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PARALLEL CAREER RESUMES
Career Transition For Dancers presents this NYC workshop, to take control of your future and begin exploring and planning your next steps. The workshop is open to pre-professional, current, and former professional dancers of all genres. Resumes are essential tools to compete in today's world. Learn how to write winning resumes using adaptable skills from your performance career to help you land your next offstage gig. Free of charge. Mon, May 14, 5:30pm-7:30pm, 165 W. 46th St, AEA Council Rm., 14th Fl, NY 10036

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NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINE
NYC AUDITIONS
DANCERS (May 21): Experienced/advanced dancers and gymnast/ dancers, trained technique, performance jazz, athletic/ toned body; Gymnastics, flying/web, tumble & partnering a plus. SINGERS (May 23): Diverse singers, singer/dancers, dancers who sing with strong vocals, dynamic personalities. Sing Pop/Rock to Contemporary Musical Theatre and harmonize. Will learn short dance/movement combo; tap a plus. NICKELODEON (May 22): Multi-lingual, interactive, performers, natural personality for Nick Host and Team Nick/Costume Characters. Also seeking Staff and Stage & Wardrobe. All must be at least 18 years old, bring pic & CV. Ripley Grier Studios, 520 Eighth Ave (btwn 36th & 37th), NY 10018. Full descriptions & audition details > www.ncl-productions.com

TWO MORE GONE FROM 'DANCING'
After weeks of strenuous legwork, endless hours of rehearsal and giving it their all to win viewer votes, Melissa Gilbert and Roshon Fegan said their goodbyes to DANCING WITH THE STARS. Melissa said she knew the second she was onstage with Katherine Jenkins that her number was up. With tears welling up in her eyes, she said that partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy told her that he wished she believed in herself as much as he believed in her, revealing that Melissa's courage, strength and determination was what got them this far. Roshon's partner, Chelsie Hightower, let it be known that it would be completely feasible for Roshon to go pro if he did a year of intense training.

GAGA FACING FURTHER PROTESTS
Religious activists in Indonesia have condemned Lady Gaga's plans to perform a gig in Jakarta on June 3, risking the wrath of religious groups in the notoriously conservative country. A spokesman for the Islamic Defenders' Front (FPI) tells the Wall Street Journal, "Lady Gaga insults all religions. Even Christians in Korea opposed her. She is promoting the worship of Satan. If you want chaos in Jakarta, just continue to hold the concert."

LOHAN TO GUEST ON 'GLEE'
On May 15, Fox will air 2 back-to-back GLEE episodes, entitled 'Props' and 'Nationals'. As the countdown to graduation continues, the kids of New Directions prepare a high-concept routine for Nationals. When Tina (Jenna Ushkowitz) bumps her head, the world of New Directions is turned upside down in her eyes. Then, New Directions face off against Wade (Alex Newell) and Vocal Adrenaline at Nationals in Chicago, where they perform in front of celebrity judge Lindsay Lohan.

BEYONCE WINS JOURNALISM AWARD
Pop superstar and new mama Beyoncé, is going to need to clear room on her shelf among those 16 Grammys, as she is the newly named recipient of a prestigious magazine prize handed out by the New York Association of Black Journalists. Beyonce will be taking home 1st-place honors in the NABJ's arts and entertainment magazine category. Last summer, in the run-up to the release of 4, a promo round included a first-person article she penned for Essence. The story, titled "Eat, Play, Love," featured the singer discussing how taking a break from her music career reinvigorated and reprioritized her life.

GAGA EMBRACES LONELINESS
Even with an army of Little Monsters, Lady Gaga feels alone sometimes. The 26 year-old pop star said, "I've begun to cherish my loneliness." "[I] was very depressed when I was 19. I decided to pursue music, so I dropped out of school and I told my parents I didn't want any money from them. I got 3 jobs and hit the ground running." Since she was "around 20 years old," however, she's been embracing her time alone. That might be a good thing right now, considering the ongoing rumors that she and boyfriend Taylor Kinney have called it quits.

A touring production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's LOVE NEVER DIES will debut at the Churchhill Theatre, Bromley in Jan, 2013... Chris Brown held an exhibition of his artwork in L.A. that showed off his graffiti-inspired paintings and sketches... MTV and Viacom are returning to the birthplace of rock 'n' roll for the 3rd O Music Awards (honoring music with a focus on digital) staging a road trip from Memphis to New Orleans in which a band will break the Guinness World Record for "Most Live Concerts" in 24 hours... Rihana tweeted her former guy, Chris Brown, a simple: "Happy Birthday @chrisbrown" on his turning 23... GLEE's co-exec producer Brad Buecker will direct Lionsgate's upcoming musical TIME AFTER TIME...

BRITNEY SIGNS WITH 'X FACTOR'
Britney Spears is official. After months of negotiations, the pop star has signed her contract to join Simon Cowell and L.A. Reid as a judge on The X FACTOR. Spears will get $15 million for one season's worth of work. "The contract is signed," reveals a source. "There's been a lot of back and forth over the past few weeks as they negotiated the small details, but she's on. It's all completed and Britney is beyond excited."

FOSTER STARS IN 'BUNHEADS'
Bway's Tony Award-winning actress Sutton Foster stars as a former ballerina turned Vegas showgirl who decides to take a gamble on a new marriage and a fresh start in Paradise, CA in the series premiere of ABC Family's original drama, BUNHEADS, airing June 11. Once in Paradise, Sutton's character (Michelle Simms) finds herself in the local dance studio that her new mother-in-law runs. Michelle's budding relationships with the diverse group of girls she meets at the studio helps her adapt to small town living and her uneasy role as a new daughter-in-law.

'SMASH'S 'MAKE A MUSICAL'
PROGRAM AWARDS WINNERS
10 schools across the nation have been selected for the 2nd phase of "NBC's 'Smash': Make a Musical." The philanthropic initiative, sponsored by the hit musical drama series SMASH, works with under-served schools to stage their own productions and implement self-sustaining theater programs. Phase one launched with 20 schools performing their first-ever musicals, 640 hours of teacher training, over 1,000 children rehearsing their very first musical, over 13,000 children with access to quality arts programs in their schools, and over 52,000 people attending performances.

MADONNA'S SCENT FACES LEGAL ACTION
Madonna is facing legal action from an Australian artist who alleges the packaging for her debut perfume ripped off his trademarked logo. RJ Williams is upset that the 'M' symbol on her scent bottle and cardboard sleeve for Truth or Dare resembles his own artwork. Williams claims he trademarked the logo, which he is said to have used on clothing for 8 years, and he is taking legal action for breach of copyright. "It's about my integrity as an artist. I do not think it should be able to be used by a giant cosmetics company."

JUSTIN PUTS 'N SYNC
FASHION BEHIND HIM
Justin Timberlake has come a long way, fashion-wise. In an interview with 'Details,' the 'N Sync star admitted there are some memories he'd love to say bye bye bye to forever. "There were many moments in my teenage years where I succumbed to...the weirdness of the group I was in, and in trying to conform...I ended up looking like a moron." Referring to his days in 'N Sync when he donned cornrows and baggy pants and bleached curls, Timberlake said nowadays his preferred hairstyle is a shaved head.

DANCING WITH THE STARS' Katherine Jenkins has been recovering from a concussion during a dance rehearsal when partner Mark Ballas slammed his knee into her head last week... ONCE, the Tony-nominated Bway musical based on the 2006 film, will launch a national tour in the summer of 2013... A documentary on Stephen Sondheim, due out next year, will be about 'Sondheim's life, with fresh interviews he's not given before, videos and new versions of his songs.'... SHREK THE MUSICAL celebrated its 1st year in the West End at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane... Rihanna will perform on the 2-hour IDOL season finale on May 23, singing her hit "Where Have You Been"... HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS will close May 20, due to lackluster box office revenue... Tony-nominated Best Musical NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT will launch a U.S. national tour in the fall of 2013...Lady Gaga will appear on the season finale of THE SIMPSONS on May 20 in an episode that will touch on most of the milestones of the singer's career: the meat dress, the flame-shooting bra, the aerial stage acrobatics... LOVE NEVER DIES will be part of special programming premiering on PBS beginning June 2.