Winslet, Garner, Cher join list of Globes presenters

Winslet, Garner, Cher join list of Globes presenters

LOS ANGELES — Kate Winslet, Jennifer Garner, Kiefer Sutherland and Cher will be among the presenters at this year’s Golden Globe Awards.

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association says the actors — all Golden Globe winners — will hand out trophies at the 67th annual ceremony. They’ll join an all-star cast of presenters that includes Jennifer Aniston, Tom Hanks, Jodie Foster and Sophia Loren.

Ricky Gervais will host the awards show at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Jan 17. The show will air live on NBC.

Clooney, Streep, others to present at SAG Awards

LOS ANGELES — Alec Baldwin, Meryl Streep, George Clooney, Sandra Bullock and Jane Lynch will take the stage at the Screen Actors Guild Awards later this month.

Executive producer Jeff Margolis says the stars will serve as presenters at the 16th annual ceremony. They are also nominees.

The SAG Awards will be presented at the Shrine Exhibition Center in Los Angeles on Jan. 23. The show will air live on TNT and TBS.

‘American Idiot’ musical to open on Broadway

NEW YORK — The Green Day musical “American Idiot” will open April 20 at Broadway’s St. James Theatre.

“American Idiot” features music from the Green Day album of the same name, but it does not star members of the popular punk band. The musical had its world premiere at Berkeley Repertory Theatre in Berkeley, Calif., in September. Tony-winner Michael Mayer, who staged the Berkeley Rep production, also will direct the Broadway version of the show.

The plot of the musical follows the journey of the protagonist Johnny, a modern-day Christ figure who travels from a suburban nowhere to the big city, where he must choose between love, drugs and other existential dilemmas. The story also follows a character to the Middle East. Mayer wrote the book for the musical with Billie Joe Armstrong, the lead vocalist-guitarist for Green Day.

Today’s birthdays

Singer Scott McKenzie is 71. Singer Frank Sinatra Jr. is 66. Singer Rod Stewart is 65. Singer-keyboardist Donald Fagen of Steely Dan is 62. Actor William Sanderson (“Deadwood,” “Newhart”) is 62. Singer Pat Benatar is 57. Guitarist Michael Schenker (Scorpions) is 55. Singer Shawn Colvin is 54. Singer-guitarist Curt Kirkwood of Meat Puppets is 51. Singer Brad Roberts of Crash Test Dummies is 46. Actress Trini Alvarado is 43. Guitarist Matt Roberts of 3 Doors Down is 32. Singer Brent Smith of Shinedown is 32. Rapper Chris Smith of Kris Kross is 31.