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Pace University's Lubin School of Business has launched a new Arts and Entertainment Management (AEM) concentration that addresses the growing interest of business students in the management side of industries within the broad range of the arts/entertainment field. Management majors concentrating in Arts and Entertainment Management earn a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree that prepares them for careers in theater companies, museums, dance companies, art galleries, talent representation and management companies, and television production firms, as well as in related support services.

Minneapolis-based private investment firm EBF & Associates and Kevin Frakes' PalmStar Media Capital announced today the formation of Merced Media Partners, a strategic partnership that is targeting investments in approximately 15 films per year.

Jane Levy, Hayden Panettiere, James Van Der Beek, Damon Wayans Jr., Aziz Ansari, Kat Dennings and Matthew Perry, along with Primetime Emmy® Award winners Kathy Bates and Jimmy Fallon and nominees Steve Buscemi, Stephen Colbert and Seth MacFarlane, have been announced as the final presenters for "The 64th Primetime Emmy® Awards." The telecast will air live coast to coast SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 (8:00-11:00 p.m., ET /5:00-8:00 p.m., PT), on the ABC Television Network from the NOKIA Theater L.A. LIVE in Los Angeles.

Experience a powerful performance of composer Gustav Holst's The Planets paired with a high-definition film from NASA's latest exploration of the solar system. On a giant screen over the stage you'll see the latest stunning images from the Mars Rovers and past probe missions Magellan, Voyager, and Galileo, as the UT Wind Ensemble and Women of the UT Chamber Singers and Concert Chorale perform Holst's glorious musical score.

Primetime Emmy Award nominees Giancarlo Esposito, Michael J. Fox, Jon Hamm, Julianna Margulies and Julianne Moore, along with Andre Braugher, Connie Britton, Ron Howard, Lucy Liu and Keifer Sutherland, have been announced as additional presenters for 'The 64th Primetime Emmy(R) Awards.'

FX Productions has entered into an agreement with Paul Giamatti, Dan Carey and their production company, Touchy Feely Films, for a first-look production deal with FXP, announced Eric Schrier, Executive Vice President of FX Productions and Head of Series Development for FX.

Actor, writer and producer William 'Billy' Baldwin ('Gossip Girl,' 'Parenthood') will suit up as a firefighter once more in the romantic drama BE MY VALENTINE it was announced today by Michelle Vicary, Executive Vice President, Programming, Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movie Channel.

Leslie Iwerks Productions and Hearst Corporation announced that one of the great media success stories -- the compelling and dramatic story of the rise of one of America's best known companies -- will be told in a new full-feature documentary.

What are the greatest television shows of all time? Who are our favorite TV mom and dad? Who is our favorite television host of all time? It's America's turn to decide, as a collaboration between ABC News and PEOPLE Magazine gave TV fans the opportunity to vote online at www.bestintelevision.com for their favorites of all time. With more than one million votes cast, the results will be revealed during an unprecedented two-hour broadcast, a special edition of '20/20', 'Best in TV: The Greatest TV Shows of Our Time with Barbara Walters,' airing TONIGHT, SEPTEMBER 18 (9:00-11:00 p.m., ET) on ABC, in conjunction with ABC's broadcast of the Emmy Awards.

What are the greatest television shows of all time? Who are our favorite TV mom and dad? Who is our favorite television host of all time? It's America's turn to decide, as a collaboration between ABC News and PEOPLE Magazine gave TV fans the opportunity to vote online at www.bestintelevision.com for their favorites of all time. With more than one million votes cast, the results will be revealed during an unprecedented two-hour broadcast, a special edition of '20/20', 'Best in TV: The Greatest TV Shows of Our Time with Barbara Walters,' airing TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 (9:00-11:00 p.m., ET) on ABC, in conjunction with ABC's broadcast of the Emmy Awards.

Leslie Iwerks Productions and Hearst Corporation announced today that one of the great media success stories -- the compelling and dramatic story of the rise of one of America's best known companies - will be told in a new full-feature documentary

According to The Hollywood Reporter, 'American Idol' alum Paul McDonald will premiere his new song and make his small screen acting debut on the the NBC comedy PARENTHOOD tonight. McDonald, who appeared on the 10th season of American Idol, will debut the single 'Counting Stars' from his upcoming album.

Feinstein's at Loews Regency will continue its Fall 2012 season with the return of singer and television star Linda Purl, in her new show "Midnight Caravan: Travels through the Great New York Clubs." Recapturing the glamour of New York's swank hotspots like The Copacabana and The Blue Angel, Purl invokes the smoky, after-hours world of the 1940s and 50s. With musical direction by Tedd Firth, "Midnight Caravan" includes songs such as "Easy Living," "I Thought About You," and "My Romance," to name just a few.

According to TV Guide, Liza Minnelli has started filming in LA for Netflix's revival of the hit FOX show Arrested Development.

When The Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre's fall production of the classic Broadway musical The Music Man opens tonight, September 7th, it will bring together a cast of old friends and new faces. The Music Man boasts the largest cast Way Off Broadway has ever had on its stage for a single production - half of which are making their Way Off Broadway debut!

The 60th edition of the San Sebastian Festival will this year bestow its Donostia Awards on actors John Travolta, Ewan McGregor and Tommy Lee Jones and the Special 60th Anniversary Donostia Award going to director Oliver Stone. In 1969, Jones made his Broadway debut in John Osborne's A Patriot for Me. His other Broadway appearances include Four on a Garden and Ulysses in Nighttown.

Big Noise Theatre Company will open its 2012-13 season with the engaging rock-opera JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, opening September 28th and playing weekends through October 21, 2012. Performances will be held at Prairie Lakes Theatre in Des Plaines, IL. The production is directed by Stacey Flaster, and Robert Deason returns to Big Noise as the show's music director.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Henry Winkler, set to star in the upcoming Broadway production The Performers, will return as the Bluth family's lawyer for Arrested Development's season four on Netflix.

THREE BLIND SAINTS, the family-friendly comedy about three childhood friends scheming to make it big, announced today that it has signed a deal with FilmWorks Entertainment Inc. for worldwide distribution. The U.S. release is set just in time for Thanksgiving and the film will be available on DVD, digital and video-on-demand Nov. 20, 2012. International sales efforts will begin this October at the MIPCOM market, which is held in Cannes, France, Oct. 8-11, 2012.

THREE BLIND SAINTS, the family-friendly comedy about three childhood friends scheming to make it big, announced today that it has signed a deal with FilmWorks Entertainment Inc. for worldwide distribution.