Kristin Chenoweth will host the Broadcast Film Critics Assn.’s 15th Annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards on Jan. 15 at the Hollywood Palladium.

Chenoweth received the 2009 Emmy for best supporting actress in a comedy series for “Pushing Daisies.” She recently starred in the highly rated Lifetime movie “The Twelve Men of Christmas” and will next be seen in Disney’s theatrical release “You Again.” In the spring, she returns to Broadway in the musical revival “Promises, Promises.”

“We are delighted to have a triple threat such as Kristin Chenoweth, a multiple award-wining star of the stage, film and television, as host for our show,” said Tom Calderone, president of VH1, which will air the awards show live.

Nominations will be announced Dec. 14.

source: hollywoodreporter.com

Tony Award winner Kristin Chenoweth duets with Grammy Award-winning violinist Joshua Bell on his new CD, “At Home with Friends,” which is due in stores on the Sony Classical label September 29.

The former Wicked star performs the classic Rodgers and Hart ballad “My Funny Valentine,” accompanied by Bell.

The new disc of instrumental and vocal duets also features guest appearances by Sting, Marvin Hamlisch, Nathan Gunn and Josh Groban, among others.

The complete track listing for “At Home with Friends” follows:
“I Loves You, Porgy”
Performer: Joshua Bell (Violin), Chris Botti (Trumpet)

“Come Again”
Performer: Sting (Voice), Joshua Bell (Violin)

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“Oblivion”
Performer: Carel Kraayenhof (Bandoneón), Joshua Bell (Violin)

“Cinema Paradiso”
Performer: Josh Groban (Voice), Joshua Bell (Violin)

“Para Ti”
Performer: Joshua Bell (Violin); Orchestra/Ensemble: Tiempo Libre

“My Funny Valentine”
Performer: Kristin Chenoweth (Voice), Joshua Bell (Violin)

“Maybe So”
Performer: Joshua Bell (Violin), Edgar Meyer (Bass)

“Grieg: Sonata No. 3″
Performer: Joshua Bell (Violin), Sergei Rachmaninoff (Zenph re-performance)

“Eleanor Rigby”
Performer: Frankie Moreno (Voice), Joshua Bell (Violin)

“O, Cease Thy Maiden Fair”
Performer: Nathan Gunn (Baritone), Joshua Bell (Violin)

“Il Postino”
Performer: Carel Kraayenhof (Bandoneón), Joshua Bell (Violin)

“Left Hand Song”
Performer: Regina Spektor (Voice), Joshua Bell (Violin)

“Chovendo Na Roseira”
Dave Grusin (piano), Joshua Bell (Violin)

“Look Away”
Edgar Meyer (Double Bass), Chris Thile (Mandolin), Joshua Bell (Violin)

“Variant Moods”
Performer: Anoushka Shankar (Sitar), Joshua Bell (Violin) “I’ll Take Manhattan”
Performer: Marvin Hamlisch (Piano), Joshua Bell (Violin)

Retail exclusive track: “White Christmas” (Bell with Chris Botti on trumpet)

For more information visit www.sonymasterworks.com.

source:  playbill.com

Kristin’s birthday was yesterday but I didn’t have a chance to post.  Happy Birthday Kristin!

Oklahoma-born actresses Kristin Chenoweth and Jeanne Tripplehorn received Emmy nominations Thursday.

Chenoweth, a Broken Arrow native, received an outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series nod (her second in a row) for her work on “Pushing Daisies,” which was cancelled after two seasons on ABC.

Tripplehorn, a Tulsa native, was nominated for outstanding supporting actress in a miniseries or movie for her portrayal as Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis in the HBO movie “Grey Gardens.”

There are other Oklahoma ties among the nominees for the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards, which will be handed out Sept. 20 in LA.

“Big Love,” which is up for outstanding drama series, features two Tulsa natives in its cast. Tripplehorn plays Barb Henrickson (the first wife on the show about Bill Henrickson and his three wives). Mary Kay Place plays Adaleen Grant (mother of second wife, Nicki).

Holly Hunter received an outstanding lead actress in a drama nod (her second in a row) for playing Oklahoma City police detective Grace Hanadarko on “Saving Grace.” The series is now in its third season, with new episodes airing at 9 p.m. Tuesdays on TNT.

“The Amazing Race,” which last season featured contestant Christie Volkmer from Choctaw, is up for best reality competition series. The category was added six years ago, and the “Race” has won every one.

“Saturday Night Live,” which is up for outstanding variety, music or comedy series, features Tulsa native Bill Hader in its cast. Since he joined the show in 2005, “SNL” has won three Emmys — for outstanding hairstyling in a multi-camera series or special (2008), outstanding original music and lyrics (2007) and outstanding technical direction, camerawork, video for a series (2007).

CBS will broadcast the Emmys live at 8 p.m. Sept. 20. Two-time Emmy nominee Neil Patrick Harris of “How I Met Your Mother” will host the event.

David E. Kelley’s Legally Mad pilot is not going forward at NBC.

Network bosses have decided to drop the legal drama, despite originally opting to keep it in contention for midseason.

Kristin Chenoweth and Kurt Fuller had been tapped for roles in the project, which revolves around a woman who takes a job at her father’s legal firm.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Dick Wolf-produced Lost & Found is also likely to be dropped.

source:  digitalspy.com

On Monday, NBC will hold its upfront presentation with advertisers, and reveal the pilots they’ll pick up this fall, as well as the returning shows. Early industry buzz says that things are looking great for a third season of Chuck, and a second for Amy Poehler’s Parks and Recreation. There is also some buzz beginning on which pilots are at the top of the list of shows the network will run this fall.

On the comedy side of things, it’s looking good for a pilot called Community, starring Joel McHale as a guy who enrolls in community college after his degree is deemed invalid. Chevy Chase has been signed on to co-star in this series, making it the first series Chase will be a regular cast member on in his 40 year career (though we have seen him guest star lately on both Brothers and Sisters, and Chuck). Fans of E!’s The Soup can rest easy, though, as McHale’s rep has said that if the pilot does get picked up, it will not interfere with McHale’s hosting duties. Also gaining a great deal of praise late Thursday was 100 Questions for Charlotte Payne, an ensemble comedy about a woman searching for Mr. Right who goes to a dating service and has to answer 100 questions about herself in order to find her soul mate. The lying, and the laughing, ensues as Charlotte Payne navigates life in New York City. Sophie Winkleman has been cast as Charlotte Payne and David Walton as one of her friends who’s just been cut off by his billionaire father.

The waters are much murkier on the drama side of the fence. Although stalled somewhat, as execs dealt with the death of drama Vice President, Nora O’Brien, who was on a location shoot for the pilot Parenthood. Despite the unfortunate incident, it looks as though Parenthood is a shoe-in for next fall, and is simply waiting for the official nod. Parenthood will be a reboot, of sorts, of the 1989 film staring Steve Martin. ImagineTV is producing this one, and the cast list includes veterans of many canceled shows. Peter Krause (Dirty Sexy Money) and Maura Tierney (ER) have been cast in the leading roles. Others include Erika Christensen (Six Degrees), Mae Witman (Arrested Development), and Sarah Ramos (Runway).

Other drama contenders include Trauma and Mercy. Trauma is a medical procedural about a team of EMTs that stars Derek Luke and Kevin Rankin. Mercy is a series that revolves around three nurses bound together in friendship by the highs and lows of their personal and professional lives. The series will be written and executive produced by Liz Heldens of Friday Night Lights.

Off to a rough start was Legally Mad from David E. Kelley (yes, the guy is doing ANOTHER legal dramedy), and Dick Wolf’s Lost and Found. Both shows were said to have received mixed reviews from execs at NBC. Legally Mad is a legal drama about Skippy Pylon, who is a very intelligent lawyer who joins her father’s law firm. The only problem is that she also happens to be psychologically damaged, manic, and has flashes of psychosis where she acts more like a teenager than a lawyer. Kristin Chenoweth of Pushing Daisies fame (among other shows) is set to star as Skippy.

Dick Wolf’s Lost and Found is another female lead procedural that has Katee Sackhoff, Battlestar Galactica’s Starbuck, in the lead role. Katee will play an “offbeat” detective at the LAPD who ruffles too many feathers and gets sent into the bowels of the police station to work on John Doe cases. While both of these shows have received mixed ratings from execs at the screenings, neither should be counted out completely mostly due to the names of the creators alone. Kelley has a fan following with shows like Doogie Howser M.D., Ally McBeal, Chicago Hope, The Practice, and, of course, Boston Legal under his belt. While Wolf has the Law and Order empire and a great relationship with NBC, not to mention a great lead star in Katee Sackhoff. Lost and Found would also cost considerably less to make, and is the kind of inexpensive procedural NBC is looking for in these tough times. How many pilots NBC ultimately decides on will depend on how many of their existing shows return next season.

NBC’s upfront presentation will be this coming Monday, where they will unveil the pilots they’re picking up, as well as the returning series, however they won’t reveal their full fall schedule until May 18.

source: tvovermind.com

Actress KRISTIN CHENOWETH had a shocking return to Broadway for her 1998 run in YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN – when security had to escort a man out of the theatre for pleasuring himself.

The Tony Award winner starred as Charlie’s little sister Sally in the production, one year after making her Broadway debut – and admits she’s experienced a host of awkward moments during her acting career.

Recounting the jaw-dropping moments in a new memoir, A Little Bit Wicked, she writes: “Once the security officers had to drag a guy out of You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown because he was masturbating during (the song) My New Philosophy.”

And although Chenoweth insists her experiences on the New York stage haven’t always been so lewd, she admits theatre acting can bring a new set of challenges.

She adds: “I remember a performance of The Fantasticks where a mom brought a teenage son with Tourette’s syndrome to the show. It was explained to me that because he liked me a lot, it became especially difficult for him to control his outbursts when I came on stage… Every time I said or sang anything, he would snort, howl or bellow some expletive about bodily functions or female anatomy… (and drop) F-bombs.”
The book is scheduled to hit shelves in April (09).

source:  http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/chenoweth%20details%20bizarre%20stage%20moments%20in%20memoir_1098313

This just in… if you’re sad about missing out on the big PUSHING DAISIES Paley event in Los Angeles, this is your chance to get up close and personal with Daisies Kristin Chenoweth in NYC. The Paley Center for New Media (New York) is hosting an evening with Kristin Chenoweth next month.

Thursday, April 16, 2009
6:00 pm to 8:00 pm ET
Paley Center for Media
25 West 52 Street
New York, New York 10019

IN PERSON
Kristin Chenoweth

Ever since her breakthrough, Tony Award–winning performance as Sally in the revival of You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Kristin Chenoweth has become one of the treasures of the musical scene, performing in concert, recording three solo CDs, and further triumphing on Broadway in Wicked and The Apple Tree. She has also carved her niche on television, with roles on The West Wing and Pushing Daisies, as well as adaptations of Annie and The Music Man. In conjunction with her upcoming autobiography, A Little Bit Wicked: Life, Love and Faith in Stages, Kristin will talk about her career, with special emphasis on her television work. A book sale and signing will follow the discussion.

Paley Center Members tickets for $15 on sale now.
*General Public tickets for $25 on sale March 26

Ending several months of speculation, The Paley Center for Media has today announced the full lineup for PaleyFest09, the 26th Annual William S. Paley Television Festival.

Among the honorees this year are the casts and creators of 90210, Battlestar Galactica and Caprica, The Big Bang Theory, Big Love, Desperate Housewives, Dollhouse, Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, Fringe, The Hills, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, The Mentalist, Swingtown, and True Blood.

PaleyFest09 will be held from April 10th to April 23rd at the Cinerama Dome at the ArcLight Cinemas in Hollywood; the Paley Center will also present a special closing night presentation honoring Swingtown at The Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills on April 24.

Other festival firsts this year? PaleyFest09 will be the festival event to honor a new media property, in this case Joss Whedon’s celebrated web series Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, and will be the first to premiere the last three unseen episodes of ABC’s sadly cancelled series Pushing Daisies.

“For twenty-six years, we have celebrated the best of television, and now new media, with the creative teams who make the breakthrough programs. This interaction between the creative community and media enthusiasts has made this annual Festival a ‘Must Be There’ event,” said Pat Mitchell, President/CEO of The Paley Center for Media.

The full PaleyFest09 schedule can be found below but, as always, please note that events/participants are subject to change.
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