The producers of Broadway's Pulitzer Prize-winning Rent have announced that its curtain call has been pushed back from June 1 to Sept. 7, citing a surge in ticket sales. Theatergoers who secured seats for the "final" week of performances can exchange them for what is now the final week of performances, while those who purchased tickets for closing night can swap them for the new closing night. — MWM
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Season 6 American Idol Jordin Sparks will appear on Fox's Talkshow with Spike Feresten on Jan. 19, to perform "Tattoo," the first single from her self-titled debut.... An upcoming Late Show with David Letterman guest will be Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Edwards (Jan. 22) .... The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson will feature Ringo Starr (Jan. 24).... Rent, which after more than a dozen years of performances is the seventh-longest-running show in Broadway history, will shut its doors after June 1.
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Nope, not gonna mention the kid doc by name for another 700 words or so. But boy, has Neil Patrick Harris accomplished the almost-impossible, creating a character on CBS' hit freshman laffer How I Met Your Mother (Mondays at 8:30 pm/ET) so fresh and different that we almost forget his original TV incarnation. (Of course, that little escapade with Harold & Kumar helped the cause.) Just how much does the actor love creating Barney trouble? Here's what he had to tell TVGuide.com.
TVGuide.com: When I interviewed As the World Turns' Terri Colombino née Conn years ago, she mentioned that you were her prom date. What do you remember about that night?Neil Patrick Harris: She's married now? Oh, I remember lots. That was really fun. We had
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Dancing with the StarsIt sure seemed like the judges were regretting last week's score inflation — not that Drew and Stacy didn't deserve high marks, but now there's little room to mark their improvement. So in addition to handing out lower scores, Carrie Ann, Len and Bruno were downright nitpicky. I like it that way, though; how else would we know that a tango can be too Argentinean?
Jerry and Anna: The football player's "go for the jugular" tactic made him look like he was concentrating too hard and not having as much fun as in the first episode, when he didn't take this whole thing so seriously. Lighten up!Giselle and Jonathan: I regret saying anything mean about Giselle last week; in her interviews she's quite likable. Her tango was ki
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Dancing with the StarsIt sure seemed like the judges were regretting last week's score inflation — not that Drew and Stacy didn't deserve high marks, but now there's little room to mark their improvement. So in addition to handing out lower scores, Carrie Ann, Len and Bruno were downright nitpicky. I like it that way, though; how else would we know that a tango can be too Argentinean?
Jerry and Anna: The football player's "go for the jugular" tactic made him look like he was concentrating too hard and not having as much fun as in the first episode, when he didn't take this whole thing so seriously. Lighten up!Giselle and Jonathan: I regret saying anything mean about Giselle last week; in her interviews she's quite likable. Her tango was ki
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