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BBC Two has commissioned a four-part documentary series which will give viewers an insight into how the last, transformative, decade has unfolded in Silicon Valley.

The  Audience Choice Awards of the 33rd ISRAEL FILM FESTIVAL in Los Angeles, the largest showcase of Israeli films in the United States, presented in a tie vote both Incitement, directed by Yaron Zilberman, Israel's Official Selection to the 2019 Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film and Forgiveness, directed by Guy Amir and Hanan Savyon, with the Audience Choice Award for Best Feature Film and Picture of his Life directed by Yonatan Nir and Dani Menkin with the Audience Choice Award for Best Documentary Film at the November 26th Closing Ceremony. For the first time, the winning filmmakers received a combined value of $190,000 in post-production services for their next film, the largest amount ever awarded by the Festival, courtesy of sponsor partners DCR Finance Corp, Los Angeles and Go Media Productions, Atlanta, Georgia, and OPUS Post Production, Tel Aviv, announced Meir Fenigstein, founder and executive director of the Festival.

For the week ending Friday, Nov. 22 (week 9 of the 2019-2020 broadcast season), in live plus 3 Day lift, THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT beat its closest competition (“The Tonight Show”) by +77% in viewers (3.60m versus 2.03m). In viewers, THE LATE SHOW has won every first-run week this season. THE LATE SHOW also beat “Tonight” in both adults 25-54 ratings (0.7 vs. 0.6) and adults 18-49 viewership (580K vs. 485K).

The 28 quarterfinalists have been announced for the 27th annual American Traditions Vocal Competition (ATC), which is slated to run Feb. 17-21, 2020. The 28 talented vocalists, selected from over 100 applicants, will be competing for $40,000 in prizes, plus special performance opportunities with ATC's partner organizations, Savannah Philharmonic and Savannah VOICE Festival.

Black Friday just got a whole lot better!  X will be releasing newly recorded music - a 7” featuring “Delta 88 Nightmare” and “Cyrano de Berger's Back” will be released on November 29, 2019 via Fat Possum.  

MelodyVR, the leading virtual reality music platform, has announced the Thanksgiving release of fantastic performances from The Head and the Heart, Zedd, Young Thug and Trippie Redd. All exclusively available in immersive 360° virtual reality via the MelodyVR app for smartphone or Oculus VR headset, these shows will be released on Thursday, November 28 via smartphones and VR headset. The MelodyVR app can be downloaded at on.melodyvr.com/App.

With the release of their enigmatically titled upcoming album 'When We Return', multi-talented, world renowned artist and performer Simrit and her powerhouse band are primed for the next phase of their career, fully engaged once again in sharing their epic cinematic blend of hypnotic grooves and transcendent mystical energies.

Alternative rock darlings Ashland have shared an infectious new single, 'OMG,' streaming now exclusively on Substream Magazine. The song comes from the band's highly anticipated new album, Over The Moon, out December 13th, 2019 via Rise Records. Pre-orders are available now at ashland.merchnow.com.

Country music entertainer, TV host and Army veteran Craig Morgan returned to Korea for a special Thanksgiving week visit to our troops serving overseas. Craig, joined by CMT's Cody Alan and members of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders squad, brought a taste of home to our military men and women during the visit to Camp Humphreys, South Korea. The visit will be highlighted in a special episode of CMT's “Hot 20 Countdown,” airing at 9am ET/8am CT on Saturday, December 14 and Sunday, December 15 and again on Saturday, December 28 and Saturday, December 29.

Gorillaz' brand new feature documentary film titled GORILLAZ: REJECT FALSE ICONS, directed by Denholm Hewlett, will premiere in cinemas for one night only on December 16th, shown in 27 countries and 600+ cinemas around the world, get your tickets now at rejectfalseicons.com.  

Riptide Music Festival took Fort Lauderdale beach by storm over the weekend of November 23 and 24. Riptide proved its fourth year in Broward County was bigger and better than before, with headliners such as The Killers, The 1975, and Jimmy Eat World.

After a much talked about debut in 2019, London's tasteful Cross The Tracks Festival is back and better than ever in 2020 with an all encompassing day of the finest jazz, funk and soul as well as delicious street food, carefully brewed craft beer, thought provoking talks, immersive workshops and plenty more on Sunday June 7th at Brixton's beautiful Brockwell Park. The first names to be announced include Sister Sledge, Tinariwen, Gilles Peterson, Norman Jay MBE, Nu Guinea (Full Live Band), Channel One, Shabaka & The Ancestors, Soul II Soul's Jazzie B, Shy One, Tash LC, Jaz Karis, Pip Millet, Ashley Henry, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, Chris Dave & The Drumhedz, Theon Cross, Jamz Supernova, Lynda Dawn, and Aaron Taylor.

Returning to Revealed Recordings with a hero's welcome after the success of the appropriately titled 'Young & Invincible' with Kura, 24-year-old Dutch wunderkind Jimmy Clash this time joins forces with South Korea's progressive prodigy Vanto, on what will be their second collaboration on the label following 'Golden Skies' last year. The track is titled 'Forever' and gives a voice to up and coming Swedish Songstress Maria Mathea who performs vocals.

Rufus Wainwright is set to release an A/B side 7' EP, Come A Little Bit Closer, on November 29, Record Store Day Black Friday. The limited edition EP arrives ahead of Wainwright's forthcoming 2020 album via BMG, and consists of two live performances of Neil Young's 'Harvest Moon' and Arcade Fire's 'Crown of Love.' Come A Little Bit Closer will be available exclusively at participating RSD Black Friday record stores, found here.

Smoke Fairies just played a sell-out single launch at The Social in association with Rough Trade to celebrate the release of a limited edition 7”. The show and single sold out three weeks prior to release and landed at #3 in the UK Vinyl Singles chart, surrounded by Coldplay, Queen and Kate Bush. They will play additional UK dates (below) in February just after the release of Darkness Brings The Wonders Home.  The ladies will also appear on John Kennedy Radio X with an interview and live session on January 28th.

CUNNINGHAM, a 3D cinematic experience about legendary American choreographer Merce Cunningham is set to be released in cinemas across the UK and Ireland from 13 March 2020, following the Merce Cunningham centenary this year.

Rally the realm on December 3rd as HBO releases Season 8 and the complete collection of all eight epic seasons of one of the most talked about programs in TV history; Game of Thrones®. The epic final run of the television phenomenon will be released on Blu-ray and DVD, including special bonus features including 'Game of Thrones: The Last Watch', a documentary in two parts by filmmaker Jeanie Finlay chronicling the making of the final season. 

Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame inductee and Journey band member Jonathan Cain is tapped by ABC Audio to host its Rock & Reelz Thanksgiving weekend special. During the three-hour radio program, Cain takes a look back at some of the greatest rock songs from popular films such as 'Goodfellas,' 'Easy Rider,' 'Bohemian Rhapsody' and more. The special features Led Zeppelin, Elton John, Aerosmith, Bob Seger, Pat Benatar, Blondie and Journey, as well as Cain's solo Christmas single “Wonder of Wonders” that is garnering significant radio airplay this holiday season.

Internationally acclaimed vocalist Nicole Henry returns to Miami Beach's Colony Theatre for her seventh annual winter concert at 8 p.m. Dec. 14.

Actress Olivia Rodrigo makes her songwriting debut with 'All I Want,' a song showcased in the episode of 'High School Musical: The Musical: The Series' premiering Friday, November 29 on Disney+. In the episode 'Blocking,' 16-year old Rodrigo performs the piano ballad as her character, Nini Salazar-Roberts. She recorded it live on the set during filming.