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Bruce Springsteen: High Hopes Last week, Bruce Springsteen teased a new single and this week, details about the full album, including its January 14, 2014, release date, were announced. The eclectic album (Springsteen's 18th) will feature a combination of new songs, recordings of Springsteen favorites and covers. Read more on Rolling Stone and The Boss's website  (this post includes the track listing). The album is now available for pre-order. All the Way  to Broadway Joining Breaking Bad 's Bryan Cranston  for the limited Broadway engagement of All the Way , a new Robert Schennkan play about President Lyndon B. Johnson, will be Michael McKean  ( The Best Man ) and Brandon J. Dirden ( Clybourne Park ), who will play J. Edgar Hoover and Martin Luther King, Jr., respectively. (Both appeared in the A.R.T. production. There's still no word regarding whether or not Reed Birney will reprise his role for the Broadway run.) Directed by Bill Rauch, All the Way  ...

Award Season Update Oscars The nominees gathered at a special luncheon on Monday. An annual event, the nominee luncheon is where nominees receive their nomination certificate, answer some press questions and gather to take the "class photo," which I've added to my Oscars Pinterest board . The official Oscars blog has full coverage of the event. ( IMDB.com also has photo coverage , and The Hollywood Reporter 's Scott Feinberg filed a report about the festivities.) Mark Wahlberg and Ted will present at the Oscars. On the occasion of the announcement, Oscars producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron said, "...we won't deny that Ted used his pull with our host to get himself the booking." (The host, of course, is Seth MacFarlane , who co-wrote and directed Ted and performed the role of the foul-mouthed teddy bear.) Read the official press release for more. And speaking of the Oscar host, check out the latest promos: in the first one, Seth tells Jam...

The Great Gatsby It's here! The trailer for Baz Luhrmann's adaptation of the classic F. Scott Fitzgerald novel, The Great Gatsby , starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire and Carey Mulligan has been released. This. Looks. Incredible. It comes to a theater near you on December 25, 2012. Anchorman: The Legend Continues Exclusive Anchorman 2 Teaser from Will Ferrell Peter and the Starcatcher Starstuff Another week means another episode of Boy's Life , the Adam Chanler-Berat-hosted behind-the-scenes look at Peter and the Starcatcher . In this week's episode, Chanler-Berat reports on the scene at the Starcatcher lottery. Watch below ! And then head over to Broadway.com to take a look at these photos of the Starcatcher cast greeting notable audience members , like Tony host Neil Patrick Harris! Plus, Playbill gets the scoop on the pineapple motif at Starcatcher . (Hint: Playwright Rick Elice says, "pineapples were the iPa...