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22 March 2012 11:43 AM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »

Sporting plaid pants and a snug long-sleeved shirt, Alan Cumming serenaded a sea of stars Wednesday night for the Lunchbox Fund's cocktail-attire (looking at you, Cumming!) auction benefiting hungry South African students. Salman Rushdie, Philip Glass and a fresh-faced Courtney Love looked on as Cumming seamlessly weaved together three of 2011's biggest pop hits -- Adele's "Someone Like You," Lady Gaga's "The Edge of Glory" and Katy Perry's "Firework" -- a skill that will come in handy when he's playing every character in "Macbeth."

Cumming -- whose accent happily does not disappear when he sings -- has sang for musicals before, for Lgbt rights, and now, for hungry children in South Africa.

Watch, but mostly listen:

Cumming followed up with a feisty, theatrical rendition of "Mein Herr," a song off "Cabaret," which he starred in during its 1993 London revival:

The performance was the talk of the evening, »

- The Huffington Post

27 February 2012 8:10 PM, PST | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »

"Smash" has found its Marilyn Monroe in Ivy Lynn (Megan Hilty), and Karen Cartwright (Katharine McPhee) is well on her way to taking the stage as part of her first Broadway ensemble. So, what's next on "Smash"? Drama, guest stars and lots of songs.

On the docket: "Shake It Out," a Florence and the Machine cover McPhee said she enjoyed doing, "Rose's Turn," "Our Day Will Come" and in episode five, "Let's Be Bad," an original song that Hilty described as "epic."

"It can be kind of confusing because I'm Megan playing Ivy Lynn who is playing Marilyn who is playing Sugar in 'Some Like It Hot' and she's wasted so she's messing up the whole number," Hilty told HuffPost TV from the set. "But she's still kind of fantastic in some moments."

The "Some Like It Hot" number, which has been seen in some commercials, is a focal point of the episode. »

- Chris Harnick

27 February 2012 8:00 PM, PST | Aol TV. | See recent Aol TV. news »

"Smash" has found its Marilyn Monroe in Ivy Lynn (Megan Hilty), and Karen Cartwright (Katharine McPhee) is well on her way to taking the stage as part of her first Broadway ensemble. So, what's next on "Smash"? Drama, guest stars and lots of songs.

On the docket: "Shake It Out," a Florence and the Machine cover McPhee said she enjoyed doing, "Rose's Turn," "Our Day Will Come" and in episode five, "Let's Be Bad," an original song that Hilty described as "epic."

"It can be kind of confusing because I'm Megan playing Ivy Lynn who is playing Marilyn who is playing Sugar in 'Some Like It Hot' and she's wasted so she's messing up the whole number," Hilty told HuffPost TV from the set. "But she's still kind of fantastic in some moments."

The "Some Like It Hot" number, which has been seen in some commercials, is a focal point of the episode. »

- Chris Harnick

3 items from 2012