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With first-class musicians coming all the way from Moscow and world-famous bands bringing in rhythms from Latin America and beyond, this year's January Jazz Fest at Centenary Stage Company has a certain global appeal. Performances will begin January 11th, with a different ensemble each Saturday, filling the Lackland Center with the sounds of jazz that everyone knows and loves.

As memorial events honoring Nelson Mandela take place across South Africa this week, NBC News will continue to provide special coverage of the life and legacy of the man who has been called a towering figure in world history.

Members of Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles (GMCLA) produced a short video parody (below) with a nod to the viral success of retailer Kmart's Joe Boxer holiday ad.

Wells Fargo Center for the Arts rings in the New Year with performances in comedy, cooking, and music in the newly renovated Ruth Finley Person Theater (50 Mark West Springs Road, Santa Rosa). The 2013-2014 season continues with a line-up of renowned comedians, including Colin Quinn's Unconstitutional (January 16), Larry the Cable Guy (January 29) and Kathleen Madigan: Madigan Again (February 15). The star of TV's Restaurant: Impossible will cook up an entertaining evening in Robert Irvine Live! (January 17), while a legend of romance, Engelbert Humperdinck (February 9), and legends of rock, Chicago (February 11), perform just in time for Valentine's Day. Additionally, the 9th season of the Symphony Pops Series continues with Three Phantoms in Concert on February 23.

As Americans reflect on the life and legacy of Nelson Mandela, ABC News will have extensive coverage across all broadcasts and platforms. The former South African President passed away at the age of 95.

On the eve of Nelson Mandela's passing, The Arsenio Hall Show welcomed R&B singer R. Kelly who performed a musical tribute to the departed civil rights icon. Kelly performed “Soldier's Heart,” a song he wrote in tribute to Mandela.

On the eve of Nelson Mandela's passing, The Arsenio Hall Show welcomed R&B singer R. Kelly who performed a musical tribute to the departed civil rights icon. Kelly performed “Soldier's Heart,” a song he wrote in tribute to Mandela.

The sixth annual Hamptons Take 2 Documentary Film Festival will showcase the screenings of 22 documentary films, 'all docs, all day,' for three days on tonight, December 6-8-all at The Bay Street Theatre in Sag Harbor.

Halfway through the 2013-2014 season, and Centenary Stage Company is still bringing a diverse selection of entertainment to Northwest New Jersey. CSC's annual Jazz Fest takes an international spin with one of the world's leading jazz musicians coming in from Moscow, a performance with a Latin flair, and a group fusing together world rhythms and sounds in The Lackland Center. And it all begins with a family show filled with puppetry and music.

Part armchair travel book, part personal memoir, Bill Zarchy's Showdown at Shinagawa: Tales of Filming from Bombay to Brazil takes readers inside the international adventures of working film crews making a living in the fascinating, unpredictable, sometimes dark, often comical world of the film and video business.

Deadline reports that Lionsgate is in early negotiations to back RODHAM, a film about Hillary Clinton's early years, prior to her roles as First Lady, Secretary of State and presidential candidate. No word yet on who will portray Hillary.

The children's book "WILSON AND THE WHITE HOUSE PUPS" by award winning Author/Illustrator Susan Castriota is a 2013 Purple Dragonfly Book Award winning book. It won a second-place award for Historical Fiction. The book, published in 2012, was edited by The WHITE HOUSE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION. Castriota uses Wilson, her real-life adopted dog to inspire young minds to learn about the United States Presidents and White House History.

Former Times journalist, playwright and author of the recently acclaimed novel The Notes of Doctor Newgate, Alan Franks, will premiere his new play A WORLD ELSEWHERE at Battersea's Theatre503. Set in an Oxford College in 1968, where Alan once studied alongside former US President Bill Clinton, A WORLD ELSEWHERE is a searing examination of the world on the brink of yet another war and the institutional politics of one of England's oldest universities. The production is directed by Sally Knyvette, director of Judgement at Nuremberg at the Tricycle Theatre, and will run from Tuesday 21 January 2014.

When author and federal judge Charles A. Shaw sat down to write his memoir, he took inspiration from the African proverb, 'Until lions have their own historians, tales of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.' He says, 'People should record their own stories, otherwise their histories may be lost or inaccurately written by others who do not share the same point of view.'

Below, check out highlights from last week's SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE'S WEEKEND UPDATE with Seth Meyers and Cecily Strong!

Today marks the paperback release of Elton John's national bestseller, Love Is the Cure: On Life, Loss and the End of AIDS, in which he shares his vision for ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic worldwide.

In yesterday's New York Post, Michael Cohl, the producer of Broadway's SPIDER-MAN: TURN OFF THE DARK opened up to Michael Riedel about the recent news that the show will be closing down in January.

SPIDER-MAN Turn Off The Dark, the Broadway spectacular that defied odds and expectations to conquer New York, is moving to Las Vegas, the entertainment capital of the world. After more than three historic years on Broadway, the show play its final performance at the Foxwoods Theatre on January 4, 2014. Additional information on the upcoming Las Vegas production will be announced in the weeks to come. SPIDER-MAN Turn Off The Dark is currently the 16th highest grossing Broadway production of all time, having taken in more than $200 million at the box office. The show has been seen by approximately two million fans, and will have played 1,268 performances by the time it takes its final bow at the Foxwoods Theatre.

“Big Bang Theory” star Mayim Bialik joined Arsenio on the couch last night to chat about her hit show and “Thanksgivingukkah” plans.

Actress Zooey Deschanel stopped in on The Arsenio Hall Show last night and told Arsenio how much she loves her Amish-chic "New Girl" wardrobe. Check out the appearance below!