Oct 22, 2009 from Playbill:
The New Group's Off-Broadway world premiere of Kenneth Lonergan's The Starry Messenger, starring Matthew Broderick and Catalina Sandino Moreno, will start later than expected.

Previews — which were originally slated for an Oct. 24 start — will now begin Oct. 26. A New Group spokesperson confirmed to Playbill.com that the delay is to allow for an ensemble cast change; Merwin Goldsmith will replace the previously announced Jonathan Hadary.

Oct 18, 2009 from Sun Sentinel:
If memorable film festivals defy expectations, then the 24th Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival has a few things going for it. Among more than 100 films from 30 countries screening from Oct. 23-Nov. 11 are two featuring stars, Michelle Monaghan and Matthew Broderick, in against-type roles that offer audiences a surprise.

Broderick didn't learn any special skills for Wonderful World (which will screen after he receives a career achievement award Nov. 1), but he can empathize with being typecast. He's best known for his boyish charm (Ferris Bueller's Day Off), even if some of his performances (Glory, Election) were anything but boyish.

In Wonderful World he plays Ben Singer, a cynic who thinks the world is against him. His nature depresses his young daughter (Jodelle Ferland), and his only friend, Ibu (Michael Kay Williams), is in the hospital. Ben's perspective gets a twist when Ibu's sister, Khadi ( Sanaa Lathan), arrives from Senegal.

"I'm older now, so things have to change," Broderick said. "I always did more of a variety of things, but some things weren't successful and weren't seen. It doesn't seem like a departure for me, but I guess it is from the types of roles I've played."

Broderick continues to balance cinema and stage.

Oct 16, 2009 from AP:
ST. CLAIRSVILLE, Ohio – Trial dates have been set for two eastern Ohio police chiefs accused of snooping on a surrogate mother for Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick.

Martins Ferry Chief Barry Carpenter and Police Chief Chad Dojack from neighboring Bridgeport are accused in an alleged scheme to take things from the Martins Ferry home of the woman who recently carried twins girls for Parker and Broderick.

On Friday, Carpenter's trial was set for Nov. 16 and Dojack's for Jan. 12 in Belmont County Common Pleas Court.

Oct 10, 2009 from Daily Press:
Funny business is the theme for the 2009 Virginia Film Festival, Nov. 5-8 in venues throughout Charlottesville.

The 22nd annual festival will offer up some 80 films and more than 100 guests during discussions.

On the festival's closing night, Matthew Broderick will premiere his new film, "Wonderful World," at 5:30 p.m. in the Culbreth Theatre.

Sep 29, 2009 from Variety:
Magnolia Pictures has acquired North American rights to "Wonderful World," starring Matthew Broderick. Magnolia will release the pic on VOD one month before its bow in early 2010.

Sep 25, 2009 from Playbill:
Matthew Broderick will join forces with his childhood chum Kenneth Lonergan for a production of The Starry Messenger, which will begin performances in late October. Broderick and Lonergan join host Leonard Lopate at the 92nd Street Y this Wednesday (Sep 30) to discuss the project. (8pm and 9:15pm, 92 Street Y, Lexington Ave and 92nd Street)

Aug 11, 2009 from AP:
LAKE FOREST, Ill. – Filmmaker John Hughes is being remembered by family and friends who gathered in a Chicago suburb for a private funeral.

The director of "The Breakfast Club" and "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" died of a heart attack Thursday during a walk in Manhattan. The 59-year-old Hughes was in New York to visit family.

In addition to family and friends, colleagues such as Vince Vaughn, Ben Stein and Matthew Broderick gathered Tuesday at the Wenban Funeral Home in Lake Forest for Hughes' memorial service.

Stein, who played Ferris Bueller's teacher, was one of the speakers who paid tribute to Hughes.

He called the service "very touching" and said there was "a lot of crying."

Aug 7, 2009 from New York Post:
Mark Green's campaign to be elected again as public advocate is going Hollywood-on-Hudson. Last week, he received a $175 donation from Sarah Jessica Parker. Green helped her and Matthew Broderick execute their marriage papers in his public advocate office more than a decade ago. This week, the Green campaign is sending out an invitation to "Countdown to Victory," a Sept. 8 dessert party hosted by Alec Baldwin and Bobby Kennedy at the candidate's home.

Aug 6, 2009 from PA:
Matthew Broderick was among the stars to pay tribute to writer-director John Hughes, following his death at 59.

The youth impresario of the 1980s and 90s, who captured the teenage and pre-teen market with films like The Breakfast Club, died after suffering a heart attack during a walk in Manhattan.

Aug 4, 2009 from AP:
BRIDGEPORT, Ohio — One of two Ohio police chiefs accused of snooping on a celebrity surrogate mother has been placed on paid leave.

The village council in Bridgeport voted Monday to put Chief Chad Dojack on leave pending the outcome of the case, which involves the woman who carried twins for actors Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick.

Dojack and Police Chief Barry Carpenter of neighboring Martins Ferry in eastern Ohio pleaded not guilty on Friday to several felonies. A special prosecutor said the men conspired to take items from the surrogate's Martins Ferry home to sell to paparazzi.

Aug 3, 2009 from FOX News:
Sighting: Matthew Broderick quietly reading the paper while on board the Hamptons Luxury Liner heading west to Manhattan from Amagansett on Monday afternoon.

Jul 30, 2009 from Variety:
Catalina Sandino Moreno, nommed for a 2005 Oscar for her role in "Maria Full of Grace," will co-star with Matthew Broderick in the New Group's Off Broadway production of Kenneth Lonergan's new play "The Starry Messenger."

Broderick has long been attached to the project, about an astronomy teacher who meets a young mother. "Messenger" is skedded to bow in October.

from AP:
ST. CLAIRSVILLE, Ohio — Two eastern Ohio police chiefs being investigated for allegedly breaking into a home to dig for celebrity tabloid material have been arrested on undisclosed charges.

Belmont County jail personnel confirm that Martins Ferry Police Chief Barry Carpenter and Bridgeport Police Chief Chad Dojack were booked Wednesday night and released. The jail would not release charges.

A special prosecutor has said he was looking into allegations that the chiefs illegally entered the home of a woman carrying twins for actors Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick in May.

Jul 9, 2009 from Access Hollywood:
Sighting: Jerry Seinfeld and Matthew Broderick having breakfast at Big John’s Pancake House in Montauk, where new dad Matthew’s eggs had to be returned and redone.

from The Art Newspaper:
Sarah Jessica Parker candidly admits she lacks art world experience so what is the inspiration behind the TV star’s new artist reality show, provisionally entitled The Untitled Art Project? It’s painter Patricia Broderick, her late mother-in-law who, says Parker, began enjoying recognition and success only after her death in 2003. “Her experience was meaningful in my thinking about artists who work in obscurity,” she told The Art Newspaper. Ms Broderick, mother of actor Matthew Broderick, studied with painters Rufino Tamayo and Vaclav Vytlacil, and lived with US Pop artist John Wesley for almost a decade before her death. Since 2006 her work has been represented by Tibor de Nagy Gallery in New York. This month Ms Parker’s production company, Pretty Matches, will cast 13 undiscovered artists set to compete for a gallery exhibition, a cash prize and a nationwide US museum tour. Ms Parker revealed that she will not host the series, but adds that a panel of art experts including collectors, curators, artists and dealers is currently being finalised. The show is scheduled to air on Bravo in autumn 2010.

Jun 30, 2009 from AP:

NEW YORK – A week after the birth of their twin daughters, Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick debuted the babies in an official family photo. It's the first glimpse of Marion Loretta Elwell Broderick and Tabitha Hodge Broderick, born June 22 at an Ohio hospital to a surrogate mother. The photo, taken Monday in New York, shows a happy family: Parker and Broderick smile, each cradling a twin — she, Marion, he, Tabitha. Their 6-year-old son, James Wilkie Broderick, is in between mom and dad, gazing down at little sis Marion. Parker, 44, and Broderick, 47, follow the lead of other celebrity parents who have publicly released family photos in an effort to stave off the paparazzi by diminishing the value of exclusive shots of their newborn children. The couple did not profit from the photo, whereas, in recent years, celebrities have brokered million-dollar deals with celebrity magazines.

Jun 25, 2009 from Playbill:
Two-time Tony Award winner Matthew Broderick will take part in the Bay Street Theatre Comedy Club presentation of Eugene Pack's Celebrity Autobiography: In Their Own Words on July 20.

Celebrity Autobiography, which is currently playing an open-ended run Monday nights at Off-Broadway's Triad Theater, will spend one summer night in Sag Harbor to offer readings of the published life stories of the "famous and infamous."

The 8 PM presentation will feature Broderick, Rachel Dratch, Sherri Shepherd, Carson Kressley, Alan Zweibel, Dayle Reyfel and series creator Pack.

Celebrities whose personal stories are presented in the evenings include Elizabeth Taylor, Mr T, Tommy Lee, Sylvester Stallone, Ivana Trump, Vanna White, Star Jones, 'N Sync, Zsa Zsa Gabor, David Cassidy, Neil Sedaka, Britney Spears, Madonna, Kenny Loggins, Burt Reynolds, Loni Anderson, Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds.

from WTOV Steubenville:
Sarah Jessica Parker, Matthew Broderick and their newborn twin girls left East Ohio Regional Hospital in Martins Ferry on Thursday.

Media from across the county had been calling the hospital to get information about the new babies. While fans and paparazzi kept watch on a limo parked in front of the hospital, the mother and babies were ushered out a side door with little fanfare. Broderick was not present during the departure.

The couple had brought in their own security to make sure onlookers were kept at a distance and the couple's privacy was protected.

"They left the same way they came in the door. They came in quietly, they went to the birth place, they bonded with their new babies and they left the same way," said Maggie Espina, spokeswoman for East Ohio Regional Hospital.

In the meantime, Martins Ferry Police Chief Barry Carpenter remains under investigation in connection with possible wrongdoing against the surrogate.

Carpenter previously confirmed to NEWS9 he is under investigation and said he is facing allegations that he said are simply untrue. NEWS9 has been trying for weeks to obtain documents about the allegations, but the documents have not been made public.

Carpenter has not elaborated on the allegations against him, but said both he and his department are innocent of any wrongdoing when it comes to the surrogate mother. The chief said he expects the investigation to prove that.

Harrison County Prosecutor Shawn Hervey, who is a special prosecutor assigned to the case, had not released any new information about the investigation as of Thursday. Carpenter remains on the job while the investigation continues.

Jun 23, 2009 from AP:
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick are the proud parents of twin girls delivered by a surrogate mother, a publicist said Tuesday, following a pregnancy that proceeded less than smoothly.

The girls were born Monday afternoon at an Ohio hospital, publicist Simon Halls said. Marion Loretta Elwell Broderick weighed 5 pounds and 11 ounces, and Tabitha Hodge Broderick weighed 6 pounds.

Hodge and Elwell are family names on Parker's side, Halls said.

"The babies are doing beautifully and the entire family is over the moon," Halls said in a statement.

Parker had complained last month to "Access Hollywood" that the surrogate's telephone and computer had been hacked into and that the woman had received threats.

Authorities also are investigating whether two police chiefs burglarized the surrogate's home in the eastern Ohio town of Martins Ferry so they could sell photos and other information to a tabloid.

The burglars were after "pictures, phone message, all those things" at the home of the surrogate, Michelle Ross, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press last week, speaking on condition of anonymity because no charges had been filed.

Jun 17, 2009 from Us Magazine:
Two police chiefs are under investigation for breaking into the Ohio home of Sarah Jessica Parker's surrogate mother to sell information a tabloid, Usmagazine.com has learned.

While not confirming specific details, Harrison County prosecutor Shawn Hervey tells Us: "The case revolves around a break in in Martins Ferry [County]. The matter is currently under investigation by the Ohio Attorney General's Bureau of Criminal Investigation and Identification."

Hervey is awaiting a report from the head of investigation before "deciding if charges are appropriate," he says. He expects to receive it within three weeks.

A law enforcement source tells Us the two police chiefs, reported as Chief Barry Carpenter of Martins Ferry and Bridgeport Chief Chad DoJack by local WTRF news, broke into the woman's home in May seeking information they could sell to a tabloid. The tabloid turned them into authorities after discovering how the material was obtained.

Carpenter told local WTOV station: "I'm 100 percent innocent in this and my department is as well."

Meanwhile, the surrogate mother of Parker and Matthew Broderick's unborn twin girls "packed up and left town," the law enforcement source tells Us.

Jun 11, 2009 from People:
Matthew Broderick, chatting with female pals over cocktails at the bar inside Commerce restaurant in New York City after appearing in the Cherry Lane Theatre’s one-night-only reading of the comedy Stan the Man. "People were surprised by how distinctive his sideburns are!" a restaurant-goer says of his facial hair, which he grew for his role in the 1970s-set play The Philanthropist.

Jun 5, 2009 from Global Voices:
A new website was launched last week where anyone from around the world can leave a 64-word message of solidarity for imprisoned Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. The website 64forSuu.org is named as such to mark Suu Kyi’s 64th birthday on June 19.

Supporters of Aung San Suu Kyi can leave and view video, text, twitter and picture messages on the website. A sample of 64-word message of support:

"Nineteen years ago, the Burmese people chose Aung San Suu Kyi as their next leader. For most of those 19 years she has been kept under house arrest by the military junta that runs the country. We must not stand by as she is silenced again. Now is the time for the international community to speak with one voice: Free Aung San Suu Kyi."