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Thursday, October 11, 2012
Breaking news
Tom Hanks to make his Broadway debut next year in Nora Ephron’s ‘Lucky Guy’
AP – by MARK KENNEDY
Tom Hanks will play a gutsy New York City newspaper columnist when he makes his debut on Broadway in the spring.
Producers of Nora Ephron’s play “Lucky Guy” announced Thursday that Hanks will play Mike McAlary in the stage biography. Hanks, a two-time Oscar winner, had been in negotiations for the role when Ephron died this summer.
Previews begin March 1 at the Broadhurst Theatre and an opening night is set for April 1.
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Internet Ad Sales Rise 14% To Record $17B In First Half of 2012
Deadline.com – by DAVID LIEBERMAN
The 95.4% increase in sales of ads for smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices — to $1.2B in the first six months of 2012 — helped to propel the results from the Interactive Advertising Bureau’s latest Internet Advertising Revenue Report. And search, which accounts for nearly half of all Internet ad sales, still looks robust: It was up 18.8% to $8.1B.
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The Billboard Charts ~ Issue Date: 2012-10-20
Billboard Top Broadway Cast Album Catalog:
#1. The Book of Mormon, Original Broadway Cast Recording
#2. Wicked, Original Broadway Cast Recording
#3. NEW: Starkid Presents: Apocalyptour Live, Cast Recording
#4. Once: A New Musical, Original Broadway Cast Recording
#5. Jersey Boys, Original Broadway Cast Recording