ACTION chronicles the lives of professional gamblers, bookies and oddsmakers throughout the 2018 NFL season following the Supreme Court decision to lift a ban on sports betting. The series will culminate with the biggest gambling day of the year, Super Bowl Sunday. The character-driven narrative delivers intimate access to a diverse cross-section of authentic and sometimes garrulous subjects within the sports gaming community, documenting the effects of legalization through their prisms.
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Andrew Lloyd Webber Sues UK Government to Release COVID-19 Events Research Results
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 24, 2021
Andrew Lloyd Webber and artists within the theatre and music industries in the UK are launching legal action against the UK Government to release the results of their COVID-19 Events Research Programme. ...
DEMI LOVATO Launches Pride Campaign with Propeller
by TV News Desk - June 17, 2021
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VIDEO: Arianna Afsar, Courtney Reed, David Henry Hwang, and More Take Part in La Jolla's #StopAsianHate Campaign
by Stephi Wild - May 25, 2021
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YouTube Announces Sustainability Slate of Programming
by Sarah Jae Leiber - April 20, 2021
This is part of Google’s third decade of climate action (the first major company to be carbon-neutral since 2007), which will see Google fully power their operations with carbon-free energy 24/7 by 2030....
Propeller Launches Climate Initiative ft. The National, Julien Baker, Lil Dicky, A-Trak & More
by Sarah Jae Leiber - April 14, 2021
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Action/Adventure Signs to Pure Noise Records, Announces New EP
by Sarah Jae Leiber - April 07, 2021
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by Sarah Jae Leiber - December 03, 2020
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San Diego REP Announces Equity, Diversity And Inclusion Strategic Action Plan
by A.A. Cristi - November 10, 2020
San Diego Repertory Theatre announced today the details of a 5-year Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Strategic Action Plan, with the goal of making meaningful changes towards equity for all across all departments and programs of the company. ...
VIDEO: Anthony Brown Releases Powerful Visual for 'Call to Action'
by Sarah Leiber - November 02, 2020
Anthony Brown releases moving visual directed by Daniel Bowie for his current single....
VANGUARD With Jackie Chan Sets November Theatrical Release
by Sarah Jae Leiber - October 13, 2020
Gravitas Ventures, a Red Arrow Studios company, has acquired North American rights to the Stanley Tong and Jackie Chan action film, Vanguard....
Critics Choice Association Announces Inaugural CRITICS CHOICE SUPER AWARDS
by Sarah Jae Leiber - October 12, 2020
The Critics Choice Association (CCA) is pleased to announce the inaugural Critics Choice Super Awards, a special event honoring the most popular, fan-obsessed genres across both television and movies, including Superhero, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Horror, Action and Animation....
U-M Museum Of Art Announces Commitment To Anti-Racist Action
by Stephi Wild - October 08, 2020
Black Lives Matter. These powerful words are featured on a new banner that will welcome faculty, staff, students and other campus visitors to the University of Michigan Museum of Art for the foreseeable future. ...
Mark Ruffalo, Dia Mirza Join Global Initiative Aimed At Inspiring 1 Billion to Act On Climate Change
by Sarah Jae Leiber - October 07, 2020
For the first time, a diverse coalition of culture, faith, sport, cities and businesses around the world today announced their participation in Count Us In....
7th Annual Flatiron Plaza Design Installation Evokes Connections During Pandemic
by A.A. Cristi - September 29, 2020
he Flatiron/23rd Street Partnership and Van Alen Institute today announced their selection for the seventh annual Flatiron Public Plaza Design Installation: Point of Action by Studio Cooke John. Point of Action will be on view November 23, 2020a?'January 1, 2021 in the Flatiron Public Plazas...
U-M Penny Stamps Speaker Series Partners With Detroit Public Television, PBS Books For New Season
by A.A. Cristi - September 14, 2020
For the first time ever, audiences beyond Ann Arbor will be able to experience the Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series each Friday night from the comfort of home. ...
MULAN Will Be Available Free to Disney Plus Subscribers in December
by Sarah Jae Leiber - September 03, 2020
Variety reports that 'Mulan' will be available to stream free to Disney Plus subscribers starting December 4th. ...
CLASS ACTION PARK Makes A Splash on HBO Max
by Sarah Jae Leiber - September 03, 2020
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Florida Studio Theatre Joins National Call to Action for Government to Provide Economic Relief to Live Events Industry
by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 31, 2020
Florida Studio Theatre has announced that it will join The Red Alert Day of Action organized by We Make Events- North America, a campaign advocating for governmental support for the live events industry....
VIDEO: The CLASS ACTION PARK Trailer is a Wild Look Back at the Most Dangerous Theme Park Ever
by Kelle Long - August 19, 2020
HBO Max’s documentary Class Action Park will premiere on the streamer Thursday, August 27th. The documentary reveals the truth about New Jersey's Action Park; widely regarded as the world's most dangerous amusement park and a staple of growing up in the New York/New Jersey area in the '80s and '90...
Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse Theatres Create Diversity Action Group
by Stephi Wild - August 18, 2020
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VIDEO: Billy Porter Speaks the Words of Toni Morrison for INTO ACTION - 'There is No Time for Despair, No Place for Self-Pity'
by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 07, 2020
Watch Billy Porter speak the words of Toni Morrison for INTO ACTION....
CLASS ACTION PARK to Premiere on HBO Max
by Kaitlin Milligan - July 08, 2020
HBO Max has acquired worldwide rights to the documentary Class Action Park, based on the world's most dangerous water park, Action Park, that had its heyday in the 80s and 90s and was a staple for anyone who grew up in New Jersey....
Arts in the Armed Forces, Founded by Adam Driver, Receives $100,000 Challenge Grant From Craig Newmark Philanthropies
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 30, 2020
Arts in the Armed Forces, founded by actor and Marine Adam Driver, has announced that it has received a $100,000 challenge grant from Craig Newmark Philanthropies to launch its inaugural AITAF Action Fund on July 1st, 2020....
Alan Menken, Nikki Renée Daniels, Jeff Kready and More Join Kaufman Music Center's DAY OF MUSICAL ACTION
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 13, 2020
On Monday, June 1 (4 - 8 pm EDT), the entire Kaufman Music Center community will come together for a Day of Musical Action, a special online event featuring performances by students and faculty from all of the Center's programs, including Special Music School, Lucy Moses School, Face the Music and L...
Action Skulls Release New Album Created Amid COVID-19 Crisis
by A.A. Cristi - May 08, 2020
Action Skulls are Vicki Peterson (the Bangles, the Continental Drifters, the Psycho Sisters), her husband John Cowsill (the Cowsills and longtime member of the Beach Boy touring band) and Bill Mumy (Emmy-nominated composer, musician, actor, producer, co-founder of the cult duo Barnes & Barnes, and v...
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