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CBS News' FACE THE NATION posted double-digit year-to-year percentage growth in viewers and adults 25-54, delivering 3.54m viewers (up +14%, from 3.10m) and 0.8/04 (up +33%, from 0.6/03)

Mixing legendary blues with political commentary, ballet with myth busting genius and big recognizable names with big - less mainstream, but just as brilliant - names… the 20th Season of Park City Institute's brand of performance has arrived. In keeping with its mission to entertain, educate and illuminate, PCI delivers a line-up of world-renowned musicians, actors, dancers, authors, thinkers and doers. There are throwbacks to The Eccles Center's grand opening first season. There are Grammy winners and acclaimed traditional entertainers. And there are pioneers, who would never have fit into the performing arts mold of yesterday.

92nd Street Y brings its famous programs out on to Lexington Avenue for New Yorkers of all ages to enjoy at the Annual 92Y Street Fest.

The Chicago Humanities Festival is moving full speed ahead towards the 27th annual Fallfest, releasing its full line-up of events. Fallfest/16: Speed will feature more than 100 events by prominent artists, authors, historians, scientists, and cultural commentators including Dan Savage, Maureen Dowd, Trevor Noah, and Jonathan Lethem.

'LIPSHTICK - The Perfect Shade of Stand Up' continues to heat up the Las Vegas entertainment scene with the hottest names in comedy. The series will continue to bring fresh talent and returning favorites to the stage at The Venetian and The Palazzo Las Vegas. Tickets are on sale for all performances through August 2016.

Meryl Streep revealed news that columnist Maureen Dowd is currently working on an expose for The New York Times Magazine on gender discrimination.

There will be a memorial celebrating the life of Arthur Gelb, the legendary editor of The New York Times, today, September 9 at 1:30pm. The free event, which is open to the public, will be held at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre (230 West 49th Street between 7th & 8th Avenues).

There will be a memorial celebrating the life of Arthur Gelb, the legendary editor of The New York Times, on Tuesday, September 9 at 1:30pm. The free event, which is open to the public, will be held at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre (230 West 49th Street between 7th & 8th Avenues).

According to The New York Times, Arthur Gelb, who acted as a critic, chief cultural correspondent, metropolitan editor, deputy managing editor and managing editor for the publication, died today, May 20, 2014. He was 90.

iUniverse, an Author Solutions, LLC, imprint and a leading supported self-publishing provider, announced Wednesday that foreign publishing rights to 'My Mother's Secret' have been sold after being acquired and republished by G.P. Putnam's Sons, one of the world's leading trade imprints.

Bette Midler, currently in rehearsals for her return to Broadway in I'LL EAT YOU LAST: A CHAT WITH SUE MENGERS, is featured in the latest issue of Vanity Fair, on stands now. Check out her spread in the magazine below!

MSNBC will present continuing coverage of The Second Inauguration of Barack Obama from Sunday, January 20 through Tuesday, January 22.

THIRTEEN's American Masters presents the first film biography of media mogul David Geffen. The Emmy-winning filmmaker Susan Lacy's new documentary features candid interviews with Geffen, Cher, Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg, Elton John, Don Henley, Neil Young, Jackson Browne, Nora Ephron, Mike Nichols, Clive Davis, Irving Azo

David Geffen's far-reaching influence - as agent, manager, record industry mogul, Hollywood and Broadway producer, and philanthropist - has helped shape American popular culture for the past four decades. Notoriously press and camera-shy, Geffen reveals himself for the first time in the new two-hour documentary American Masters Inventing David Geffen, premiering nationally Tuesday, November 20, 2012 at 8 p.m. (ET) on PBS (check local listings). Two-time Emmy®-winning filmmaker, American Masters creator and executive producer Susan Lacy paints an unflinching portrait of Geffen, who narrates his unorthodox rise from working class Brooklyn boy to billionaire entertainment power broker in extensive interviews.

THIRTEEN's American Masters presents the first film biography of media mogul David Geffen. The Emmy-winning filmmaker Susan Lacy's new documentary features candid interviews with Geffen, Cher, Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg, Elton John, Don Henley, Neil Young, Jackson Browne, Nora Ephron, Mike Nichols, Clive Davis, Irving Azo

David Geffen's far-reaching influence - as agent, manager, record industry mogul, Hollywood and Broadway producer, and philanthropist - has helped shape American popular culture for the past four decades.

Mandy Patinkin will narrate PBS's AMERICAN MASTERS JOFFREY BALLET on Friday December 28th at 9pm. The special will cover the story of the first quintessentially American dance company founded by Robert Joffrey and Gerald Arpino, who pioneered a new dance philosophy.