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Calling all TV fans, the Tribeca TV Festival is back on the big screen bringing audiences together to discover new series and be the first to see favorite new season premieres. The 2nd Tribeca TV Festival will celebrate unforgettable storytellers who have shaped what 'peak TV' is today and introduce new voices in episodic storytelling. Over four days at Spring Studios in New York City, each event will feature a conversation with the stars and creators of favorite and soon-to-be-favorite shows. The 2018 Tribeca TV Festival will take place September 20-23. Tickets go on sale today, August 22, at 11am ET at tribecafilm.com/TVFestival.

Just last night, The Women of Achievement Awards Gala celebrated truly outstanding women who have taken risks, pushed limits, and broken ground in a wide variety of fields. This year honored leaders committed to advancing women's narratives and to sharing women's voices on stage, in film and on television: eleven-time Tony Award winning producer Daryl Roth (Kinky Boots, Indecent) and Goldman Sachs Treasurer Beth Hammack.

Excited to share that today, POPSUGAR Play/Ground, will announce the schedule and lineup for their two-day interactive summer festival that will be happening in New York City on June 9th & June 10th. Play/Ground will be an irl experience that brings POPAUGAR's award winning content to life across fashion, fitness, beauty, living, culture and music. See schedule below with panel topics, talent and timing.

The Trevor Project today announced that Emmy Award-winning screenwriter, producer, and actor Lena Waithe; Writers Guild of America Award, Directors Guild of America Award, and Golden Globe Award-nominated writer, director, and producer Greg Berlanti; and Managing Partner of global consulting firm McKinsey & Company Dominic Barton will all be honored at The Trevor Project's TrevorLIVE New York gala for their commitment to supporting The Trevor Project's mission to provide crisis intervention services and end suicide among gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and questioning young people. TrevorLIVE New York, the organization's annual star-studded signature fundraiser billed as "an irreverent evening of music and comedy," will be held on Monday, June 11 at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City.

Renowned for their groundbreaking experiential approach to the film festival experience, the 5th annual ILLUMINATE Film Festival returns May 30th- June 3rd. The premier conscious film festival, ILLUMINATE is dedicated to elevating awareness and inspiring lasting transformation through cinema.

National Geographic taps two-time Emmy award-winning actor Bradley Whitford ('Get Out,' 'The Post,' 'The West Wing'), Steve Zahn ('War of the Planet of the Apes,' ABC's 'The Crossing') and Lamorne Morris ('Game Night,' 'New Girl') to star in six-part limited series, Valley of the Boom. From STXtv, the television division of Robert Simonds' STX Entertainment, along with creator, showrunner, director and executive producer Matthew Carnahan (Showtime's 'House of Lies') and executive producer Arianna Huffington, Valley of the Boom will begin filming March 26 in Vancouver, Canada.

Today, New York Women in Communications (NYWICI) announces the honorees of the 2018 Matrix Awardsthe communications industry's most prestigious award, given annually to a short list of extraordinary women who are shaping and shaking the world.

Klick Health today announced it has added Sheryl Crow to its lineup of inspiration presenters at MUSE New York tomorrow evening. A modern-day adaptation of the salon, MUSE was created to inspire the life sciences community and bring together people who are bravely pushing the boundaries of what's possible at the intersection of art, science, and technology.

Casting has been announced for the upcoming edition of Dennis Hensley's The MisMatch Game, the show the Los Angeles Times called, witty, ribald ... an adventure in surrealist era bending. The side-splitting parody of the '70s game show returns to the Los Angeles LGBT Center's Renberg Theatre for two nights only, Friday, February 2 and Saturday, February 3 at 8pm.

Celebrated bandleader, multi-instrumentalist, singer, composer and comedian Paul Shaffer along with his talented full band, The Shaf-Shifters, will perform an exclusive three-week engagement at the iconic Cleopatra's Barge at Caesars Palace on select dates in December 2017 and January 2018.

NEW YORK, Dec. 12, 2017 /PRNewswire/ With the launch of a powerful video that explores the courage it takes to be kind towards strangers, KIND seeks to kindle a conversation about what it will take to overcome the divisions that have torn our country apart.

Hot on the heels of National Geographic's 10 Emmy Award nominations for Genius and the premiere of the critically acclaimed drama series The Long Road Home, the network today announced it has greenlit its next scripted project, VALLEY OF THE BOOM from STXtv.

ABC Radio's podcast NO LIMITS WITH REBECCA JARVIS will launch a new monthly bonus segment entitled RJ Answers.

Fashion designer, award-winning screenwriter, producer, and film director Tom Ford, and Emmy and Tony Award winning actress, singer and author Kristin Chenoweth will be honored with the Hero Award and Icon Award, respectively, at The Trevor Project's signature fundraising gala, TrevorLIVE, to be held Sunday, Dec. 3, in Los Angeles.

Celebrated bandleader, multi-instrumentalist, singer, composer and comedian Paul Shaffer along with his talented full band, The Shaf-Shifters, will perform an exclusive three-week engagement at the iconic Cleopatra's Barge at Caesars Palace on select dates in December 2017 and January 2018.

Primary Stages has announced the lineup of guests for talkbacks that will happen after select shows of their first production of the 2017/18 season, the New York Premiere of THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO THOMAS JEFFERSON, CHARLES DICKENS AND COUNT LEO TOLSTOY: DISCORD written by Scott Carter and directed by Kimberly Senior.

Stars, activists, and political bigwigs are joining the resistance nightly as 'Special Guest Stars' in Michael Moore's hit Broadway show, The Terms of My Surrender.