Posts Tagged: Outer Banks Entertainment News

Ozzie Artz of Kill Devil Hills starred as "Baby Virginia Dare" in the christening scene in 'The Lost Colony' on August 18, 2007. (photo: Artz Music & Photography)

‘The Lost Colony’ Announces Virginia Dare Baby Auditions

The most important date in the history of Roanoke Island is August 18, 1585.  It was on that date the Eleanor Dare gave birth to Virginia Dare, the first English child born in the...

Rehab Returns To Kill Devil Hills [Concert Preview]

Rehab rolls back into Kill Devil Hills to take over The Pit for their annual Outer Banks summer concert this August. The band is best known for their 2007 radio hit ‘Bartender (Sittin’ at a...

ABC Christmas Movie Brings Mary-Louise Parker To Wilmington [NC Film]

We got official word yesterday that ABC’s new Hallmark Hall of Fame holiday movie Christmas in Conway, starring Mary-Louise Parker (Weeds, RED 2, RIPD), will be shot in Wilmington, North Carolina in August. Read...

Catherine Mary Stewart and Lance Guest star in 'The Last Starfighter'.

Stars Remember ‘The Last Starfighter’ Three Decades Later

On July 13, 1984, the young stars of The Last Starfighter saw their careers blast off into outer space, as a friendship was born that carries on three decades later. Today marks the 29th anniversary...

[Local Buzz] Get Caught In ‘Charlotte’s Web’ At Festival Park

UNC Pembroke invites you to get caught in Charlotte’s Web live at Roanoke Island Festival Park this week. UNC Pembroke will present the classic and memorable story Charlotte’s Web based on the story by E.B....

[Local Buzz] See Shakespeare’s Complete Works (Abridged) In Manteo

UNC Pembroke is bringing The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) to Roanoke Island Festival Park this month. The University of North   Carolina at Pembroke’s University Theatre, in partnership with the Roanoke Island...

[Movie Review] ‘Monsters University’ Is Scary Good Fun

The lovable frightsters Mike and Sulley, voiced by Billy Crystal (When Harry Met Sally, City Slickers) and John Goodman (Rosanne, The Babe) respectively, are back in Disney Pixar’s Monsters University, a candy-colored prequel the...

Outer Banks Pro Surfing Contest Returns Labor Day Weekend 2013

The annual Wave Riding Vehicles Outer Banks Pro surfing contest returns to Jennette’s Pier in Nags Head this year on Labor Day Weekend! Dates for the 2013 Outer Banks Pro have been announced to...

‘Iron Man 3’ Blu-ray Details Revealed [NC Film]

Filmed in Wilmington, North Carolina, Marvel announced today that Iron Man 3 will arrive on Blu-ray and DVD this September. Click here to read our review of Iron Man 3, and then scroll down...

‘The Conjuring’ Reveals Third Haunting Trailer [NC Film]

Filmed in Wilmington, North Carolina, Warner Bros. Pictures and New Line Cinema’s The Conjuring from director James Wan (Saw, Insidious) is getting insanely good reviews from many mainstream media outlets and advance buzz is...

[Local Buzz] Festival Park To Host OBX Children’s Author Suzanne Tate

Renowned Outer Banks author and local icon Suzanne Tate will be at Roanoke Island Festival Park this July for a special reading of her children’s books, followed by a book signing. Over two million Suzanne Tate books...

Authority Zero Brings Summer Sickness Tour To Kelly’s [Concert Preview]

The 2013 Summer Sickness Tour is coming to Nags Head the week of July 4th, featuring Authority Zero, Ballyhoo, and Versus the World live in concert at Kelly’s. Hot off the release of their...

Straight No Chaser Brings Modern A Cappella To Festival Park [Concert Preview]

Straight No Chaser, an all-male group out to change your perception of a cappella, will be live in concert at Roanoke Island Festival Park in Manteo this weekend. If the phrase “male a cappella group” conjures...

Stephen King Invites You ‘Under The Dome’ [NC Film]

Filming in Wilmington, North Carolina, CBS will premiere the pilot episode of their adaptation of the Stephen King novel Under the Dome, executive produced by Steven Spielberg, tomorrow night (Monday), and we have two...

[Local Buzz] Festival Park To Host July 4th Concert And Fireworks

The annual 4th of July Independence Day celebration at Roanoke Island Festival Park this year will feature a live patiotic concert followed by the Town of Manteo’s fireworks display. The Blue Aces, a division of the...

Robert Macnaughton meets a new friend in 'E.T.'

‘E.T.’s Big Brother Remembers Making A Classic [OBXE Interview]

In the early 1980s, an alien became stranded on Earth, where he was befriended by three young siblings, who took him in and called him “E.T.”, the extra-terrestrial. They were the first to fall...

‘Sleepy Hollow’ Reveals New TV Spots [NC Film]

FOX’s Sleepy Hollow has debuted the first TV spots for the pilot episode directed by Len Wiseman (Underworld) and filmed in Salisbury, North Carolina. Future episodes of the series will be filmed in Wilmington starting this month. What if you...

Collie Buddz To Light It Up At Kelly’s [Concert Preview]

International reggae star Collie Buddz will bring his 2013 Light it Up Tour to Kelly’s in Nags Head this weekend. Best known for his 2010 hit single “Come Around”, Buddz (Colin Harper) was born...

[Local Buzz] UNC Greensboro Brings ‘Emperor’s New Clothes’ To Festival Park

UNC Greensboro and the North Carolina Theatre for Young People will present The Emperor’s New Clothes in a special kids show at Roanoke Island Festival Park to kick off July. UNC Greensboro and the NC Theatre for Young...

‘The Conjuring’ First TV Spot Arrives [NC Film]

Filmed in Wilmington, North Carolina, Warner Bros. Pictures and New Line Cinema’s The Conjuring from director James Wan (Saw, Insidious) has conjured up the first official TV spot for the supernatural horror film.  You can check out the...