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The real-life husband-and-wife team Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz helped propel "Betrayal" to a Broadway record — and the show hasn't even officially opened yet.
Data released Monday from the Broadway League shows that the first seven previews of the Harold Pinter revival earned $1,100,818, breaking the Barrymore Theater's weekly box office record. It took the crown set by the recent revival of "Death of a Salesman," which grossed $1,066,582 in June 2012. The two shows share the same director, Mike Nichols, and lead producer, Scott Rudin.
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Taylor Swift, Jason Aldean and most of the major nominees have signed on to perform at the Country Music Association Awards next month.
Swift and Aldean were among the first round of performers announced Monday for the Nov. 6 show in Nashville, Tenn. Top nominee Swift is one of four entertainer of the year nominees who will perform, along with Aldean, Luke Bryan and Blake Shelton.
Former entertainer winners Keith Urban and Tim McGraw also are scheduled to perform, along with Miranda Lambert and Little Big Town. Lambert and her husband, Shelton, have five nominations apiece, one behind top nominees Swift and Kacey Musgraves.
More performers will be announced later. Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley will host the 47th annual awards.
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Former "Beverly Hills, 90210" stars Jennie Garth and Tori Spelling are reuniting. The actresses will co-star and executive produce the new ABC Family series "Mystery Girls."
Spelling and Garth will play Holly and Charlie, former co-stars of a popular 90s crime-solving series. Spelling’s Holly opens a detective agency and persuades Charlie, now a suburban mom, to help.
“Mystery Girls” is set to shoot in November.
Spelling and Garth remained on the original “Beverly Hills, 90210” for its entire 10 seasons.
Garth was featured on the first two seasons of the recent CW “90210” spinoff, while Spelling guest-starred in two episodes.
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Nicolas Cage, accepting a film award in China, says he's enjoying the warmth and enthusiasm he feels while working there on a new film. Cage was named Best Global Actor in Motion Pictures at China's Huading Awards on Monday night.
Nicole Kidman, honored as best global film actress, wore a black Prada dress while she walked the red carpet in Macau alongside Hong Kong legend and pal Jackie Chan.
Cage has been shooting “Outcast” in Hong Kong with Hayden Christensen. He says: “Making a movie in China, I’m buzzing with good energy, I feel great here.”
Quentin Tarantino, whose "Django Unchained" was released last year, was named Best Global Director in Motion Pictures.
The Huading Awards, established in 2007, also recognized music, dance and theater.
Associated Press
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