Gus (Ruff Yeager), Otto (Matt Scott) and Harry (Tom Hall) have made it to their 40s, apparently without work and despite an alcoholic father who made them memorize “Hamlet” by the time they were nine, a drug-addled mother who took Harry and left early on, and the self-imposed isolation of their living conditions.

Gus and Otto subsist in a grimy, decaying trailer somewhere in the Canadian North Woods, where they drink, early and often. Gus has been blinded, presumably by his own hand; now he sits in a ratty armchair and paints, the canvases and colors prepared by Otto.

SAN DIEGO -- Join the global effort to stop violence against women and girls by attending the V-Day 2011 benefit production staged series at Diversionary Theatre in University Heights.

The benefit production begins tonight, Jan. 28, with "Buddy Wakefield: Gentleman Practice Tour" at 8 pm, followed by three performances of "The Vagina Monologues" and two performances of both "MENding Monologues" and "A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant and a Prayer."

All proceeds from V-day events will go to The Center for Community Solutions and V-day.org.

About V-Day

Let’s tell it like it is: Poor little rich girl Emma Woodhouse (Patti Murin) is a busybody who makes it her business to pair people up.

But she’s a spectacularly poor matchmaker, messing with poor little Harriet’s mind so much that it’s a wonder the girl finally escapes with enough sense left to pick her own mate.

Emma’s so bad at it that she doesn’t even recognize her own perfect match until it’s almost too late.

Emma and her coterie are the inspiration for a pair of Tony-nominated talents – composer/lyricist Paul Gordon (“Jane Eyre”) and director Jeff Calhoun (“Big River”).

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- Nominations for the 83rd Academy Awards were announced today (Jan. 25) by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Tom Sherak and 2009 Oscar winner Mo’Nique.

In the video clip below, Sherak and Mo’Nique, who won an Academy Award for her supporting performance in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire,” announce the nominees in 10 of the 24 award categories at live news conference attended by more than 400
international media representatives.