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On November 20th, Hip Hop artist VIBE GOD will release his new “mini album” Internet Candy, a body of music that chronicles his story as an artist and human being moving from dark to light. A year ago, Vibe God was struggling, living in a hostile and dangerous environment in Houston, worrying about his family, loved ones and himself. Nothing was going right for the artist and he decided to move out of the city to regroup.

Veteran entertainer Eddie Griffin is back for his third SHOWTIME comedy special, EDDIE GRIFFIN: E-NIGGMA, premiering on Friday, December 6 at 11 p.m. ET/PT. The hour-long special is filmed at the restored, historic landmark Sahara Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, home to many iconic performers including Sammy Davis Jr., Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Peter Lawford and Lena Horne. Griffin's unapologetic storytelling canvasses his 30-plus year comedy career and offers an intimate glimpse into the 10th year of his nightly Las Vegas residency, The Eddie Griffin Experience. Through his quick wit and a fiery rhetoric, Griffin flexes his perspective on a number of personal family situations and real-world issues while teaching sociopolitical and hypothetical history lessons along the way.

Vevo announces the release of King Princess' live performances of “If You Think It's Love” and “Hit The Back.” American singer/songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist King Princess delivers her soulful vocals over warm, atmospheric synth production inspired by influences like Perfume Genius, Nick Cave, Beyoncé and Dolly Parton.

The Town Hall today announced the inaugural Lena Horne Prize for Artists Creating Social Impact, the first major entertainment award to be named after a woman of color, honoring excellence at the intersection of arts and activism. The award, named after the celebrated actress, singer and activist Lena Horne, will recognize today's leading artists that are using their platform to promote awareness and create social change, and will be presented to the soon-to-be-announced recipient at an event at The Town Hall, a national historic landmark, in February 2020. The recipient of the Lena Horne Prize was selected by an advisory board that includes Lena Horne's daughter Gail Lumet Buckley, as well as an esteemed list of entertainers and philanthropists including Harry Belafonte, Billy Porter, Judy Collins, Deesha Dyer, Roxane Gay, Bob Santelli, Bruce Cohen, Jose Antonio Vargas, and more. The recipient will receive a $100,000 donation to be directed to a charity of their choice.

Today on 'Live with Kelly and Ryan,' Idina Menzel shared that she is her son's favorite singer (but he won't admit that to her face) and discusses her new holiday album.

As we near the end of another decade and the world once again becomes blanketed in layers of holiday nostalgia and pumpkin spice, we invite you take a musical journey down memory lane with the brand new Apple Music Replay. Beginning right now, Apple Music subscribers can relive the highs, lows and in-betweens of 2019 with the songs, artists, and albums that soundtracked and defined their year. Additionally, with Apple Music Replay we create a playlist with your top songs for 2019-AAAAAND one for every year that you have been an Apple Music subscriber. You can also save these to your library and share them with your friends. Apple Music Replay was built to celebrate your favorite music from our growing catalog of over 60M songs. 

On Tuesday, The Hollywood Reporter announced the entire cast of 'The Days of Our Lives' - the longest-running entertainment show in NBC's history - were released from their contracts.

On Tuesday, People Magazine named John Legend as this year's Sexiest Man Alive.

SAG-AFTRA's highest honor, the SAG Life Achievement Award for career achievement and humanitarian accomplishment, will be given to Robert De Niro at the upcoming Screen Actors Guild Awards on Jan. 19.

According to Deadline, Auliʻi Cravalho will co-star opposite Leslie Mann in Amazon's new television adaptation of Naomi Alderman's feminist sci-fi book 'The Power.'

Armin van Buuren is set to deliver a very special new live experience, 'This Is Me', his most personal and intimate show yet, at the iconic Ziggo Dome venue in his 'hometown' Amsterdam on Ascension Day, Thursday 21 May and Friday 22 May 2020. 

Jonah Hauer-King has been cast as Prince Eric in Disney's live-action remake of 'The Little Mermaid,' according to Variety.

Scholastic Entertainment is unleashing the highly-anticipated reboot on Amazon Prime Video on Dec 6 and PBS KIDS on Dec 7! The NEW Clifford The Big Red Dog will take today's preschoolers and their families on larger-than-life adventures filled with a BIG dose of humor and timely life lessons that reinforce the importance of kindness and empathy, while helping to boost early literacy skills and encourage imagination-fueled play.

“GUEST ARTIST”, a new film written by and starring Michigan's own Jeff Daniels and directed by Timothy Busfield will be presented at Ann Arbor's Michigan Theater on Friday, November 29, 2019. Preceded by a reception at 6:00 pm for VIP ticket holders, the screening will begin at 7:30 pm. Following the screening, there will be a talkback with director, Timothy Busfield, producer, Melissa Gilbert, as well as the stars of the film, Jeff Daniels and Thomas Macias. All proceeds from the film screening with go to fund The Purple Rose Theatre's 29th season of plays.

An unscripted 'Friends' reunion special featuring the original cast members and series creators is in the works at HBO Max, according to a Hollywood Reporter exclusive. 

BLUEBIRD, a new documentary hitting theaters on November 15th from Cleopatra Entertainment, has released it's first trailer and poster. Directed by Brian A. Loschiavo, this film tells the origin stories of megastars like Taylor Swift, Kacey Musgraves, and Garth Brooks while following emerging singer-songwriters as they chase their dreams inside The Bluebird Cafe, Nashville's accidental landmark that has altered the course of music history.

Musicians On Call (MOC), a nonprofit that brings live and recorded music to the bedsides of patients in healthcare facilities, is celebrating 20 years of delivering the healing power of music with a star-studded night in the city where it all began – New York! MOC's 20th Anniversary Celebration Presented by Citi will be held on Tuesday, November 19th at Edison Ballroom and will feature performances by multi-platinum singer/songwriter Gavin DeGraw and singer/songwriter and star of TV's NASHVILLE Charles Esten. Throughout the event the organization will recognize its many milestones from the past two decades and will present Lifetime Achievement Awards to MOC Co-Founders Michael Solomon and Vivek J. Tiwary. 

The Samantha Fish Cigar Box Guitar Festival – New Orleans 2020 will take place over four days (Wednesday, January 15 through Saturday, January 18) in two of the city's best live music venues:  New Orleans' top Americana club, Chickie Wah Wah (2828 Canal St. 504-304-4714), which will host the Festival on Wednesday, January 15 and Thursday, January 16 (7:00pm-10:30pm each night);  and The Howlin' Wolf (907 S Peters St. 504-529-5844), which will host afternoon and evening shows on Friday, January 17 and Saturday, January 18 (2:00 pm-11:00 pm each evening). 

The new music video from rising Los Angeles-based multi-instrumentalist, Hether, for 'When U Loved Me' that premiered via Flaunt this afternoon. The video was shot in and around Los Angeles area and was directed by Alex Lill (Sampha, Phoebe Bridgers). 

Mortimer's new EP Fight The Fight is the highly anticipated release featuring the up-and-coming roots star working closely  with GRAMMY-nominated producer Winta James. Following very notable guest appearances on the last two Protoje albums, including the GRAMMY-nominated A Matter Of Time, Mortimer is set to reveal the most powerful sides of his musical personality with this stellar 6-track project, set for November 15 release via Easy Star Records. (This will be a digital release, followed by a CD and vinyl version in early January.) Fight The Fight features live musicianship, top notch production, and emotive lyricism that combine to create a fresh sound, breathing new life into soulful roots reggae. The EP glides from hard-hitting drum and bass to seductive lovers rock, to spiritually conscious soul-reggae, as Mortimer's haunting, melismatic, honey-sweet vocals narrate his deeply personal stories with touching vulnerability and openness.