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Do you want the truth about how Aaron Sorkin wrote "A Few Good Men," the hit play that became an Oscar-nominated box office smash starring Tom Cruise and Jack Nicholson?

Well, we've got good news: You probably can handle the truth, because it's actually a very pleasant and amusing story.

Aaron Sorkin is one of the most celebrated screenwriters of his generation, having created the popular TV series "The West Wing," for which he won six Emmy Awards. He also the acclaimed motion pictures "The American President," "Moneyball," and "The Social Network," the latter of which won him an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

But he started his career just like so many others do in the entertainment industry: by working crap jobs. And while most of the time those crap jobs go nowhere, sometimes those crap jobs pay off.

Well, maybe not the one where he dressed up like a moose.

Zoe Caldwell, a four-time Tony Award-winner, has passed away at the age of 86.

The actress died peacefully in her home in Pound Ridge, New York on Sunday from complications due to Parkinson’s disease, a spokesperson for her son, Charlie Whitehead, confirmed to People.

Born in Australia, Caldwell first started her professional career at 9 years old in a production of Peter Pan before going on to appear in productions at Melbourne’s Union Theatre Repertory Company and the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company.

She moved to London to join the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1959 and began her American acting career as...

Harvey Sabinson, one of Broadway’s legendary press agents and a former long-time executive director of The Broadway League, died on April 18 of natural causes at his residence in Sarasota, Florida. He was 94 years old. Sabinson capped a 50-year career in the theater when he was honored with a Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in 1995. That year he stepped down as executive director of the League of American Theatres and Producers, (now known as the Broadway League) a national trade association of theatrical producers, presenters and theatre operators. Sabinson joined the organization early in 1976, when it was known as the League of New York Theatres and Producers, as director of special projects. Prior to this appointment, he spent 30 years as a theatrical publicist, beginning shortly after his discharge from Army service during World War II, during which time he received a Purple Heart. He became executive director in 1982. In...

Josh Stamberg will take on the role of playwright Arthur Miller in Fall, a new play written by Bernard Weinraub, the former film reporter for The New York Times, and produced by Todd Black and Steve Tisch of Escape Artists, the film production company behind such movies as Southpaw and The Pursuit of Happyness.

A co-presentation with Boston’s Huntington Theatre Company, where the play will have its world premiere in a May 18-June 16 engagement, Fall tells the true story of Miller’s “secret” son Daniel, the child the Death of a Salesman playwright had with third wife Inge Morath. Born with Down syndrome, Daniel was institutionalized, his existence never acknowledged by his parents.

The cast also includes Joanne Kelly as Morath, Joanna Glushak as a character named Dr. Wise, and in the role of Daniel, Nolan James Tierce, a local actor with Down syndrome. John Hickok will play Broadway producer Robert Whitehead.

The first edition of the South Africa Indian Film and Television Awards (Saifta) took place on Friday in Durban and witnessed all the Bollywood biggies as well as the infamous television troop out there. Reportedly, about 150 Indian film and TV personalities along with 30 South African film and TV fraternity were present for the award function and applauded by a live audience of 7000 people.

The award function commenced with a special Madiba award to South Africa’s former president Nelson Mandela. The award was received by his granddaughter Ndileka Mandela at the event.

Soty debutant Siddharth Malhotra performed to songs from his film. Ranveer Singh also hit the dance floor to a fusion of songs. Stealing the show were Priyanka Chopra and Madhuri Dixit. Priyanka performed on ‘Deva Shree Ganesha’, while Madhuri danced to songs from her films which included her latest hit ‘Ghaghra’.

Manish Paul, who is making his debut in films with Mickey Virus,...