FOX's “Rocky Horror Picture Show” finds its ColumbiaFebruary 2, 2016 - 11:45 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - FOX's "The Rocky Horror Picture Show Event" has added Tony-winning actress Annaleigh Ashford to its cast. She is cast as castle groupie Columbia, who was originally played by Nell Campbell in the 1975 musical comedy horror film, AceShowbiz reports. Ashford, who has a series regular role as Betty Dimello on Showtime's "Masters of Sex", joins the previously announced cast members, including Laverne Cox (Dr. Frank-N-Furter), Victoria Justice (Janet), Ryan McCartan (Brad), Adam Lambert (Eddie), Reeve Carney (Riff Raff), Staz Nair (Rocky) and Tim Curry, the original Frank-N-Furter, who returns to play the show's Criminologist Narrator. "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" follows sweethearts Janet and Brad who stumble upon the creepy mansion of Dr. Frank-N-Furter, a sexually ambiguous, flirtatious alien mad-scientist. Frank is holding an annual Transylvanian science convention to introduce Rocky Horror, an attractive man created solely to fulfill Frank's desires. Cox recently said at the SAG Awards that she had met Curry and talked with him about her role. "It's just a dream come true. It's so amazing," she told ET. "Just getting to hang out with Tim Curry has been a dream come true. He is hilarious and [I'm] getting to talk to him about the character and my sort of take on it." She added, "He wants me to do my own thing with it and it's really been that kind of thing. We sort of talked about what he was thinking when he did it, and we talked about his intentions with certain moments." Kenny Ortega will direct the TV remake, which is scheduled to premiere this fall. Filming begins in Toronto in March. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Titus, Bilirakis lead legislation to sanction Azerbaijani war criminals Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) have introduced the bipartisan legislation. Azerbaijan must respect human rights, Scholz tells Aliyev German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for greater respect for human rights in Azerbaijan. Armenia: Defense Ministry warns against involving army in political processes The Ministry’s statement came after a video surfaced online, showing soldiers joining the protests in Tavush. Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. |