On Tuesday, May 29, Nick Jonas served as master of ceremonies for the Shubert Foundation/MTI Broadway JR. Student Celebration, to be held at the Shubert Theater.

The event featured hundreds of students from middle and intermediate New York City Public Schools in Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens and Manhattan, who made their Broadway debut as the culminating event of the 7th annual Shubert Foundation/MTI Broadway JR. Student Program, a musical theater mentorship program which builds self-sustaining theater programs in public schools that have limited arts programming.

The students performed a song from their school's production of a student version of a Broadway musical, including Annie JR., Once on this Island JR., Disney's Aladdin JR., Guys and Dolls JR., Bugsy Malone JR., Meredith Willson's The Music Man JR., Dear Edwina JR., Fame JR., Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka JR., and Thoroughly Modern Millie JR.

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I'm glad that even though his show closed, he's still staying an active and involved member of the Broadway community!

Fans pay up to NIS 5,000 for VIP ticket and accommodation to attend Tel Aviv show; Conan O'Brian arrives especially to cover event.



This Thursday, tens of thousands of audience members will have the honor of being the first in the world to attend the latest concert tour by pop queen Madonna. The opening show of "MDNA" comes three years after the singer finished her last worldwide concert tour, "Sticky & Sweet", with two performances in Tel Aviv's Hayarkon Park. Sticky & Sweet drew revenues of $408 million, breaking records for a solo artist. The current concert tour is Madonna's ninth and also her longest. She will visit 32 countries, including the United Arab Emirates, the Ukraine, and Colombia.

The grandiose show, which is being produced by Shuki Weiss together with Live Nation, is estimated to cost more than NIS 15 million. Setting up the stage at Ramat Gan Stadium, which will hold some 35,000 people, has taken two weeks so far. A special 800-meter stage was built in Belgium. It includes hidden stages and its design will change for each song. A special section called the "Diamond" was built to protrude from the stage into the audience. In addition, a tent city was built, including bedrooms, a game area for the singer's children and a lounge in which she can host the American television host, Conan O'Brian, who is visiting Israel especially to cover the show.

Some 600 staff will make up the production team, of which 350 came to Israel with the singer from the U.S. Some 100 performers will appear on stage, not including the pop queen, who landed in Israel earlier this week, rented out 70 rooms in the Dan Hotel in Tel Aviv, and, for herself, the presidential suite.

Tickets to the MDNA concert around the world range between $45 and $600 for a VIP package. In Israel, tickets range from NIS 240 ( $62) for a seat in the stands and NIS 2,400 ($620) for VIP package that includes an upholstered seat in the VIP area, on-site parking, a hot meal and a private party. Madonna herself responded to the criticism over high ticket prices in an interview with Newsweek in February, saying "Start saving now. People spend $300 on a handbag all the time. Work all year, save money and come to my concert."

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"The Amazing Spider-Man" received an Australian trailer which contains a couple of new glimpses from the movie, including a fun little scene with Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy where she's thrown out a window by Spider-man. That's certainly a novel approach to win over a girl's heart. Opening on July 3rd, the highly anticipated 3D comic book reboot stars Andrew Garfield as the web-slinger seeking the truth about the disappearance of his father. His quest leads him to his father's ex-partner Dr. Curt Connors (Rhys Ifans), a brilliant cross-species geneticist who will eventually turn into the super-villain known as The Lizard.



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Justin Bieber's brawl with a photog over the weekend isn't going to just disappear ... TMZ has learned the case WILL be referred to the L.A. County D.A. for possible criminal prosecution.

We're told cops have already decided to refer the case to prosecutors, even though the investigation is far from complete. They have requested to interview the Biebs, but he's in Norway now. It's pretty typical for police to refer high-profile cases to prosecutors.

TMZ broke the story ... Bieber's a suspect for allegedly committing criminal battery against a photog in Calabasas Sunday afternoon. The photog called 911 after the scuffle, but by the time cops arrived, the singer had split.

The pap was taken to a nearby hospital in an ambulance. He then filed a police report naming Bieber as the culprit.

If Bieber is charged and convicted, he'd face 6 months in jail. But the photog faces an even worse fate -- having to tell people Justin Bieber kicked his ass.

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For Monday, May 28, 2012:

• Bonnie Wright Wearing Questionable Things at Cannes
• Metallica is Mad That They Have to Tour to Make Money
• Justin Bieber: Suspect in Criminal Battery
• Madonna Rehearses Express Yourself/Born This Way Mashup, Slays + More Footage
• Kim Kardashian Loses "Sentimental" Items Stolen from Her Luggage
• Rupaul's Carmen Carrera Speaks About Plastic Surgery
• The Wanted Cover Glamaholic Magazine (wtf is glamaholic magazine?)
• Five New Stills from the Dark Knight Rises
• Inside the Blackwater Episode of Game of Thrones
• Jimmy Kimmel Asks: Did You Graduate High School?
• 9-Year-Old Boy Challenges The Game Of Life

How was your holiday weekend, ONTD?! Tell us all about it.

"It would be cool if the name of the movie was the name of the ship" -- Another new featurette is now online for Sir Ridley Scott's latest sci-fi thriller "Prometheus," this new video is about the flagship vehicle of the film created by Arthur Max, production designer, and has some new footage and more looks at the spectacular sets creating the interior of the spaceship. "Prometheus" is prepped and ready to be released in theaters on June 8th.


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She's played everything from a distressed publicist to a noblewoman on the big screen, and now Jessica Biel is looking at a completely new role in real life: housewife.

"To me, nothing will really change, because I'm almost never home," the Total Recall actress, 30, tells the French magazine Gala in a translated interview. "But when I am home, I enjoy cooking."

Some specialties she might serve up to soon-to-be husband Justin Timberlake?

"I especially love making cupcakes," she says, while admitting that when she attempts to customize recipes, "it's a total disaster, but I've also had some pleasant surprises, like recently when I managed to make zucchini fritters."

Overall, once they tie the knot (possibly over the summer), "I don't think our marriage will change anything," she says. And while that may turn out not to be true, she does think "it will be a challenge finding a balance between my private life, family and work, and I'm ready."

She also describes herself as "someone who lets things happen naturally," saying she is not sure if she wants to have a child right away.

"For me, getting married doesn't mean we should limit ourselves to some pre-defined idea. Rather, it's an opportunity to explore new things in life, " says Biel.

And while fans may ogle Timberlake's good looks and hot moves, for Biel, there are three distinct qualities she finds admirable in her future husband, 31: "The ability to communicate well ... to be able to express his feelings. Then, loyalty. And, finally, honesty."

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