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SHARK WEEK, television's longest-running, and most anticipated summer event will swim onto screens for a special weekend marathon featuring a line-up of fan-favorite episodes.

The Lumineers have released the music video for 'Gloria,' their first single from their upcoming full-length album III, out Sept 13th on Dualtone (an Entertainment One Company) in the U.S. and Canada, and Decca Records for the rest of the world. The new album is a cinematic narrative told in three chapters, with the songs from each chapter focusing on one primary character out of three generations of the fictional Sparks family.

MGM Television, Eagle Pictures and Barbary Films have started production in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on a 10-part television series event for premium cable network EPIX, an MGM company, based on the bestselling European novel by Joël Dicker, THE TRUTH ABOUT THE HARRY QUEBERT AFFAIR, which has sold more than two million books worldwide and was translated into more than 25 languages.

Hulu and MGM have expanded their streaming video on demand (SVOD) relationship, the two companies announced today.

With the complete Live+7 data now in, Fargo, one of TV's most critically-acclaimed programs has also become the most time-shifted premiere of any drama or miniseries in FX history,

FX's new 10-part limited series and critical juggernaut Fargo received a warm reception among viewers, drawing 4.15 million total viewers and 1.79 million Adults 18-49 for its first installment, a very strong initial number which will amount to only a small fraction of its final tally once time-shifted viewing arrives.

Focus Features announced today that KILL THE MESSENGER, starring Jeremy Renner (Marvel's The Avengers, The Bourne Legacy), will be released on October 10, 2014 in limited theaters

This February, FOX dominates with massive television events, huge guest stars and all-new episodes, including the year's biggest, boldest and coldest night of television, SUPER BOWL XLVIII

FX has announced that it will debut its limited series FARGO, based upon the Coen Brothers' hit 1996 film, on Tuesday, April 16 at 10 p.m. The news was announced at today's TCA event, according to Deadline.

Bob Odenkirk, Oliver Platt, Kate Walsh and Glenn Howerton are among the stars joining Billy Bob Thornton, Martin Freeman and Colin Hanks in the FX limited series Fargo

TVGuide.com reports that Kate Walsh has signed on the the cast of FX's upcoming series FARGO.

Variety reports that Josh Close (The Master) has signed on for KILL THE MESSENGER, directed by Michael Cuesta for Focus Features. Close joins previously announced stars Jeremy Renner, Rosemarie DeWitt and Paz Vega.

The thriller REPLICAS, directed by Jeremy Power Regimbal and written by Josh Close, will make its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on Saturday, April 21st at 8:30pm. Following a tragic incident, the Hughes escape their busy upscale suburban life in order to spend some quality family time at their isolated country home. An evening with friendly neighbors is suddenly interrupted when one man's obsession with perfection escalates into a violent struggle, forcing all to go beyond anything they ever thought they were capable of, in order to survive. Starring Selma Blair, Joshua Close, James D'Arcy, and Rachel Miner.

The Tribeca Film Festival has unveiled films screening in its Spotlight and genre-centered Cinemania section as well as Special Screenings and its Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival lineup.

The thriller REPLICAS, directed by Jeremy Power Regimbal and written by Josh Close, will make its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on Saturday, April 21st at 8:30pm. Following a tragic incident, the Hughes escape their busy upscale suburban life in order to spend some quality family time at their isolated country home. An evening with friendly neighbors is suddenly interrupted when one man's obsession with perfection escalates into a violent struggle, forcing all to go beyond anything they ever thought they were capable of, in order to survive. Starring Selma Blair, Joshua Close, James D'Arcy, and Rachel Miner.

A strikingly original black comedy by Academy Award-winning, Olivier Award-winning and Tony Award-nominated playwright Martin McDonagh, 'The Lieutenant of Inishmore' is set in 1993 on a rocky island in County Galway.