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In its 33rd season, “Live with Kelly and Ryan” ranks as the season’s No. 1 syndicated talk show for the first time ever across all key Nielsen measures, topping “Dr. Phil” by 7% in Total Viewers (2.605 million vs. 2.429 million) and by 14% with Women 25-54 (0.8 rating vs. 0.7 rating), while tying “Dr. Phil” in Households (1.8 rating).

Producers at Lionsgate TV are planning to shop the series to additional networks and streamers.

tick, tick...BOOM! is an adaptation of the autobiographical musical by Jonathan Larson, who revolutionized theater as the creator of Rent. 

Renowned for his infamous viral Sundance Film Festival short Dock Ellis & The LSD No-No, the band then recruited director James Blagden to helm the visual, animating two perspectives of a day where absolutely nothing can go right in his signature style.

“Murf the Surf is a great addition to the quality docuseries lineup that EPIX viewers have come to expect,” said Michael Wright, President, EPIX. “R.J. Cutler and the talented team at Imagine are crafting an unexpected, exciting, entertaining series, bringing Murf’s truly unique story to life.”

Following on the heels of The Defeated, a post WWII thriller starring Taylor Kitsch, which will have its global release later this year; Peter McKenna’s Irish family crime drama, Kin, airing this fall on AMC+; and John Morton’s UK adaptation of the popular French series, Call My Agent!

Today though, with the world opening up thanks to vaccination efforts, Vision Video is thrilled to announce fall dates around the U.S., including this year’s Treefort Festival in Boise [all dates below].

Additionally, the band has released the title track, which is proving to be one of their most personal and impressive displays of lyricism and musicality to date. 

Drew Straus, aka Onsen, shares his experience that inspired “Momma Said”: “Shortly after 11 pm on June 12, 2016, I was at a queer party in a downtown Los Angeles warehouse.

Special guest stars include Manila Luzon (RuPaul’s Drag Race), Fortune Feimster (“Kenan,” Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar), and Stephen Root (Office Space, “Amphibia”)!

Hailing from Los Angeles and the beach cities of Southern California, the band was founded by guitarist and organ player Christian Gisborne.

This particular version, which appeared on Relaxin’ with the Miles Davis Quintet, was recorded in October 1956 at Rudy Van Gelder’s studio in Hackensack, NJ, and features Davis on trumpet, Coltrane on tenor sax, Red Garland on piano, Paul Chambers on bass, and Philly Joe Jones on drums.

In addition to the reveal of its artist ambassador for the 2021 edition of the event, Independent Venue Week announced another milestone this week, declaring that for the first time ever, stages and rooms from ALL 50 US STATES, Washington DC, and Puerto Rico, will be participating in Independent Venue Week.

Now, as a 28-year-old, Lei has rewritten and recorded those songs to articulate themes he struggled to find words for back then: the ups and downs of young love, the need to nurture friendships, and the sentimental work of taking care of yourself each day.

Over six one-hour episodes, harrowing accounts drive an explosive and cinematic minute-by-minute exploration of the Roswell incident through the eyes of those who were there.

This tour is not the first time The Accidentals have collaborated with Fredericks. The Accidentals’ Larson and Buist contributed two songs to Fredericks’ recent Flowers For You album—“Lies You Tell” and “Days Go By”—and were also featured in the video for “Lies You Tell.”

Next week, Johnson’s debut one-hour stand-up special, Trevor Noah Presents Josh Johnson: # (Hashtag) will premiere Friday, June 18th at 11:00 PM ET/PT on Comedy Central.

Written By Wolves are a fresh and progressive cinematic rock band and one of the most exciting new rock acts to come from New Zealand in recent years.

A lifelong Westerner and recent Los Angeles transplant, Knowler spent his childhood in Yuma, Arizona and Houston, Texas, where much of his learning was self-directed: riding dirt bikes in the desert, writing poetry, or visiting antique stores with his mother, who sold vintage glass beads.

‘Dark Cloud’, ‘On The Edge’, ‘The Light’, and ‘The Journey Ahead’ serve as the four main videos that explain in-detail, and bring attention to, various topics such as anxiety, depression, suicide, and many other similar concepts in a granular, in-depth fashion.