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Celebrity Series of Boston will present Newport Jazz Festival: NOW 60, on Thursday, February 13, 2014, at 8pm at Berklee Performance Center, 136 Massachusetts Avenue Boston. Sponsored by Donna and Mike Egan. Media partner is Boston Public Radio 89.7 WGBH.

Deadline reported yesterday that President Obama's administration has finally released a statement regarding a petition signed by more than 105,000 individuals requesting the White House cancel ABC's JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE. The petition concerned an October segment in which a child joked about killing Chinese people to help erase the current U.S. debt.

Former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates says his new book about his time in Washington working for both President George W. Bush and Barack Obama was written as a “non-partisan” account of where the country stands today.

Former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates says his new book about his time in Washington working for both President George W. Bush and Barack Obama was written as a “non-partisan” account of where the country stands today.

Broadway star N'Kenge (Motown) is performing with the Naples Philharmonic, now through January 11, 2014.

The Artist of the Month campaign coincides with the [official] opening of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical on January 12, 2014, at Broadway's Stephen Sondheim Theatre. (The show has been in previews since November 2013.)

Tennis legend Billie Jean King appeared on this morning's TODAY on NBC and said she doesn't need to make a statement against Russia's anti-gay laws when she heads to the Sochi Olympic Games next month.

In an exclusive interview with 'Today,' tennis legend Billie Jean King will be live in studio for her first interview since President Obama selected her to officially represent the United Sates as a delegate at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games. King's interview will air live on NBC's TODAY, January 9.

Former White House Chief of Staff to President Obama and CBS News Contributor Bill Daley said that Secretary Robert Gates' decision to release his new book while the Obama Administration is still ongoing is “a disservice.'

In an exclusive interview with 'Today,' tennis legend Billie Jean King will be live in studio for her first interview since President Obama selected her to officially represent the United Sates as a delegate at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games. King's interview will air live on NBC's TODAY on Thursday, January 9.

This June, Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival will host the final farewell performances of Trey McIntyre Project as a full-time dance company. Following its six-show engagement in the Ted Shawn Theatre, June 25-29, the company will broaden its focus to include other new artistic projects.

Blue Note Entertainment Group has announced its first-annual NEW YORK BRASS AND HERITAGE FESTIVAL, a celebration of New Orleans music and culture today, January 7-12, 2014.

Dr. Robert Jeffress, senior pastor of the 11,000-member First Baptist Church of Dallas, Texas, has received more national media exposure than any other pastor in the past year. His newest book, Perfect Ending (Worthy Publishing, January 2014), focuses on understanding the often-confusing topic of Bible prophecy and explains how Christians can recognize prophetic events that may be taking place in our worldand America's governmenttoday.

According to The Huffington Post, former football star and movie actor O.J. Simpson has been diagnosed with life-threatening brain cancer and has asked President Obama to allow him to leave prison for treatment.

Following the record-breaking attendance of Festival 2013, Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival announces the 2014 Festival schedule. Jacob's Pillow is a National Historic Landmark, home to America's longest-running dance festival, and a recipient of the National Medal of Arts. Noted dance writer Jennifer Dunning has called the Pillow "the dance center of the nation, possibly the world."

On Monday, January 6, 2014, NBC's “Today” goes on-board Marine One, and is given rare access inside President Obama's helicopter. Last year alone, the President made 137 trips on Marine One both across the country and around the world. “Today” goes on-board a flight, an opportunity that only U.S. Presidents and an elite few have ever experienced. NBC News White House Correspondent Peter Alexander meets the select team responsible for flying the most powerful man in the world, and learns what it means to have this top responsibility.

Country music superstar Garth Brooks will appear in a rebroadcast of GARTH BROOKS, LIVE FROM LAS VEGAS, tonight, Dec. 27 (9:00 – 11:01 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

Country music superstar Garth Brooks will appear in a rebroadcast of GARTH BROOKS, LIVE FROM LAS VEGAS, Friday, Dec. 27 (9:00 – 11:01 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

Jacob's Pillow Dance, home to the longest-running international dance festival in the U.S., is accepting applications for its 2014 Summer Intern Program. 33 interns from around the world are selected, following a competitive application review and interview process, to help produce the field's most comprehensive and engaging festival of dance.

According to Deadline, the network has given a pilot order to HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER, described as a 'sexy, suspense-drive legal thriller.' Rhimes, whose series GREY'S ANATOMY and SCANDAL continue on at ABC, will produce alongside Betsy Beers.