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Kate Shindle, Equity President & Former Miss America, Responds to Pageant Scandal
by A.A. Cristi - December 21, 2017 Equity president and former Miss America, Kate Shindle, released a statement tonight expressing her dismay and anger toward former leaders of the Miss America pageant, as a response to Huffington Post revelations of shocking misogyny and corruption within the organization's leadership....
ABC Presents 97TH MISS AMERICA Live from Atlantic City
by TV News Desk - September 10, 2017 The Miss America Organization, dick clark productions and ABC announced today that the 97th Miss America Competition will return to Atlantic City's historic Boardwalk Hall on SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2017...
Comedian Sunda Croonquist Brings HOODZPAH To Gotham Comedy Club
by Julie Musbach - January 08, 2018 Actress-comedian Sunda Croonquist, the multiracial, multitalented performer who has been featured on ABC-TV's The View and the Hallmark Channel brings Hoodzpah - her brand of flavorful, hilarious kosher soul food to the Vintage Lounge of Gotham Comedy Club in Manhattan on Sunday, January 14, 2...
ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS Announce Collaborations, Additional Performers & Guest Presenters
by Caryn Robbins - March 29, 2017 The Academy of Country Music® announced today additional performers, presenters and an unprecedented number of duos and special collaborations for the 52ND ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS, Country Music's Party of the Year®....
Media Personality Shefik Named Official Judge at Local Miss America Competition
by BWW News Desk - October 19, 2017 Media personality Shefik has been named an official judge at a local Miss America Organization, where he completed his initial duties (alongside a panel of other esteemed judges) by aiding in the 2018 crowning of Miss Northern Highlands, Miss Northern Lakes, and Miss North Jersey....
The Miss America Organization Announces Candidates Will No Longer Be Judged on Physical Appearance for the 2019 Miss America Competition
by Macon Prickett - June 05, 2018 The board of trustees of the Miss America Organization announced today groundbreaking changes for the “The 2019 Miss America Competition,” effective this September, by declaring that the 51 women representing their home states and the District of Columbia will no longer be judged on outward physical...
Photo Flash: Kate Baldwin and Kate Shindle Honored as 'Actors of the Year' by Sarah Siddons Society of Chicago
by BWW News Desk - September 20, 2017 The Sarah Siddons Society of Chicago honored its 2017 recipients of the prestigious Actor of the Year Award in a lavish event this week at the Hilton Orrington Hotel in Evanston. Kate Baldwin, this year's HELLO DOLLY! Tony nominee for Best Supporting Actress, and Kate Shindle, 1998 Miss America, and...
Word Premiere Of MISS AMERICA'S UGLY DAUGHTER: BESS MYERSON AND ME And Me Comes To The Broad Stage In Santa Monica This Month
by Stephi Wild - June 28, 2018 Ever since the Miss America pageant began, the beautiful contestants embodied the dreams of every young girl in the nation. Except one. Her name is Barra Grant, whose mother Bess Myerson was the only Jewish Miss America and one of the most famous (and infamous) Miss Americas of all time. The story o...
Comedian Sunda Croonquist Brings HOODZPAH to Carolines On Broadway Today
by Julie Musbach - November 04, 2017 Actress-comedian Sunda Croonquist, the multiracial, multitalented performer who has been featured on ABC-TV's The View and the Hallmark Channel brings Hoodzpah - her brand of flavorful, hilarious kosher soul food - back to Carolines On Broadway...
Academy Award and Tony Award-Winning Actress Catherine Zeta-Jones to Star in QUEEN AMERICA for Facebook Watch
by Tori Hartshorn - May 04, 2018 QUEEN AMERICA, a new scripted series starring multi-award-winning actress Catherine Zeta-Jones, has been given a 10-episode, straight-to-series order by Facebook's new video platform Facebook Watch....
CMT Reveals New Summer Slate Including BACHELORETTE WEEKEND, DALLAS COWBOYS CHEERLEADERS: MAKING THE TEAM, & More
by Macon Prickett - May 24, 2018 Having recently wrapped the quarter with its highest ratings in four years, CMT today unveiled its summer programming slate of new and returning original series and music events, including new series “Bachelorette Weekend” from SallyAnn Salsano and 495 Productions, producers of “Jersey Shore” and “P...
Kate Baldwin and Kate Shindle Honored with 2017 Sarah Siddons Society Award
by BWW News Desk - July 24, 2017 The Sarah Siddons Society of Chicago has announced 2017 winners of the prestigious Actor of the Year Award....
Former Nick Jr. Star Hillary Hawkins Launches Motivational Music Video
by A.A. Cristi - January 15, 2018 'You Can Do It' is the title of a new tune written and produced by Hillary Hawkins (Robyn) the former Host of Nick Jr. The video launched today on Youtube and Vimeo for the song that was released on her Children's Music Album 'Let's Imagine A World of Love' available on Amazon, iTunes, Spotify, Goog...
Review: Barra Grant Shares Personal Tales of Growing Up as MISS AMERICA'S UGLY DAUGHTER
by Shari Barrett - August 07, 2018 Now an award-winning writer and director, Barra Grant has created one of the most entertaining, informative, and hysterically funny solo shows I have ever seen. With her marvelous writing style and self-effacing humor, along with the brilliant direction of Eve Brandstein (who worked with Barra for 1...
Kore PR Adds CALECHE To Country Music Roster
by Tori Hartshorn - March 29, 2018 Country music's “West Coast Cowgirl” Caleche signed with entertainment public relations firm Kore PR for branding, publicity, and promotion of her single “Get Down.” ...
Sunda Croonquist to Bring KOSHER SOUL FOOD to Laugh Factory
by Ashlee Latimer - November 26, 2016 Actress / comic / television personality Sunda Croonquist brings her flavorful, hilarious "Kosher Soul Food' to The Laugh Factory in Reno and Las Vegas, Nevada during two separate holiday season engagements in November and December 2016....
Fiore Barbini Comes to Don't Tell Mama March 9th
by Stephi Wild - February 17, 2018 FIORE BARBINI is bringing his hit solo cabaret show I'M STILL HERE: My Story. The Songs of Leading Ladies. to the Don't Tell MamaCabaret in New York City Friday, March 9th, 2018! The show is co-produced by cabaret mainstay Joseph Macchia Events and Productions with musical direction by Yasuhiko Fuku...
Nick Cannon Hosts Children's Miracle Network Hospitals' First Facebook Live-athon
by Caryn Robbins - March 31, 2017 Children's Miracle Network Hospitals made history on Friday when Nick Cannon hosted its first Facebook Live-athon, using Facebook's new Donate feature for charity pages to raise vital funds....
FUN HOME's Kate Shindle Talks Pets, Rescue Work on CAN I PET YOUR DOG? Podcast
by BWW News Desk - March 21, 2017 FUN HOME star and Actors' Equity Association President Kate Shindle stopped by the CAN I PET YOUR DOG? podcast this week!...
2017 Miss New York Pageant Set for Shea's Buffalo Theatre Next June
by BWW News Desk - August 17, 2017 The Miss NY State Organization will hold a ceremonial ribbon-cutting event under the Shea's Buffalo Theatre marquee at 11:00 A.M on Saturday, August 19 to commemorate their new partnership. The Miss New York Pageant will be held at Shea's Buffalo Theatre in June, 2018....
75th Annual GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS to Air Live on NBC Coast-to-Coast 1/7
by Caryn Robbins - March 08, 2017 The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) and dick clark productions (dcp) will present the 75th Annual GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS on Sunday, Jan. 7, 2018. The ceremony will air on NBC live coast-to-coast....
MISS AMERICA Scores 3-Month Highs in Its Sunday Slot and Grows With Women 18-34
by TV News Desk - September 12, 2017 On a night where millions of viewers lost electricity due to Hurricane Irma and opposite big NFL-fueled competition from the season opener of NBC's Sunday Night Football (New York Giants-Dallas Cowboys) and Fox's NFL overrun-inflated lineup with the highly promoted series debut of The Orville, A...
DEAR EVAN HANSEN, ANASTASIA, 'SPONGEBOB', ONCE ON THIS ISLAND Set for Macy's THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE
by Caryn Robbins - November 01, 2017 The cast of Broadway's ANASTASIA, DEAR EVAN HANSEN and SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS will perform on the Macy's 91st Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City. The parade airs November 23rd....
BACHELOR Host Chris Harrison Fulfilling Dream as SportsCenter Guest Anchor
by Caryn Robbins - September 05, 2017 Millions of television viewers watch Chris Harrison host ABC's popular series The Bachelor, The Bachelorette, Bachelor in Paradise and Who Wants To Be A Millionaire but it's not well-known that Harrison started his broadcasting career covering sports....
BWW Interview: Judging & Hosting's Such a FAB-ulous DRAG for Ross Mathews
by Gil Kaan - September 21, 2018 Ross Mathews, a most busy multi-tasker (judge on RuPaul's Drag Race, host of 2018 Miss America Pageant; to name just a few) will be inaugurating his weekly DRAGTASTIC BUBBLE BRUNCH this Saturday, September 22, 2018 (his birthday!) at Rockwell Table & Stage. It's been a very busy week for Ross, first... |