Stars sign letter in support of playwright in hiding
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Leading figures from the arts world are among more than 700 signatories of an open letter supporting the Sikh playwright who has been forced into hiding by death threats.
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Audiences love to show their appreciation when stars walk onstage. How do the stars feel about it?
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It's another working lunch for Gil Cates. Sitting behind a broad desk in his office at the Geffen Playhouse, the theater he helped establish 12 years ago, Cates faces a wall of autographed posters from past shows. Beside him is a computer screen covered with tiny bits of paper bearing inspirational quotes.
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Hollywoodâs glamour machine is stuck between a promise that the stars will still show up at next monthâs Golden Globes and a threat that 3,000 picketing writers will chase them away.
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Golden Globe-nominated actors are expected to snub the awards in support of striking Hollywood writers, the actors union said Friday, jeopardizing one of the entertainment industry's signature showcases. NBC, however, said it was sticking by its plans to air the Jan. 13 ceremony, despite the uncertainty about how much Â if any Â star power the Globes could muster.
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Celebrities who take their charity work seriously are to be recognised.
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Some high-profile gay actors have exited the closet recently and the fan reaction has been ... almost nonexistent.
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Playbill - Vincent Sardi Jr. had something that every stage actor craves: name recognition.
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Dame Helen Mirren and Dame Judi Dench are among the stars urging the UK government not to cut arts funding.
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Movie stars are human, too. Cut them, they bleed. Write something   snarky about them or their onscreen pals, they write back.
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Robin Williams and Paul Simon  are joining  other stars in a show to protest against the US Government's terrorist "watch list".
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LOS ANGELES  - Striking Hollywood screenwriters must turn in their unfinished projects by Friday so that union officials can ensure they don't secretly work for studios during the walkout, which is expected to be lengthy.
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The producers of Lost have discovered yet another way to   add mystery to the already inscrutable show: By hiring actors no one's   heard of.
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Playwrights may censor themselves more after violent protests forced a British theater to cancel a Sikh play and drove its author into hiding, actors and directors believe.
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Behind the Iron Curtain, a star was forming, accumulating lovers and a K.G.B. file.
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A Sikh author, who went into hiding after her play sparked violent protests, defended her work as one that explored how people can enter a "prison of hypocrisy" and hoped it could still be staged.
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Reader Llyod sends us a picture of his friend with the actor.