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EXCLUSIVE: Emmy and Tony winner Kristin Chenoweth, Jeffrey Donovan, and Lil Rel Howery have joined Stephan James and J.K. Simmons in National Champions, the STXfilms sports drama which is being directed by Ric Roman Waugh. The film also stars Uzo Aduba, Alexander Ludwig, Andrew Bachelor, David Koechner, Tim Blake…

Project Angel Food has lined up a list of performers including Annie Lennox, Kristin Chenoweth and Kelly Clarkson for a telethon this Saturday, with Eric McCormack, Sheryl Lee Ralph and Jessica Holmes hosting. Lead With Love: Project Angel Food Emergency Telethon will air from 7 PM to 9 PM PT on KTLA 5 in Los Angeles…

EXCLUISVE: Disney+ is developing The Biggest Star In Appleton, a half-hour, single-camera comedy from playwright/screenwriter Paul Rudnick, actress Kristin Chenoweth and producer Dan Jinks, I have learned. Created/written by Rudnick, The Biggest Star In Appleton stars Chenoweth as Carol Dannhauser, a Wisconsin mom…

EXCLUSIVE: Holidate, the Netflix romantic comedy, has added a bevy of actors including Luke Bracey (Hacksaw Ridge, Point Break), Jake Manley (The Order, Midway), Jessica Capshaw (Grey's Anatomy), Andrew "King Bach" Bachelor (The Babysitter, Meet The Blacks), Frances Fisher (Watchmen, Titanic), Manish Dayal (The Hundred…

NBC’s love affair with Broadway isn’t limited to Christmas and Easter seasons: just in time for trick or treat, the network will broadcast A Very Wicked Halloween: Celebrating 15 Years on Broadway, a concert-style special of songs and stars from the stage hit about life in Oz pre-Dorothy. The special, reuniting…

There is probably no actor closer associated with producers Craigs Zadan, who died suddenly last week at age 69, and Neil Meron than Kristin Chenoweth who has been the duo’s muse for two decades. She starred in one of Zadan and Meron’s early TV musicals, the 1999 Annie, which aired under ABC’s The Wonderful World of Di…

Day 1 of the 7th annual ATX Television Festival kicked-off with a screening of the NBC mockumentary series Trial & Error, the Season 2 opener followed by a Q&A with creator and exec producer Jeff Astrof, along with star Nicholas D’Agosto and season newcomer Kristin Chenoweth. “The idea behind the show is that every…

NBC has slotted Thursday, July 19 for the second season premiere of its comedy anthology series Trial & Error. The series will debut with back-to-back episodes at 9 and 9:30 PM. As previously reported, Tony and Emmy Award winner Kristin Chenoweth will play the “eccentric first lady of East Peck” in the second…

Emmy and Tony winner Kristin Chenoweth will succeed John Lithgow as a star on the upcoming second season of NBC’s anthology comedy series Trial & Error. She will play a central new character accused of murder in a season-long arc, similar to Lithgow’s Larry Henderson in Season 1. Chenoweth will play Lavinia…

Universal’s legit arm, Universal Theatrical Group, is partnering with Kristin Chenoweth (Wicked, Glee) to develop a Broadway musical based on Death Becomes Her, the 1992 Robert Zemeckis film satire that starred Meryl Streep, Goldie Hawn and Bruce Willis. Chenoweth would play the Streep role, Madeline, a stage…

In a competitive situation, ABC has landed The Real Fairy Godmother, a single-camera comedy starring Kristin Chenoweth and executive produced by Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, which has received a put pilot commitment. Written by Alan Zachary & Michael Weiner, with ‘Til Death creators Cathy Yuspa and Josh Goldsmith…

Kristin Chenoweth has signed with Primary Wave Entertainment for management of her stage, screen, television, and voiceover careers. The Tony and Emmy Award-winning actress has a busy lineup of projects underway. She is slated to host the 33rd annual Television Critics Awards on (Saturday August 5), and is the voice…