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Deadline reports: Twentieth Century Fox unwraps P.T. Barnum-inspired musical The Greatest Showman on December 25 this year, and today has dropped the first trailer for the Hugh Jackman-starrer. Directed by Michael Gracey, the showbiz origins story features original songs by La La Land‘s Oscar winning lyricists Benj Pasek and Justin Paul. Jackman plays Barnum, a visionary who rose from nothing …

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Over one million views already. (Tipped by JMG reader Elmo)

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Trailer recap: The ultimate X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods in X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST. The beloved characters from the original “X-Men” film trilogy join forces with their younger selves from “X-Men: First Class,” in an epic battle that must change the past — to save our future. 4M views …

Courtesy of the film’s producers, we have a special week’s end giveaway of the Les Misérables Blu-ray™ Combo Pack, which is on sale beginning today online and at retailers nationwide. Academy Award® nominee Hugh Jackman and Academy Award® winners Russell Crowe and Anne Hathaway star in Les Misérables, the critically acclaimed adaptation of the epic musical phenomenon. Set against the …

I’ve finally sort of perfected the “I’m not looking at you” subway stare, which I’ve recently used on Liam Neeson, Liev Shreiber, and Marisa Tomei. More about such encounters can be found on this new blog.

Hugh Jackman’s latest Broadway show officially opened last night and the reviewers are gushing. Even the New York Times’ Ben Brantley is swept away: The impossibly talented, impossibly energetic Mr. Jackman is a glorious dinosaur among live entertainers of the 21st century: an honest-to-gosh old-fashioned matinee idol who connects to his audiences without a hint of contempt for them or …

Hugh Jackman will reprise numbers from his Tony-winning turn in Boy From Oz when his solo show Back On Broadway debuts on November 10th. The show’s limited run ends on January 1st.

– Hugh Jackman will star in a new musical titled Houdini, scheduled to open sometime in 2012. Aaron Sorkin is doing the book, Danny Elfman (!) is writing the music, lyrics by Glenn Slater. – The musical version of Women On The Verge just opened and the reviews are scathing. – Kiefer Sutherland will make his Broadway debut this March …

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Boy Culture tips us to this: Wolverine and James Bond are not to be messed with, especially when they’re doing the whole acting thing. Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig were trying to perform their play “A Steady Rain” Wednesday night in NYC — but some nitwit forgot to turn off his mobile phone. Jackman set the dude straight — staying …

Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS), upset about all those centaurs ravaging the Kansas plains, has submitted a bill banning the creation of animal-human hybrids. From the hilarious Jeff Vrabel: Republican Sen. Sam Brownback of Kansas and the dark side of Neptune and 2008 presidential candidate for exactly 24 minutes (less time than Fred Thompson, just in case you were worried that …

Hugh Jackman: “In another world, another life, probably growing up in another country, I might have been more of a dancer. In fact I was going down that road when I was about 12. I was encouraged to do that, and I remember my brother saying, ‘Ah, you poof,’ so I gave it up. I dropped it like a hot …