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  • Tony nominations spread out but 'Once' leads

    There was something for virtually everyone to smile about on Broadway on Tuesday after 30 of 37 shows this season got at least one Tony Award nomination. The folks at "Once" had the most reason to celebrate tonight at their working bar on stage.


  • Steve Kazee (left) and Cristin Milioti appear in a scene in the Broadway musical "Once," which has garnered 11 Tony Award nominations. (AP Photo/Boneau/Bryan-Brown, Joan Marcus)

    'Once' leads Tony Award nominations with 11 nods

    The low-tech musical "Once," based on the love story of a Czech flower seller and an Irish street musician in Dublin, got a leading 11 Tony Award nominations Tuesday, proving sentiment can sway nominators just as much as special effects.


  • Neil Patrick Harris to host his 3rd Tony Awards

    Neil Patrick Harris will be back for his third turn hosting the Tony Awards.


  • Adam Sandler, who portrays a family man and his own twin sister in "Jack & Jill," shattered a record by amassing 11 nominations for the Razzies. (Sony Pictures via Associated Press)

    Taking Names: Oscar after-parties celebrate Hollywood

    While a nearly silent, black-and-white throwback film to old Hollywood won best picture at the Academy Awards on Sunday, after-parties around town celebrated present-day Hollywood with explosions of color, conversation, pounding music and pure glee.


  • "How I Met Your Mother" stars (from left) Jason Segel, Alyson Hannigan, Cobie Smulders, Neil Patrick Harri, and Josh Radnor. The CBS show debuted in 2005. (CBS via Associated Press)

    7th season of 'Mother' reveals ... something

    The mysteries that surround the CBS sitcom "How I Met Your Mother" extend to co-creator Craig Thomas' office on the Fox studio lot.


  • Conference peers 20 years into Broadway's future

    Leaders in entertainment, academics and marketing gathered Monday to peer into their crystal balls and try to predict what Broadway will look like in 2032. Many agreed on at least one thing: Change is coming.


  • Katy Perry (AP)

    Tuning in to TV

    Singer-actress Katy Perry won the most People's Choice Awards at Wednesday's 38th annual fan-favorite extravaganza, but viewers wouldn't have known it from watching the ceremony.


  • Billy Crystal

    Tuning in to TV

    Billy Crystal said Thursday on Twitter that he is "doing the Oscars so the young woman in the pharmacy will stop asking my name when I pick up my prescriptions."


  • Draft Billy? Draft Kermit? Oscars have job opening

    Maybe the Academy Awards need to launch a "Draft Billy" movement. Or even a "Draft Kermit" campaign.


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