Theatergoers won’t forget to turn their cell phones off again, after Australian actor Hugh Jackman stopped a Broadway show to ask one audience member to stop a phone from ringing.

“You want to get that?” Jackman said in character, after the ringing interrupted a tense moment in a preview performance of “A Steady Rain” last week. The show officially opens on Tuesday with Daniel Craig starring opposite Jackman.

“Grab your phone, it doesn’t matter,” said Jackman as the ringing continues.

“Come on, just turn it off … we can wait. Just get the phone,” Jackman continues to applause from the audience. (more…)

In celebration of Climate Week, kicking off in New York today, Vulture hero Hugh Jackman took time away from his grueling rehearsal schedule for Broadway’s A Steady Rain to speak at a U.N. press conference on green living: “To be fair, as an actor, this is not something I’m very accustomed to, and probably about twelve months ago this kind of event would have maybe overwhelmed me a bit,” he told reporters. “But something happened to me just under twelve months ago that put things into perspective — and that was being named the Sexiest Man Alive.” We spoke with him after his speech about both Neil Patrick Harris’s opening number last night and his Steady Rain co-star, Daniel Craig.

GALLERY LINKS:
• Appearances from 2009 – 2009 Climate Week NYC [HQ]
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Hollywood star Hugh Jackman was in action man mode yesterday as he ran around the streets of New York in pursuit of his daughter Ava.

The four-year-old set a cracking pace on her pink scooter while the 40-year-old X-Men star, who was dressed in a sharp suit and sunglasses, did his best to keep up.

Hugh’s wife Deborra-lee Furness also joined the pair as they headed for ice cream in the West Village, but the couple’s son Oscar, nine, sat the trip out.

The Australian couple, who adopted both of their children, are considered a rarity in Hollywood having been happily married for 14 years.

GALLERY LINKS:
• Candids from 2009 – 09-21 – In the West Village
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Mika has claimed that he is in talks to pen a new musical, starring Hugh Jackman.

“I’ve been approached by Fox Studios to write the new Hugh Jackman musical – serious – and I’ve been approached by one of the big animation houses to create a character-based project,” he told Heat.

“Movie people are my biggest supporters,” added the singer whose new album, The Boy Who Knew Too Much, is available now.
Source: The Press Association

Hugh is photographed at “Fashion Night Out” at Jeffrey in New York City.

GALLERY LINKS:
• Appearances from 2009 – “Fashion Night Out” at Jeffrey in NYC [HQ]

Move over, Shakespeare – it was Oprah in the park causing all the commotion Friday.

Stars, sunshine and long lines of fans welcomed the queen of talk to Central Park, where she taped her television show.

Crowds began massing before dawn to get good seats and a good look at guests like “Wolverine” hunk Hugh Jackman and James Bond actor Daniel Craig.

The two leading men made a surprise appearance, welcoming Oprah Winfrey to the city while plugging their new show.

“Daniel and I are doing a play on Broadway,” Jackman told the swooning audience. (more…)

Hugh Jackman, John Stamos, Chita Rivera, Audra McDonald and Brian Stokes Mitchell are among the performers signed up to appear at the Actors Fund fall benefit in Gotham.

Jo Sullivan Loesser and Paul McCartney chair the event, a celebration of the work of the late composer Frank Loesser (“Guys and Dolls”). Annette Bening hosts the evening, called “Chance and Chemistry: A Centennial Celebration of Frank Loesser.”

Christopher Gatelli, choreographer of “South Pacific” and “Sunday in the Park With George,” directs and choreographs. Benefit will play Oct. 26 at the Minskoff Theater.
Source: Variety