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Along with the announcement, the band has released a driving, and topical pop-rock gem titled “New Disaster”. Says Ed Robertson, '’New Disaster’ is about the distraction of modern politics coupled with the pressures of the 24-hour news cycle.

Alongside TikTok creator Emily Jacobsen, Mertzlufft spearheaded the viral sensation that was later officially performed by the likes of Tituss Burgess, Wayne Brady, Adam Lambert, and more.

Two-time Grammy winners, They Might Be Giants started with a Dial-A-Song service, powered by a lone phone machine out of their Brooklyn apartments. Since then they have made 23 albums, and have secretly infiltrated your TV with original themes and incidental music to numerous shows and commercials.  

The cast of 'In The Heights' features Anthony Ramos, Leslie Grace, Corey Hawkins, Melissa Barrera, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Dascha Polanco, Stephanie Beatriz, Gregory Diaz IV, Olga Meridez, and Jimmy Smits.

TimesTalks, The New York Times live conversation and performance series, is proud to present a pre-release screening of the eagerly awaited romantic comedy “Crazy Rich Asians,” based on the best-selling novel by Kevin Kwan. Following the screening, co-stars Constance Wu, Henry Golding, Awkwafina, Michelle Yeoh and author Kevin Kwan will join veteran New York Times contributor Logan Hill for an entertaining conversation about this Hollywood movie that puts an Asian storyline front and center, and about how audiences around the world can relate. This TimesTalks will take place on August 14 at The Times Center.

Kanye West is set to appear on ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live! this Thursday. Kimmel announced the news on his Twitter account.

Guy Pearce is in talks to replace Michael Sheen in Bloodshot, according to Variety. The film is a Sony and Cross Creek Pictures co-production based on the Valiant comic and starring Vin Diesel.

Disney|ABC announced today that it has entered into a development holding agreement with award-winning TV anchor and journalist Tamron Hall. The studio will work with Hall to create and develop a daytime talk show, which she will host, for the syndication marketplace.

Universal has removed the action film starring Chris Pratt, Cowboy Ninja Viking, from its release calendar one month before production was set to begin and delayed production indefinitely, according to Collider. The film still remains in active development.

Jessica Chastain and Eddie Redmayne currently in negotiations to star in The Good Nurse, a thriller based on the book by Charles Graeber, according to Deadline.

Iconic GRAMMY® Award-winning multiplatinum-selling R&B singer, songwriter, and producer Anthony Hamilton joins Jermaine Dupri's So So Def 25th Anniversary Cultural Curren$y Tour this fall. It kicks off October 14 in Washington, D.C. at Capital One Arena, stops at major arenas across the country, and concludes on November 2 at Staples Center in Los Angeles, CA. Check out the full itinerary below. 

Jon Bon Jovi made a surprise appearance at Long Island's Stew Leonard's in Farmingdale to visit hundreds of shoppers, fans, and staff. 

Guillaume Enard and Jonathan Delerue's medieval tale 'By Blood' focuses on a man who feels his dark past is catching up to him. This incredible film has already won awards and has been selected to play at the Oscar qualifying HollyShorts Film Festival. By Blood stars Jonas Bloquet (The Nun, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, 3 Days to Kill), Anne Charrier (Prêtes à tout) and Pascal Greggory (La Vie En Rose).

Seventy-four years ago, an American B-24 Liberator bomber known as the Tulsamerican fell from the sky while returning from a mission over Europe and disappeared beneath the waves of the Adriatic Sea. Seven crew members survived the crash and were rescued. Three men were never found?thought to be lost forever, unrecoverable. 

HBO has entered into a deal with the new media company Axios for a limited documentary series of news-oriented specials that will debut on the network this fall. Emmy® winner Matthew O'Neill (HBO's “Baghdad ER” and “China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province”) and Perri Peltz (HBO's “Warning: This Drug May Kill You” and “Remembering the Artist Robert De Niro, Sr.”) will direct and produce, working with leading Axios journalists to highlight the week ahead in politics, business and technology – and the big topics shaping the future.

NBC has dominated the primetime ratings week of July 30-Aug. 5 with the highest 18-49 and total-viewer averages for any network since ABC was boosted by the NBA Finals eight weeks ago.

Season for of the Emmy-winning series The Man in the High Castle adds Frances Turner as a series regular and Clé Bennett and Rich Ting as recurring characters, according to Deadline.

ABC News' “Nightline” ranked No. 1 in Total Viewers (1.217 million) during the week of July 30, 2018, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. “Nightline” led CBS' “The Late Late Show with James Corden” (1.063 million) by 154,000 and NBC's “Late Night with Seth Meyers” (1.154 million) by 63,000.

ABC's “The View” averaged 2.625 million Total Viewers, 423,000 Women 25-54 and 276,000 Women 18-49 during the week of July 30, 2018, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. “The View” beat CBS' “The Talk” (2.355 million, 351,000 and 243,000, respectively) across the board: Total Viewers (270,000), Women 25-54 (73,000) and Women 18-49 (33,000). In addition, “The Viewer” increased its lead over “The Talk” week to week (w/o 7/23/18) in Women 25-54 (+26%; vs. 57,000) and Women 18-49 (+94%; vs. 17,000).   

The guest list for the 2018 Teen Choice Awards has been released, according to Entertainment Tonight. Guests to attend include are Zac Efron, Louis Tomlinson and Anna Kendrick, Chris Pratt, and Bryce Dallas Howard. Also set to appear is the cast of Riverdale, including Cole Sprouse, Lili Reinhart, Vanessa Morgan and Madelaine Petsch.