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National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Jane Chu has approved more than $80 million in grants as part of the NEA's second major funding announcement for fiscal year 2018.  Included in this announcement is an Art Works grant of $40,000 to the Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts, to support an increase in interactive activities that engage Detroit audiences with performers from each of Music Hall's four programmatic Series: Family Theatre, which engages children and families with staged versions of classic stories; World Cultures, which represents and reaches out to our region's culturally diverse population; Contemporary Dance, which connects our region with new work from the forefront of the field; and Music -- which speaks for itself. These series reflect Music Hall's unusually broad spectrum of audiences, including Metro Detroit's richly diverse cultural groups and with a particular focus on access for students and families from disadvantaged backgrounds.

The adventure fantasy VIKING DESTINY has been acquired by Saban Films for North American distribution from Film Mode Entertainment. This marks the latest in a batch of global sales for the highly-anticipated feature film.

 Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI®), the global leader in music rights management, held its 34th annual Film, TV & Visual Media Awards last night at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. The private ceremony was hosted by Vice President Creative - Film, TV & Visual Media, Doreen Ringer-Ross and BMI President and CEO Mike O'Neill, who honored prolific composer John Williams with the John Williams Award for his incomparable status as one of the greatest film and television composers of our time.

On July 13, 2018, Eagle Rock Entertainment will release From The Vault: No Security - San Jose 1999, the latest in the acclaimed and collectable From The Vault series. Mining the previously unreleased treasures of the band's archive, this is a simultaneous release on DVD, Blu-ray, DVD + 2CD, 3LPand digital.

Since 2010, thousands of Long Islander's have flocked to Long Beach's Kennedy Plaza to enjoy sensational art, music, and cultural programming. Arts In The Plaza will once again be been inspiring those of all ages running through Oct 27th at Kennedy Plaza - 1 W Chester St, Long Beach, NY 11561

Jane Pauley anchors “A Sunday Morning in London,” a special edition of CBS SUNDAYMORNING to be broadcast Sunday, May 13 (9:00 AM ET) on the CBS Television Network. Anchored from London, the broadcast will explore the history, the people, the places and the culture of the region that will be the focus of the upcoming wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.

Jennifer Garner told Ellen she had mother's intuition when it came to her first child - she knew she was pregnant despite the fact that a pregnancy test and a doctor told her she wasn't!

From the outer reaches of space to the small-town streets of suburbia, the hunt comes home in Shane Black's explosive reinvention of the Predator series. Now, the universe's most lethal hunters are stronger, smarter and deadlier than ever before, having genetically upgraded themselves with DNA from other species. When a young boy accidentally triggers their return to Earth, only a ragtag crew of ex-soldiers and a disgruntled science teacher can prevent the end of the human race.

Trafalgar Releasing has announced the North American theatrical release of the highly acclaimed musical, An American in Paris, coming to movie theaters across the USA on Thursday, September 20 and Sunday, September 23.

dick clark productions and NBC announced today that the legendary female rap trio Salt-N-Pepa will shoop onto the stage to perform several of their monster hits at the "2018 Billboard Music Awards!" Joining them for this one-of-a-kind special performance will be the highly celebrated female vocal group En Vogue. Salt-N-Pepa's "2018 Billboard Music Awards" performance marks the 30thanniversary of them becoming the first female rappers to crack the Top 20 on Billboard Hot 100. The renowned group burst onto the hip-hop scene in 1987 with their debut Billboard chart hit 'My Mike Sounds Nice,' and then notched their first crossover pop smash with 'Push It' the following year. 

Sometimes a step sideways is the best progression forward. After the breakup of Yellowcard in Spring 2017, vocalist/guitarist William Ryan Key did just that with his solo debut EP, THIRTEEN which will be released on May 25, 2018 via The Lone Tree Recordings.

Today, GRAMMY® Award-winning singer, songwriter, and producer Meghan Trainor releases not one, but two new songs from her forthcoming third full-length studio album. First up, she shares the sassy and sexy single 'Let You Be Right' in addition to another track entitled 'Can't Dance.'

Rick Moranis is confirmed to join Joe Flaherty, Eugene Levy, Andrea Martin, Catherine O'Hara, Martin Short and Dave Thomas in Netflix's SCTV comedy special, which is set for 2019.

Doug Plaut, most known for his work as Terry on the Emmy nominated Netflix series 'UNBREAKABLE KIMMY SCHMIDT', is the latest actor to be cast alongside 'MODERN FAMILY' star Nolan Gould and New York stage actor Tim Realbuto in the film version of YES, based on Realbuto's Off-Broadway play. 

'Samurai Cop (Oh Joy Begin)' - the lead-off track and first single from Dave Matthews Band's forthcoming album, Come Tomorrow - was released today by RCA Records. Hailed by Rolling Stone as an 'understated plea for compassion and tolerance,' the song quickly became a fan favorite after the band debuted it live in May 2016. Written by Matthews, it was produced by Rob Cavallo and John Alagia. 

On the Season Four premiere, Lucious makes his first public appearance after the explosion in Las Vegas, while all members of the Lyon family have their own interests in Lucious regaining his physical and mental faculties. Academy Award- and Golden Globe-winning actor, director and producer Forest Whitaker (“The Last King of Scotland,” “Arrival,” “Lee Daniels' The Butler”) will guest-star in a multi-episode arc on EMPIRE, beginning this fall on FOX. Whitaker will play “Uncle Eddie,” a charismatic music icon and bonafide hitmaker, who gave an unknown Lucious (Terrence Howard) his first radio airplay. Decades later, Eddie steps up for Lucious at a critical moment during his rehabilitation, and a grateful Cookie (Taraji P. Henson) invites him to produce a song in celebration of Empire Entertainment's 20th anniversary.

“The Bold Type” follows the lives of three close friends living in New York City as they navigate their career, sexuality, identity and ultimately find their own voice in a sea of intimidating leaders. “The Bold Type” stars Katie Stevens, Aisha Dee, Meghann Fahy, Sam Page, Matt Ward, Nikohl Boosheri, Stephen Conrad Moore, and Melora Hardin as Jacqueline, editor in chief of Scarlet Magazine. “The Bold Type” is executive produced by Amanda Lasher, Sarah Watson, David Bernad, Joanna Coles and Ruben Fleischer. Holly Whidden is co-executive producer. The series is produced by Universal Television and The District. Season one of the series is available to stream on the Freeform app, Freeform.com, On Demand, and Hulu.

The season finale of 'Rise' will feature a new 'Spring Awakening' song titled 'All You Desire.' The song was written specifically for the NBC series by the Broadway musical's Tony Award winners Steven Sater (Lyrics) and Duncan Sheik (Music).

Conductor and Composer David Newman is known for creating the music for nearly 100 films, including "Serenity" (2005), "Ice Age" (2002), "Anastasia" (1997), "Matilda" (1996) and many others. He comes from a dynasty of composers, the Newman family being the most nominated for Academy Awards, all 92 for film scoring, arrangement or original song. Jon Burlingame is the nation's leading writer on the subject of music for film and television, and has recently written about the composers and scores in "Phantom Thread," "Black Panther" and "Star Trek: Discovery." He is a lecturer at the University of Southern California, a best-selling author and a regular writer for Variety magazine. Dean Parisot is a film and television director who has recently worked on shows such as "Santa Clarita Diet," "Grace and Frankie" and the pilot for the new NBC dramedy "Good Girls." Parisot is also known for directing the films "Galaxy Quest," "RED 2" and "Fun with Dick and Jane."   

Established in 1997, Hungry March Band has roots in improvisation, noise, punk, and jazz.  Through the early aughts, the band explored global brass traditions, rave dance parties, and sideshow performance art.  As they mutated and attracted new talent, H.M.B. focused more and more on original composition.