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'ASSEMBLE' is collection of emerging dance and music makers aged 14-19 from Croydon who have been mentored over the summer by Croydon-based production company, Drum the Bass, and Dance Umbrella, the UK's longest running international contemporary dance festival.

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts Los Angeles (BAFTA Los Angeles) is pleased to announce that writer, director, producer Jordan Peele, whose films Us and Get Out have created a new genre of socially-conscious horror, will receive The John Schlesinger Britannia Award for Excellence in Directing. He joins previously announced honorees Jane Fonda, who will receive the Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award for Excellence in Film Presented by Cunard, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, who will receive the Britannia Award for British Artist of the Year, Jackie Chan, who will receive the Albert R. Broccoli Britannia Award for Worldwide Contribution to Entertainment, and Steve Coogan, who will receive the Charlie Chaplin Britannia Award for Excellence in Comedy Presented by Jaguar Land Rover.

Kristen Stewart will be the recipient of the Zurich Film Festival's prestigious Golden Eye Award. Stewart will be in Zurich with director Benedict Andrews to celebrate her latest film SEBERG in which she plays the title character, Jean Seberg. The film receives its Swiss premiere on Wednesday October 2nd.

Tony Award & Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Robert Schenkkan will return to Broadway with the second of his two exhilarating dramas celebrating Lyndon B. Johnson's legacy: THE GREAT SOCIETY. Get to know the cast below as they begin Broadway performances!

Huaxia Film Distribution Co Ltd (Huaxia Film), a leading film distributor in China, held a grand launch event in Beijing to formally introduce the CINITY brand and CINITY Cinema System, poised to set new standards in advanced format film projection.

Summer at Lincoln Center is a time-honored New York tradition, bringing people from all walks of life together to experience a multitude of music, dance, and drama across the entire campus. Harnessing Mozart's innovative spirit as its inspiration, the Mostly Mozart Festival (July 10a?"August 10) continues this month with groundbreaking, international, and multidisciplinary productions; acclaimed artists of all genres; introductions to emerging creative voices; and the presentation of new works and ideas.

Paramount Pictures has released a new trailer for Gemini Man, starring Will Smith.

The 2019 Outfest Los Angeles LGBTQ Film Festival in partnership with the Taiwan Academy in Los Angeles and the Taiwan Ministry of Culture will host a panel discussion to celebrate Taiwan's legalization of same-sex marriage and to highlight Taiwan's emerging status as a hub for film and TV production.

According to the Daily Mail, talks are underway to transfer the acclaimed stage adaptation of Life of Pi to a West End theatre some time in 2020.

The world premiere of the major new stage adaptation of Yann Martel's Man Booker Prize winning Life of Pi by Lolita Chakrabarti is directed by Max Webster at Sheffield Theatres. The show opens tonight, July 8.

Puppetry designers Nick Barnes and Finn Caldwell discuss the challenges of bringing the animals to life in LIFE OF PI. Watch the video below!

The renowned award-winning composer, arranger, producer and orchestra conductor Jorge Calandrelli has joined Máximo Aguirre Music Publishing, Inc. (MAMP). MAMP will manage the broad library of his work, many of it with iconic artists from the U.S. and around the world.

Aspen Laugh Festival is pleased to present Demetri Martin, on Thursday, September 19 at 7:30PM. A mainstay in modern comedy, Demetri Martin's signature style can best be described as "deadpan with a twist," often playing his guitar or working cartoons and drawings into his hilarious routine. Tickets are $48 ($42 for Wheeler Wins members) and are on sale now at the Wheeler Opera House Box Office (970.920.5770 aspenshowtix.com). The Wheeler Opera House is located at 320 E. Hyman Ave., Aspen, CO.

FX today announced the cast that will star in the pilot for Gone Hollywood. Set in 1980, Gone Hollywood centers on a group of talent agents who defect from an old-guard percentery to found their own, which skyrockets to industry dominance, disrupting the business and changing movies forever. The show will mix its fictional protagonists with real-life entertainment figures and events.

Sheffield Theatres' LIFE OF PI is hard at work in rehearsal, get a peek inside with photos

As the 2019 Summer Shakespeare Festival kicks off, The Old Globe today announced the cast and creative team with As You Like It, the Bard's fabulously charming romantic comedy, whose heroine is one of his most remarkable creations. Director Jessica Stone's recent body of work-including Barefoot in the Park, Ken Ludwig's Robin Hood!, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, and Arms and the Man-has had Globe audiences rolling in the aisles. Her Shakespearean directing debut will run June 16 - July 21, 2019 outdoors under the stars in the Lowell Davies Festival Theatre. Tickets start at $30.00 and are on sale to the general public now. Previews run June 16-21 with opening night on Saturday, June 22, 2019 at 8:00 p.m.

International award-winning actor and comedian, Chris Tucker, will return to Mohegan Sun Arena with a hilarious new stand-up routine on Saturday, August 10th at 8:00pm.

To Kill A Mockingbird, Aaron Sorkin's new play, directed by Bartlett Sher, and based on Harper Lee's classic novel, will launch its coast-to-coast National Tour in August 2020 at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in the heart of the nation's capital. The tour will be on the road for over two years. According to the Hollywood Reporter, stage and screen star Richard Thomas will lead the production as Atticus Finch.

BRIC, the leading presenter of free cultural programming in Brooklyn, is pleased to announce the lineup and sponsors for its 41st annual BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival. With 29 performances (June 4 - August 10), the Festival launches a new season for the pioneering NYC arts-and-media organization. With new leadership at the institution's helm, BRIC is recommitting itself to presenting programming that is reflective of Brooklyn's eclecticism and diversity, and this season will feature a wide array of free, world-class performances at the beautiful Prospect Park Bandshell. 

Ben Platt stopped by TODAY to perform the song 'older' off of his solo album, 'Sing To Me Instead' which was released today! Before the performance, Platt talked with Hoda Kotb about how he warms up his vocals with hand warmers!