Quick Takes: Chris Pine to star in ‘The Lieutenant of Inishmore’ at Mark Taper Forum

Chris Pine, who’s been a hot commodity since he starred as the young Capt. James T. Kirk in the movie “Star Trek” last year, will play an overzealous terrorist in Martin McDonagh’s “The Lieutenant of Inishmore” at the Mark Taper Forum in downtown Los Angeles.

The show, which will run July 11 to Aug. 8, will be directed by Wilson Milam, who received a Tony Award nomination for his staging of the 2006 Broadway production.

Besides playing a cocky young Kirk in “Star Trek,” Pine’s other screen credits include “Bottle Shock,” “Smokin’ Aces” and the upcoming Tony Scott film “Unstoppable.” Onstage, Pine won acclaim as the eager young press secretary in Beau Willimon’s political drama, “Farragut North,” at the Geffen Playhouse last year.

—Karen Wada

Cancer benefit will return

“Stand Up to Cancer,” a 2008 multichannel TV fundraiser that helped deliver more than $100 million for research, is returning in September.

Leading the charge again is film and TV producer Laura Ziskin (“Spider-Man”), who is executive producer of the show and is undergoing treatment for the disease.

The hourlong “Stand Up to Cancer,” to be simulcast commercial-free by ABC, CBS and NBC and cable networks and hosted by network news anchors Brian Williams, Katie Couric and Diane Sawyer, will air the Friday after Labor Day, Sept. 10.

—Associated Press

‘Troubles’ wins ‘lost’ Booker

A tragicomic historical novel about the relationship between Britain and Ireland won literature’s prestigious Booker Prize on Wednesday, four decades after missing out because of a scheduling quirk.

J.G. Farrell’s “Troubles” was awarded the “lost” Booker Prize for works published in 1970, a year when no prize was handed out. Set in 1919, the novel is about an English army officer ensconced in a crumbling Irish hotel, scarcely aware of the war for independence breaking out around him.

Farrell, who drowned while fishing on the Irish coast in 1979, also won the Booker in 1973 for “The Siege of Krishnapur.”

—Associated Press

Fogerty given BMI award

John Fogerty was given the BMI Icon Award at the performing rights organization’s 58th Pop Awards ceremony Tuesday night at the Beverly Wilshire hotel. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member and former Creedence Clearwater Revival singer and songwriter joins previous career-award recipients, including Paul Simon, Brian Wilson, James Brown, Willie Nelson, Carlos Santana, the Jacksons and Dolly Parton.

Fogerty, 64, played a short set of nearly a dozen songs from the repertoire that earned him the honor, among them “Green River,” “Bad Moon Rising,” “Fortunate Son” and “Proud Mary.”

The other two big awards of the night went to Lady Gaga collaborator RedOne, who was named songwriter of the year, and Taylor Swift, whose “Love Story” was singled out as pop song of the year for receiving more airplay than any other by a member of BMI, which collects and administers publishing royalties for songwriters.

—Randy Lewis

Title, time slot for Kilborn show

Craig Kilborn’s new early evening talk show has a title and will premiere on KTTV-TV Channel 11 and six other stations June 28.

“The Kilborn File” will air at 6:30 p.m. weekdays here and between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. on most of the other Fox-owned stations that will carry it initially. If the show generates some ratings, then 20th Television will look to sell it to other outlets.

Kilborn, who first came to prominence on ESPN’s “Sports Center” before moving to Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” and then CBS’ “Late Late Show,” has been away from the small screen for several years.

—Joe Flint

Salute to classic TV shows

A salute to “Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella,” “My Three Sons,” “Room 222” and entertainment reporter Rona Barrett will highlight the Paley Center for Media’s inaugural salute to classic television, “Paley

Fest Rewind,” at the Beverly Hills venue next month.

The festival will kick off June 15 with the 45th anniversary celebration of “Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella,” which premiered in 1965 and was shown annually for the next 10 years. The show’s star, Lesley Ann Warren, and other cast members are scheduled to attend.

There also will be cast reunions of “Room 222” (June 16), “My Three Sons” (June 19) and “Leave It to Beaver” (June 21).

—Greg Braxton