Smash (TV series) - Wikipedia. Smash is an American musical drama television series created by playwright Theresa Rebeck and developed by Robert Greenblatt for NBC. Steven Spielberg served as one of the executive producers. The series was broadcast in the US by NBC and produced by Dream. Works Television and Universal Television. The series revolves around a fictional New York City theater community and specifically the creation of a new Broadway musical.

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It features a large ensemble cast, led by Debra Messing, Jack Davenport, Katharine Mc. Phee, Christian Borle, Megan Hilty, and Anjelica Huston. The show debuted on February 6, 2. May 1. 4, 2. 01. 2. Its second season premiered on February 5, 2.

May 2. 6, 2. 01. 3. NBC announced a change in their lineup in March 2. Saturdays starting April 6, 2. The series was officially cancelled on May 1. Second- season executive producer- show runner Josh Safran said the final episode of season two worked as a series finale.[4]The series, particularly the pilot episode, enjoyed some critical success.

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The first season received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography among four nominations. The series was also nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy and a Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media ("Let Me Be Your Star"). Synopsis[edit]The show revolves around a group of characters creating new Broadway musicals, where everyone must balance their often chaotic personal life with the all- consuming demands of life in the theater. The series features original music by composers Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman. Season 1 (2. 01. 2)[edit]Julia Houston (Debra Messing) and Tom Levitt (Christian Borle), a Broadway writing team, came up with the idea of a new musical based on the life of Marilyn Monroe titled Bombshell. Producer Eileen Rand (Anjelica Huston), in the midst of divorce proceedings from her philandering husband, jumps on board and brings with her Derek Wills (Jack Davenport), a difficult but brilliant director.

Ivy Lynn (Megan Hilty) is initially cast as Marilyn, but is forced to deal with competition from the talented, yet naive ensemble member Karen Cartwright (Katharine Mc. Phee). Julia's former lover Michael Swift (Will Chase) is initially cast in the role of Joe Di. Maggio. However, when Julia and Michael's reunion causes serious trouble in her marriage to Frank (Brian d'Arcy James), the decision is made to fire Michael.

The role of Marilyn is recast with film star Rebecca Duvall (Uma Thurman), leaving Ivy devastated. After a somewhat disastrous out- of- town opening in Boston, Rebecca has fallen sick due to a peanut allergy and the actor playing Joe departs the production for a better gig.

Derek subsequently casts Karen in the role of Marilyn and Michael is reinstated as Joe. Karen discovers Ivy has slept with her fiancé Dev (Raza Jaffrey), while Eileen finds out that her assistant Ellis (Jaime Cepero) was the one who poisoned Rebecca and fires him. Karen gets through her debut and the season ends with the closing number being applauded by the audience. Season 2 (2. 01. 3)[edit]As Bombshell works to open on Broadway in New York City, the show runs into legal and creative troubles which threaten its future.

Meanwhile, the cast and crew (featured in Season 1) attempt to find work. Karen meets two aspiring friends and partners (Kyle, a stage writer played by Andy Mientus, and Jimmy, a composer played by Jeremy Jordan) and tries to get their work noticed, especially by Derek. Derek works with Broadway star Veronica Moore (Jennifer Hudson), who becomes friends with Karen. Ivy gets the lead in Liaisons, a show based on the play Les Liaisons Dangereuses. Bombshell needs work in order to open on Broadway.

First, Peter Gillman (Daniel Sunjata), a dramaturg with whom Julia had a rocky relationship is hired in order to help re- write the show. Second, Jerry (Michael Cristofer) replaces Eileen as the show's producer after she had to step down when the federal authorities found out (through Jerry's orchestration) that she had financed Bombshell with illegal money. Jimmy and Kyle's show, called Hit List, eventually goes to the New York Fringe Festival and then they meet a producer for an off- broadway theater called Manhattan Theatre Workshop. Karen quits Bombshell to be in Hit List because she has to choose one of them. Ivy takes Karen's role as Marilyn Monroe in Bombshell.

Hit List starts rehearsals. Karen and Jimmy's relationship starts to develop but may cause some disturbance in the work place with Derek's secret feelings for Karen. Hit List goes to Broadway produced by Jerry and Bombshell and Hit List go face to face at the Tony Awards. Hit List wins 7 Tonys, which is more than Bombshell, however Bombshell wins Best Musical and Best Actress (Ivy Lynn) in a Leading Role. Cast and characters[edit]Debra Messing as Julia Houston,[5] a successful Broadway lyricist and the musical's co- writer.

She is married with a son, but had an affair with Michael Swift, who played Joe Di. Maggio in the initial Marilyn workshop. Houston is based on creator Theresa Rebeck.[6]Jack Davenport as Derek Wills,[5] the director of the musical, who will stop at nothing to make the show a success.

He has an on- and- off relationship with Marilyn workshop star Ivy Lynn, though he has also shown interest in Karen Cartwright and had a physical relationship with Rebecca Duvall during the Boston preview before she left the show. Katharine Mc. Phee as Karen Cartwright,[5] an ingenue from Iowa, who lands a successful audition and becomes a serious contender for the role of Monroe. Somewhat new to show business, her naiveté is generally scorned by her peers, though her talent is rarely called into question.

She played Marilyn for the Boston preview, when Rebecca Duvall left. In season 2, she helps Hit List get started and plays Amanda/Nina after she quits Bombshell.

Christian Borle as Tom Levitt,[5] a theatrical composer and Julia's longtime songwriting partner. He and Derek Wills have an acrimonious relationship stemming from a business fallout 1. Tom briefly dates a Republican lawyer but later becomes attracted to Sam Strickland, a dancer in the ensemble of Bombshell. Megan Hilty as Ivy Lynn,[5] a seasoned performer who, at the beginning of the series, is working in the ensemble of Heaven On Earth, another Broadway musical that Tom and Julia wrote.

Ivy is favored by nearly everyone on board with the production to play Marilyn Monroe, but after the workshop flops, she is replaced by Rebecca Duvall. Throughout the show, she is in an on- and- off relationship with the Bombshell director Derek Wills and finds herself constantly competing with Karen in many different situations, eventually losing the role of Marilyn to her for the Boston preview. Anjelica Huston as Eileen Rand,[5] the musical's tenacious producer, who is dealing with divorce proceedings from her husband, Jerry, which could threaten the musical and forces her to think outside the box in securing funds for the show. A running gag throughout the series is Eileen throwing drinks into Jerry's face. Jeremy Jordan as Jimmy Collins (Season 2), a working- class man from Brooklyn who is on the brink of self- destruction.[7][8]Leslie Odom, Jr.[9] as Sam Strickland (regular Season 2, recurring Season 1), an ensemble member, a good friend of Ivy who is gay and very much into sports. Due to their mutual friendship with Ivy, he forms a connection with Tom.

Andy Mientus as Kyle Bishop (Season 2), a poor kid from Brooklyn with dreams of writing for Broadway.[1. He is the writer of the book of Hit List. Krysta Rodriguez as Ana Vargas (Season 2), Karen's new roommate who is looking for her big break.[1. Jaime Cepero as Ellis Boyd (Season 1),[5][1.

Tom's and later Eileen's conniving personal assistant who is attempting to receive credit for Bombshell and make his way as a show producer.

James Bond: Charlie Hunnam joins race to play 0. Daniel Craig hasn't fully ruled himself out of reprising his role as the world's favourite spy James Bond, but it hasn't stopped speculation about who could next step into his shoes.

This week, the rumour mill is turning about British actor Charlie Hunnam, who is best known for his roles in the long- running drama series Sons of Anarchy and the 2. Pacific Rim. Currently doing press for Guy Ritchie's King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, the actor said he had heard rumours about him becoming the next 0. Screen Rant. "I can say two things," he told US chat- show host Conan O'Brien. I'm English and I look devilishly handsome in a suit."However, he added that as yet, he hadn't heard anything from the producers. Nobody has called me about playing James Bond, so I'm pretty sure that's not going to happen," he said."If you [O'Brien] decide not to do it, you can just throw your ole pal Charlie's name in the hat."Hunnam joins Orlando Bloom, Michael Fassbender, Tom Hardy, Idris Elba, Tom Hiddleston and Aidan Turner in being linked with the covetable role. The 2. 5th Bond film script is already in the works, but producer Barbara Broccoli told industry players last week she is still not sure when it will shoot, reports Page Six. Orlando Bloom: The new James Bond? May. Pirates of the Caribbean star Orlando Bloom has thrown his hat into the ring to be the next James Bond."I grew up loving those [Bond] films.

Who didn't?" Orlando told BBC News. I'm sure they'll probably do more with Daniel [Craig], and who knows where they'll go with that?"That franchise is a part of the fabric of our society, isn't it? It's something that people really relate, and laugh and enjoy… That little wink and twinkling behind the eyes is what I always saw in Sean Connery and Roger Moore."Digital Spy notes Bloom has even thought out exactly how he'd play Bond, if he ever received the green light from producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson."I think it'd be very English, but that sort of twinkle with the muscular dynamic," Bloom explained. Who knows? They could do a woman, the world that we live in today."Who knows where they'll go with it? I don't know, but I do love that [James Bond] world."But not everyone is such a big fan of the idea.

Esquire's Finlay Renwick urges Bloom to "stay in your lane," saying: "Like Coke and Mentos and ammonia and bleach, Orlando Bloom and James Bond should never be mixed.. Although it is not yet known whether current Bond Daniel Craig will return for a fifth movie, talks between the actor and Bond producers "are going in the right direction", according to a source speaking to Page Six. The website added Craig has been persuaded to return after his experience working with Barbara Broccoli on his acclaimed off- Broadway production of Othello."They have a script – screenwriting duo Neal Purvis and Robert Wade are writing and they'll go into production as soon as Daniel is ready to commit," added the source. Daniel Craig 'in talks to play James Bond once more'5 April Reports are growing that far from handing in his licence to kill, Daniel Craig could be back as James Bond in the next film in the franchise. Talks between Craig and Bond producers "are going in the right direction", a source told Page Six, which says Craig was convinced to continue as the spy after working with Bond producer Barbara Broccoli on his off- Broadway production of Othello."They have a script - screenwriting duo Neal Purvis and Robert Wade are writing and they'll go into production as soon as Daniel is ready to commit," added the source. Back in 2. 01. 5, Craig, who has played 0. We're done. All I want to do is move on," he said following the release of Spectre.

Bookies are still taking bets on who could replace him, with Vicky Mc. Clure, Idris Elba, James Norton and Jamie Bell all rumoured to be in the running. However, Page Six also says former favourite Tom Hiddleston is apparently out of the contest because Broccoli is not a fan. Their source said: "Barbara Broccoli doesn't like Tom Hiddleston - he's a bit too smug and not tough enough to play James Bond."The source also adds that Hiddleston's high- profile, short- lived romance with pop star Taylor Swift, followed by his much- criticised acceptance speech at the Golden Globes, did not win him any favours with the producer. Will Line of Duty's Vicky Mc. Clure be the next James Bond? March. Line of Duty star Vicky Mc.

Clure has been touted to take over as James Bond when Daniel Craig gives up the role – and she says the idea of is "genius". The actor told The Sun she has been lapping up the idea. She said: "The rumour is a very funny thing to have happened.

A Nottingham girl playing Bond is never going to happen in a million years – but it would be genius if it did, wouldn't it?"Mc. Clure has played DS Kate Fleming in the BBC's hit police corruption drama since 2. She also won a Bafta in 2. Lol in the Channel 4 drama This is England '8.

The Replacement. Although Craig has officially given up his licence to kill, it is widely believed that he has made his last 0. But while fans think Mc. Clure would make an excellent Jane Bond, the bookmakers expect the super- spy to stay "James" for now. Grantchester star James Norton remains the favourite, with Aiden Turner, Idris Elba and Tom Hardy also in the frame. Mc. Clure is not the first woman to be tipped for the role, however. Gillian Anderson, best known as Agent Scully in 1.

The X- Files, has also been suggested. She tweeted a mocked- up picture of herself as 'Jane Bond' last year. And it was a woman who almost beat Sean Connery to the role of Bond in the 1.

Sun. Before making the first Bond film with Connery, producers considered casting US actor Susan Hayward in the role and changing the gender. Producer Lorenzo Semple Jr told Variety: "Frankly, we thought that James Bond was kind of unbelievable and, as I recall, even kind of stupid. So Gregory thought the solution was to make Bond a woman – Jane Bond, if you will…"Who will be the next James Bond? February Michael Fassbender is the bookies' latest favourite to replace Daniel Craig as James Bond. The Irish- German actor has been winning rave reviews for his performance opposite fellow countryman Brendan Gleeson in crime drama Trespass Against Us, but has repeatedly denied he is destined to become the next 0. Bond! Is this rumour still going round?

You would have thought I was out of the bookies by now," he told GQ, when asked whether he fancied the role. To be honest, no. As an acting role, I think Daniel has done such a cracking job in this age group."Craig has become cinema's second longest serving James Bond, racking up 4,1.

The British actor took on the role of 0. October 2. 00. 5 and went on to star in four films. He has surpassed Pierce Brosnan to take the number two spot, but will have to clock up another two and a half years to overtake Roger Moore as the longest serving Bond, reports Sky News. The standings, devised by the Press Association, are based on the period from the day each actor was officially confirmed as James Bond to the day their successor was formally announced. Moore starred in seven films and spent 5,1.

Bond, while the recently superseded Brosnan is in third place with 4,1. The silver screen's original James Bond, Sean Connery, is fourth on 3,0. Despite Craig's recent ascent in the rankings, attention has turned to who will be next to take up the mantle of the nation's favourite spy. Fassbender's protestations have not deterred the bookmakers, who have him down as the 2/1 favourite. Craig has not officially relinquished his licence to kill. After saying he would rather slash his wrists than play the spy again, he's since said the role is "the best job in the world".

But just in case he leaves the franchise, here are the most hotly tipped contenders to replace him: 1 Michael Fassbender.