ALAN CUMMING

Some NBC News hosts are branching out into the theater.

Lily Tomlin is this year’s recipient of AARP The Magazine’s Movies for Grownups Awards career achievement honor.

The new memoir by the actor and activist is by turns revealing and funny.

Halle Berry’s intensity on-screen as Storm in the X-Men films was just as fiery on set at least on one occasion, says a former co-star. […]

Michael Kors loves fashion, but he also loves the Broadway theater.

Celebrities including Bruce Springsteen, Hugh Jackman, Elton John, Bette Midler, Christine Baranski, Steve Martin and Tina Fey have raided their closets to offer up personal items for a charity online auction.

This combination photo shows Catherine Zeta-Jones, left, at the 26th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on Jan. 19, 2020, in Los Angeles and Michael Sheen at the FOX Upfront party on May 13, 2019, in New York. The Welsh actors join "Prodigal Son" in the Tuesday, March 2, 20201, episode with Zeta-Jones playing a doctor and Sheen playing an incarcerated serial killer surgeon. (AP Photo)LOS ANGELES – Catherine Zeta-Jones was already a fan of “Prodigal Son,” so when the chance came to join the show, she jumped, lured by the prospect of working alongside Michael Sheen. She was born in Swansea and Sheen was born in Newport seven months apart. That was, of course, a huge pull for me.”Zeta-Jones joins Fox’s “Prodigal Son” in Tuesday's episode, directed by co-star Lou Diamond Phillips.

NEW YORK – Neil Gaiman, Anita Hill and Ann Patchett will be among the contributors to Book the Vote, an online initiative to provide information on the electoral system, voting registration and civic topics. Book the Vote is a collaboration among Penguin Random House, PEN America, the non-profit organization When We All Vote and the literary retailer Out of Print, which is owned by Penguin Random House. One feature is called “How America Works” and covers four topics: the right to vote, voting for the president, the Supreme Court and the electoral college. “Truth, facts, press freedom, and the future of open discourse are all on the ballot this November,” PEN America CEO Suzanne Nossel said in a statement. Noseel and Penguin Random House U.S. CEO Madeline McIntosh said they were pleased to be working together to provide credible and authoritative information about the U.S. election and voting rights.

NEW YORK – Broadway theaters may be dark, but there will be plenty of new online productions of some of classic plays this fall with some starry self-isolating actors, including Matthew Broderick, Morgan Freeman, Patti LuPone, Laura Linney and David Alan Grier. Producer Jeffrey Richards on Wednesday unveiled a weekly play run of livestreamed works to benefit The Actors Fund. They will stream on Broadway’s Best Shows and ticket buyers can access the events through TodayTix starting at $5. David Mamet’s ”Race" is up on Oct. 29, starring David Alan Grier and Ed O’Neill. Mamet’s “Boston Marriage” is slated for Nov. 12 with Patti LuPone and Rebecca Pidgeon.

War and the art of surrealismThe traveling exhibition "Monsters & Myths: Surrealism and War in the 1930s and 1940s," now at the Frist Art Museum in Nashville, explores how the real-life monstrosities of war in the mid-20th century bred metaphorical monsters in paintings and sculptures, by such artists as Salvador Dal, Max Ernst, Andr Masson and Joan Mir. Serena Altschul reports.

Friday marks the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Inn riots and while the anniversary is a time to reflect on how far the gay rights movement has come, Emmy-nominated actor Alan Cumming said it's also crucial to stay "vigilant" when looking towards the future. "We've got to be vigilant and gird our loins," he added. The actor, who also threw an anniversary celebration at his own bar, Club Cumming, is currently the executive director of the CBS show "Instinct." There's never been a gay leading character in a network drama?' "When you think about it, I always think it's weird that when people talk about me they say 'gay actor' or 'queer actor '" he added.

"The Good Wife": Inside Eli Gold's metamorphosis Alan Cumming, who plays Eli Gold on the CBS hit drama "The Good Wife," discusses how his character has changed over the years and what may be in store for Gold as season five progresses.

"Cabaret" star Alan Cumming talks Broadway show's draw Alan Cumming, who will soon return to the Great White Way in "Cabaret," shares what he thinks makes the show continue to connect with audiences.

Alan Cumming on using Rahm Emanuel as the the basis for his character on "The Good Wife" Alan Cumming plays political mastermind Eli Gold on CBS hit drama "The Good Wife." Cumming discusses the show's success and his return to Broadway to reprise his role of Emcee in "Cabaret" with the "CBS This Morning" co-hosts.