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Peter Gallagher, a natural replacement for Jimmy Stewart (RKO, Getty)

Peter Gallagher's Eyebrows to Star in Theatrical Reading of 'It's a Wonderful Life'

Here’s a reason to leave the Broadway scene and fly across country: For one night only, L.A.’s Geffen Playhouse will host a staged reading of Frank Capra‘s holiday classic, It’s A Wonderful Life. The 1946 film–listed as one of AFI’s “100 Best American Films Ever Made”– is such a Christmas staple that it’s hard to imagine someone other than Jimmy Stewart playing the hapless and kindhearted banker George Bailey. But the production really nailed it with their casting, announced today:New York native Peter “My Face is Smiling But My Eyebrows Tell a Darker Story” Gallagher.

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TV: Bryan Cranston on Breaking Bad’s Dark Side

Bryan Cranston woke up on the morning of Wednesday, March 24, and went for a long run over the Williamsburg Bridge and back. Then he ate lunch, did some writing for a new children’s show he’s working on for Nickelodeon and popped into the bar at Soho’s Crosby Street Hotel, where he was staying, for Read More

Malcolm in the Middle Dad Gets Bad For New AMC Drama

Bryan Cranston is transitioning from playing one dad you wouldn’t want to have, to the next. The 51-year-old actor, best known for his fumbling father role on the Emmy-winning family sitcom Malcolm In the Middle, has taken on another paternal character, albeit a far more depressing one, in the new AMC drama Breaking Bad, Read More