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Page to Screen Academy Award winner Leonardo DiCaprio ( The Revenant ) is set to star in a film adaptation of Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI , a David Grann novel. (Obviously, they'll have to change the title.) DiCaprio will reteam with legendary director Martin Scorsese (they collaborated on The Departed , Shutter Island , and other films) for the project, which is still in the fledgling stages. The novel is being adapted by screenwrite Eric Roth ( Forrest Gump ). Variety has more. Two-time Academy Award winner and Tony nominee Cate Blanchett ( Blue Jasmine , The Present ) is set to star in the adaptation of Where'd you Go, Bernadette? , which, BTW, is not about Bernadette Peters. The Maria Semple novel focuses on a woman who mysteriously leaves her husband and child. Blanchett will be joined on screen by Billy Crudup ( The Metal Children , Spotlight ) and Kristen Wiig . Boyhood mastermind Richard Linklater co-adapted t...

Hamilton is Open! Lin-Manuel Miranda 's opus, Hamilton , opened this week, and you must do everything in your power to get a ticket . Inspired by Ron Chernow's biography, Alexander Hamilton , Miranda's show (which he wrote and stars in) delves into one of our founding fathers, and the many personalities he tangled with. The new musical is vital and entertaining, and runs at the Public through May 3. Read my review ; watch, below, as Broadway.com's Paul Wontorek chats with the cast and creative team on opening night; and then head to Broadwayworld.com for opening night photos. Casting News TV —Stage and screen star (and Tony nominee) Thomas Sadoski ( Other Desert Cities , The Newsroom ) has been cast in a CBS pilot called Life in Pieces . He joins Colin Hanks, Betsy Brandt and Dianne Wiest. Sadoski can currently be seen in Wild and NBC's The Slap , and will soon be back off-Broadway in Neil LaBute's The Way We Get By , at Second Stage . Deadline h...

The Normal Heart on HBO After a devastatingly beautiful and Tony-winning revival a few years ago, Larry Kramer 's The Normal Heart is coming to HBO. Directed by Ryan Murphy , the adaptation will premiere on Sunday, May 25 at 9pm, as previously reported . I was almost inconsolably moved by the recent Broadway iteration , and after watching the just-released trailer of the small screen version, starring Mark Ruffalo , Matt Bomer and Julia Roberts , I'm certain I'll need several boxes of tissues to get through this, too. Watch the teaser trailer and then mark your calendar for May 25. President Barack Obama Visits Zach Galifianakis on Between Two Ferns ...And the Internet rejoiced: (if the video below does not load, watch it on the Funny or Die website ) Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis: President Barack Obama from President Barack Obama Frank While it should be illegal to hide Michael Fassbender 's face beneath a mask for the en...