Ricky Martin to perform at Broadway’s Tony Awards!

New York, NY (June 4th, 2012)- The Tony Awards just announced all the performances to be seen this Sunday, June 10 for the 66th Annual Tony Awards. This spectacular night will have more entertainment than ever seen before, it will have presentations by Nominated Musicals for this year’s Tony 2012 including: Evita with Ricky Martin and Elena Roger; Follies with nominated Tony actor Danny Burstein; The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess with Tony nominees Audra McDonald, Norm Lewis y David Alan Grier; Jesus Christ Superstar with nominated Tony actor Josh Young; Leap of Faith with Raúl Esparza; Newsies, with nominated Tony actor Jeremy Jordan; Nice Work If You Can Get It with Tony nominees Matthew Broderick y Kelli O’Hara; and Once with Tony nominees Steve Kazee, Cristin Millioti y Elizabeth A. Davis.

There will also be presentations by nominated plays, such as: End of the Rainbow with nominated Tony actress Tracie Bennett; One Man, Two Guvnors with nominated Tony actor James Corden and Peter and the Starcatcher with Tony nominees Christian Borle and Celia Keenan-Bolger. The show will also have a presentation by Corbin Bleu and the cast of Godspell and Ghost The Musical with Bryce Pinkham, Caissie Levy and Richard Fleeshman.

Don’t miss the Tony Awards, hosted by Neil Patrick Harris, broadcast live, from the Beacon Theater on CBS, Sunday, June 10 from 8:00-11:00 p.m. (ET/PT time delay)

‘Snow White and the Huntsman’ in first place

Universal’s ‘Snow White and the Huntsman’ opens at number one with $56.3 million dollars. This interesting twist to the classic fairytale has surprised many, not only because of Kristen Stewart, Charlize Theron and Chris Hemsworth performances, but also because of its popularity.

‘Men in Black 3’ falls to second place with $29.3 million dollars, earning less than its predecessors. The alien packed movie had a great summer opening weekend, but that has quickly ended to make way for the rest of the other summer blockbusters.

Although ‘The Avengers’ ended up on the third spot with $20.3 million dollars, it still continues to break records, becoming the third highest grossing domestic release ever. The superheroes surely have kept up a good fight.  

The Top 10 Movies in the Box Office are:

1. Snow White and the Huntsman – $56.3 mil

2. Men in Black 3 – $29.3 mil

3. The Avengers – $20.3 mil

4. Battleship – $4.8 mil

5. The Dictator – $4.7 mil

6. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel – $4.6 mil

7. What to Expect When You’re Expecting – $4.4 mil

8. Dark Shadows – $3.9 mil

9. Chernobyl Diaries – $3.0 mil

10. For Greater Glory – $1.8 mil

Tony Awards 2012 presenters

New York, NY (June 1, 2012) The biggest night for Broadway is Sunday June 10, because of the 66th Annual Tony Awards, Broadcast Live from the Beacon Theater on CBS from 8pm-11pm (ET/PT time delay). Presented by The Broadway League and the American Theater Wing.

It had already been announced that they would be hosted by Neil Patrick Harris, winner of an Emmy Award. The rest of the people that will appear are: Nick Jonas, Amanda Seyfried, Tyler Perry, Jessica Chastain, Jim Parsons, Paul Rudd, Ellen Barkin, Angela Lansbury, Bernadette Peters, Candice Bergen, Christopher Plummer, James Marsden, Mandy Patinkin, Sheryl Crow, Trey Parker and Matt Stone among others.

The Antoinette Perry Tony Awards reward theater professionals because of their outstanding performances on Broadway. This is the 66th anniversary of the Tony Awards, which were held the first time on April 6, 1947 in the Grand Ballroom in the Waldorf Astoria.

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Stallone and De Niro will box

In October 2010 there were rumors about a boxing comedy from the director of ‘Tommy Boy’ and ‘Anger Management’ Peter Segall. The story would deal with two retired boxers who return to the ring for one last extraordinary fight.

Back then it was said that the two boxers would be Robert De Niro and Sylvester Stallone, but the cast seemed like a fantasy. Now it is said that both stars are in negotiations and the movie will begin shooting next year.

In reality the most exciting thing about this announcement is seeing Rocky Balboa and Jake La Motta from ‘Raging Bull’ again, in what would be the most fantastic fight on the big screen.

The most concerning thing is that Segal will be the one to direct it and in reality he hasn’t done anything good since ‘Tommy Boy’ with Chris Farley, except for ‘My Fellow Americans’ and ’50 First Dates’.

The other problem is that the last comedic roles from De Niro have been disappointing, such as the ones in ‘Little Fockers’ and ‘New Year’s Eve’. On the other hand, Stallone hasn’t done a comedy since ‘Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot’.

We don’t really know how this movie will turn out, since it can easily end up being a disaster. But, maybe these two historic actors and iconic boxers can give us an incredible comedy, for the first time in a long time. It will remain to be seen.  

High School (Movie Review)

Here’s another pointless, not very funny and brain dead teen comedy ‘High School’. It has a clear set, easy to follow pattern but it’s so formulaic, predictable and ridiculous that is hard to enjoy it. Yes there are some laughs and crazy scenarios, but not much different from other better teen movies that are actually fun and funny to watch to give a recent example ‘Project X’.

Senior Henry Burke (Matt Bush) is persuaded by the school’s biggest stoner Breaux (Sean Marquette) to try marijuana for the first time. In the meantime, principal Gordon (Michael Chiklis) enforces a mandatory drug test in the school, due to many students that have been caught under the influence. Afraid of getting expelled and loosing his college scholarship Henry teams up with Breaux, who comes up with the idea to get the whole school high by spiking the school’s bake sale of brownies. Their biggest obstacle is drug dealer Psycho Ed (Adrien Brody), who is out to hunt them after they steal his most powerful stash. They must find a way of avoiding the crazy drug dealer, as well as their school’s principal in order for their plan to work.

The movie seems to get just as high as the characters do, because the scenes get more ridiculous by the minute. It is a shame to see an actor like Brody taking part of such a mindless project, specially representing a character that has the concentration span of a goldfish. The movie has all the elements to be comedic as well as entertaining, but the premise just falls apart by the predictable scenarios, weak dialogue and nonsensical storyline.

There’s no reason to spend 100 minutes of your life in this movie, when there’s plenty of other teen comedies that have achieved the comedy this one tries very hard get.   

‘MIB3’ takes over the number one spot

The first movie of this weekend, when the summer begins unofficially, is ‘Men In Black 3’. This part of the sequel, which arrives ten years later, collected $70 million dollars. Many things help this chapter of ‘The Men in Black’, starting with the special effects and James Brolin.

‘The Avengers’ was in first place for three consecutive weeks, it fell to second place with $46.9 million dollars. In total this film has gathered $523.6 million dollars for Disney.

‘Battleship’ ended up in the third spot with $13.8 million dollars. This movie about marines surely thought it would get more during the long Memorial Day Weekend.

The Top 10 Movies in the Box Office are:

1.Men In Black 3 – $70 mil

2. The Avengers – $46.9 mil

3. Battleship – $13.8 mil

4. The Dictator – $11.8 mil

5. Dark Shadows – $9.4 mil

6. Chernobyl Diaries – $9.3 mil

7. What to Expect When You’re Expecting – $8.9 mil

8. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel – $8.2 mil

9. The Hunger Games – $2.9 mil

10. Think Like a Man – $1.8 mil

9 new pictures from ‘Les Miserables’

‘Les Miserables’ will premiere on December 14 and has already become one of the most anticipated films of the year. The followers of the musical, and everyon else will agree that the film adaptation has an incredible cast: Hugh Jackman, Anne Hataway, Russel Crowe, Amanda Seyfried, Eddie Redmayne, Samantha Barks, Sacha Baron Cohen, and Helena Bonham Carter.

The plot of ‘Les Miserables’ is set in France in the 19 century, it’s a passionate story of unfinished dreams and unrequited love, of sacrifice and rendemption a testimony of the survival of the human spirit. Jean Valiean (Jackman) is a free prisoner, who is followed endlessly for decades by Javert (Crow) a policeman, after breaking parole. When Valiean accepts to care for Cosette (Seyfried), the daughter of Fantine (Hathaway) a factory worker; their lives change forever.

In the following images we show you some of the characters, there’s still left to see how Cohen and Carter will be as Thenardiers since their images haven’t been published.

Sony Classics acquires Chilean movie ‘NO’

 Today in Cannes Sony Pictures Classics has announced that it has acquired all the rights for the movie ‘NO’, from the sensational Chilean director Pablo Larraín. With Pedro Peirano as scriptwriter, produced by Juan de Diós Larraín and Daniel Dreifuss and executive directors Jeff Skoll and Jonathan King.

This has been one of the best films received by critics in the festival. One of the best Mexican actors known in the world of Hollywood, Gael García Bernal joins a Chilean cast: Alfredo Castro, Antónia Zegers, Marcial Tagle, Néstor Cantillana, Jaime Vadell and Pascal Montero.

The movie is based on the true story when the Chilean military dictator, Augusto Pinochet was dealing with international pressure, he asked for a referendum to his presidency in 1988. Leaders from the opposite side convince a young advertising executive, Rene Saavedra (Gael García Bernal) to lead their campaign. With deficient resources and constant surveillance from the tyrant’s men, Saavedra and his team create a courageous plan to win the elections and free their country from oppression.

Sony Pictures Classics said that the movie is based on an energetic drama that is masterfully appealing about politics and power, which makes the brain think while it is entertained. Surely ‘NO’ will make Pablo Larraín a known international director and we will see Gael García Bernal in one of his best performances yet.

Participant Media, the company that promoted the film until now and has partnered with Sony Pictures Classics, says Larrín and García are an incomparable team and have created an inspiring film.  Lastly the CEO of the company Jim Berk said he was sure that Sony Pictures Classics was the best company to introduce audiences from the United States to the film.