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The Princess Grace Foundation-USA (PGF-USA) is proud to announce that Cicely Tyson will accept the Prince Rainier III Award and filmmaker and New Arts Axis Director, Wendy Levy, and New York City Ballet Principal Dancer, Tiler Peck, will receive Princess Grace Statue Awards at the 2013 Princess Grace Awards Gala on October 30, 2013, at Cipriani 42(nd) Street in New York City.

KPFK's Arts in Review (AIR) Repertory Players and Pacific Radio Archives present the broadcast premiere of Che & Allen - the imagined 1965 St. Patrick's Day meeting of Che Guevara and Allen Ginsberg in Limerick Ireland - airing Saturday, October 19 (10-11pm), on KPFK 90.7FM, hosted by producer/editor Mark Torres. Conceived and written by playwright/journalist Julio Martinez and directed byIrene Arranga, the production features Marcelo Tubert, Richard Heft and Gigi Perreau. In Southern California, the broadcast also can be heard on 98.7 FM in Santa Barbara; 99.5 FM in Ridgecrest/China Lake; and 93.7 FM in Rancho Bernardo/North San Diego, as well as streaming live, worldwide on www.kpfk.org.

It was announced today that five-time Oscar nominee Caleb Deschanel has been tapped to direct BiteSize Entertainment's Elvis Presley bio-pic “Growing Up Graceland.” The announcement was made by BiteSize Entertainment's founder and CEO Ron Bloom.

Jill Milan, a provider of designer Italian handbags, announced actress Eva Longoria carried the luxury brand's Russian Hill Clutch to the June 17 premiere party for 'Devious Maids,' a comedy-drama television series executive produced by Ms. Longoria and set to debut June 23 on the Lifetime Television cable network.

Cicely Tyson has won the 2013 Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Lead Role in a play for her portrayal of Carrie Watts in THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL.

Jill Milan, a provider of designer Italian handbags, announced it is launching its first retail store, a pop-up location in San Francisco. The luxury brand chose the Westfield San Francisco Centre for the company's first brand-dedicated retail store, which will open May 24.

Jill Milan, a provider of designer Italian handbags, announced actress Kerry Washington, star of the ABC series “Scandal” the film “Django Unchained,” carried the luxury brand's Holland Park Clutch to Saturday evening's White House Correspondents' Dinner, hosted annually in Washington by the White House Correspondents' Association.

WALKING DISASTER, Jamie McGuire's follow-up to the New York Times bestselling novel, BEAUTIFUL DISASTER, rose to the top of the NY Time's Combined Print & E-Book Fiction list this week.

J.R. Ward's latest BLACK DAGGER BROTHERHOOD novel, LOVER AT LAST, landed at the top of The New York Times' best fiction best seller list for the week ending April 14.

Harlan Coben's latest novel, SIX YEARS, debuted at the top of The New York Times' best fiction best seller list for the week ending April 7. A film adaptation of the thriller is now being developed by Paramount, with LES MISERABLES' Hugh Jackman set to star.

James Patterson's latest installment in the hit Alex Cross franchise, titled RUN, reclaimd The NY Times' best fiction best seller list for the week ending March 31. Sheryl Sandberg's LEAN IN: WOMEN, WORK, AND THE WILL TO LEAD topped nonfiction and Amazon's overall list. The top 10 for fiction, nonfiction, and more are below!

Since there's no end-all-be-all 'best seller' list, BWW Books has rounded up both The New York Times' top sellers as well as Amazon's - providing you with your one-stop look at this week's top reads!

J.D. Robb's latest murder-mystery, titled CALCULATED IN DEATH, topped the NY Times' best fiction best seller list for the week ending March 17. Ben C. Carson and Candy Carson's AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL topped the nonfiction list, while LEAN IN: WOMEN, WORK, AND THE WILL TO LEAD by Sheryl Sandberg, took the top spot on Amazon's list. The top 10 for fiction, nonfiction, and more are below!

RENTRAK CORPORATION (RENT) today announced the Top-10 DVD & Blu-ray sales and rentals according to the company's Retail Essentials and Home Video Essentials tracking services which are based on estimated consumer spending per data collected for the week ending March 3, 2013.

James Patterson's latest installment in the hit ALEX CROSS franchise, titled RUN, topped the NY Times' best fiction best seller list for the week ending March 10. Chris Kyle, Scott McEwen, and Jim DeFelice's AMERICAN SNIPER topped the nonfiction list, while LEAN IN: WOMEN, WORK, AND THE WILL TO LEAD by Sheryl Sandberg, set for release tomorrow, took the top spot on Amazon's list. The top 10 for fiction, nonfiction, and more are below!

RENTRAK CORPORATION (RENT) today announced the Top-10 DVD & Blu-ray sales and rentals according to the company's Retail Essentials and Home Video Essentials tracking services whichare based on estimated consumer spending per data collected for the week ending February 24, 2013.

Rentrak Corporation (RENT) today announced the top ten movies-on-demand titles based on consumer transaction rate. Movies-on-demand are transactional (pay-per-purchase) films available through cable and telco providers.

RENTRAK CORPORATION (RENT) today announced the Top-10 DVD & Blu-ray sales and rentals according to the company's Retail Essentials and Home Video Essentials tracking services whichare based on estimated consumer spending per data collected for the week ending February 17, 2013.

Jill Milan, a provider of designer Italian handbags, announced Academy Award nominee Anne Hathaway carried the luxury brand's 450 Sutter Clutch to an event supporting public education in Los Angeles. Ms. Hathaway carried the Jill Milan clutch to a Vanity Fair- and Chrysler-sponsored celebration of 'Les Miserables' in support of The Los Angeles Fund for Public Education, the latest red-carpet appearance to which she has carried Jill Milan.

Tyler Perry's popular sitcom 'For Better Or Worse' is coming to OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network with a third season of all new episodes debuting in the fall of 2013. In addition, the network has garnered the encore rights for the first two seasons of the sitcom's 45 episodes that originally aired on TBS.