing bass performance for not only bookshelf speakers for stereo or compact home theater system use, but in on-board Television speaker systems and Multi-media PC speaker systems. According to Atlantic Technology representatives, speakers featuring H-PAS technology should start showing up by January's CES (Consumer Electronics Show). For additional details, check out the report from Gary Altunian, About.com Guide for Stereos, who was also on ha

Rarely do we add exclamation points to our headlines, but this one deserves it. On Thursday?s The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Ellen will announce she?s been named the fourth judge on the insanely popular american Idol. ?I have a big announcement to make. No one knows this. I just finally got the OK, just moments ago. I am going to be the new judge on American Idol,? she told her studio audience. Thursday's Ellen is pre-taped. ?I'm not leaving here. Don't worry about that. I'm going to have a day job and a night job. The times we're living in ... we're all doing that.? Ellen goes on to explain plans have been in the works for several weeks, and she?s been dying to tell everyone. ?It's just been so hard to keep it a secret and we just finally got the OK, and I'm so excited. It is going to be so much fun. I don't know how it happened myself, but I have not missed one episode of that show. Hopefully I'm the people's point of view, because I?m just like you. I sit at home and I watch it and I

Very late last season, Fox revved up their marketing machine and unleashed a new series that appeared quite promising. When Glee premiered alongside powerhouse american Idol, and then sailed to the very top of the iTunes charts with a remake of Journey's 'Don't Stop Believin,'' we knew Fox had another hit series on their hands. Imagine how thrilled I was to have the opportunity to interview one of the stars of Glee! After spending most of his life singing, songwriting and playing guitar, Mark Salling decided to pursue acting and got an extremely lucky break when he landed the role of Puck, a mean-spirited football player on the hit series. Get to know more about this talented young star as we chat with him about his role on Glee, which TV shows he follows, what he thinks about American Idol and where he sees himself in the next five years.... Interview with Mark Salling More About Glee More Celebrity Interviews Photo Credit: Robert Kazandjian

'The Stratford Shakespeare Festival has cancelled plans to stage a new production of The Tempest at the Luminato festival of the arts in Toronto next June.' The production, with Plummer as Prospero, will run at Stratford next year....

TV News: Jamie Kraft takes reigns of CNN morning show -- Jamie Kraft has been named exec producer of CNN's ayem staple 'American Morning.'

Press Day at this year's CEDIA EXPO got off to an 'earthshaking' start as Atlantic Technology demonstrated its new H-PAS (Hybrid Pressure Acceleration System) that enables very small speakers to produce a very deep bass, precise, bass response. The demonstration given to the press was certainly impressive as a 40-inch tower speaker which housed two 4 1/2-inch drivers delivered an impressive bass response below 35 Hz. What makes this technology impressive is that it can be used with small speakers and compact speaker enclosures, increasing bass performance for not only bookshelf speakers for stereo or compact home theater system use, but in on-board Television speaker systems and Multi-media PC speaker systems. According to Atlantic Technology representatives, speakers featuring H-PAS technology should start showing up by January's CES (Consumer Electronics Show). For additional details, check out the report from Gary Altunian, About.com Guide for Stereos, who was also on ha

Amas Musical Theatre is a 41-year-old multicultural, non-profit performing arts organization dedicated to the creation, development and production of new musicals and to the training of young performing artists. The Academy, named for our founder Rosetta LeNoire ('Mother Winslow' on Family Matters) is designed for teenagers of all backgrounds between the ages of 14-20. Students are accepted into the program by auditions held in October 2009.

'Touring theatre group the British Shakespeare Company is laying plans to use the full-size replica of the Rose Theatre featured in Oscar-winning film Shakespeare in Love as its new permanent home in the north of England.'...