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FOX has renewed the hit celebrity competition series THE MASKED SINGER for a fifth season, it was announced today by Rob Wade, President, Alternative Entertainment & Specials, FOX Entertainment.

Legendary Singer/Songwriter/Guitarist BILL CHAMPLIN has signed a record deal with Imagen Records.

69: THE SAGA OF DANNY HERNANDEZ director, Vikram Gandhi, and BELLY OF THE BEAST director, Erika Cohn, are Tom Needham's special guests this Thursday on THE SOUNDS OF FILM.

This year the CFFA’s are so big, it couldn’t be just one night! The two night award show on the CINÉMOI network will honor singer/songwriter Chaka Khan, fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg, actress/producer/activist Rosario Dawson, and rapper/singer/songwriter Raja Kumari at The 2020 CinéFashion Film Awards, (CFFAs) hosted by Kelly Osbourne. 

COLLECTIVE's Alexander Nanau and QUEEN OF HEARTS: AUDREY FLACK director, Academy Award-Winner Deborah Scaffer, join Tom Needham on the next SOUNDS OF FILM.

Direct Matt Riddlehoover, and producer, Dustin Tittle, join Tom Needham to discuss their film, MY DARLING VIVIAN, on Thursday's SOUNDS OF FILM. In MY DARLING VIVIAN, director Matt Riddlehoover traces the romantic, wrenching, and dizzying journey of Vivian Liberto, Johnny Cash's first wife and the mother of his four daughters.

Adelphi University, RJ Productions and Spot-On Entertainment are collaborating on a new concert series streaming live this November and December. 'Live from Adelphi Concert Series' will bring Broadway and cabaret stars together online for several concerts performed at Adelphi's Performing Arts Center (PAC) on Sunday afternoons at 5 p.m. Eastern.

Phoenix Theater Company has announced its upcoming lineup of outdoor shows on its new outdoor stage.

International recording artist BRIAN KENNEDY returns to host his eighth LIVE concert event on Facebook on Saturday, October 24. 

With a few streaming exceptions, including some political fundraisers, it looks like Broadway will remain dark through May of 2021 thanks to the pandemic.

Peter Joseph, the writer/director of the new film 'InterReflections,' and HARRY CHAPIN: WHEN IN DOUBT, DO SOMETHING, director Rick Korn, producers S.A. Baron and Jason Chapin, and singer-songwriter Jen Chapin are Tom Needham's special guests on the SOUNDS OF FILM.

Last night, event chair and host Barbara Davis and co-chair Dana Davis led a star-studded line-up of talent for the 2020 Carousel of Hope Ball, put on by the Childrena's Diabetes Foundation, which raised over $1 Million for clinical care and diabetes research for the Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes. 

This weekend (October 10-11) in live streaming: Next on Stage: Beth Leavel sings with Seth Rudetsky, Jessica Vosk sings at Birdland, and so much more!

Event chair and host Barbara Davis and co-chair Dana Davis announced today that Sir Michael Caine, David Copperfield, John Elway, Kenny G, Tom Hanks, Jennifer Hudson, Lionel Richie, Maria Shriver, Sam Smith, Sir Rod Stewart, Pia Toscano, and Usher join the virtual 2020 Carousel of Hope Ball on Saturday, October 10 at 6pm PT / 9pm ET.

The acclaimed Black Ensemble Theater, led by Founder and CEO Jackie Taylor, celebrates 44 years of musical theater excellence in Chicago with an unforgettable online gala filled with joy, exuberance and pure excitement. The Legacy Continues: Together We Are the Change, A Musical Celebration Eradicating Racism will be a virtual telecast on Facebook Live, VON-TV on Apple TV and ROKU on Friday, October 16, at 7:00 p.m.

The Phoenix Theatre Company has built an outdoor stage with shows set to premiere beginning in November.

The East Coast Music Hall of Fame has announced that due to COVID-19, in the interest of the well-being of all those who will be attending their two-day event, they have rescheduled the Awards Gala and all related activities at Harrah's Resort Atlantic City from its regularly scheduled 2020 date to Monday, June 7th, 2021 & Tuesday, June 8th, 2021.

The International Festival of Arts & Ideas and The Autorino Center for the Arts and Humanities at the University of Saint Joseph have joined forces to curate performances by New Haven and Hartford artists to be presented as part of The Kennedy Centera??s Arts Across America series on Monday, September 28 at 4PM.

Two-Time Academy Award Winning Director Barbara Kopple, Producers Eric Forman & David Cassidy, Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Richard 'Taco' Sanchez and John Limbert, Diplomat and one of the Iran Hostages are Tom Needham's guests on THE SOUNDS OF FILM. They will be speaking about Kopple's amazing new documentary DESERT ONE. Also on the program are RBG director, Julie Cohen, and BUOYANCY director, Rodd Rathjen.

Event chair and host Barbara Davis and co-chair Dana Davis announced today that the 2020 Carousel of Hope Ball will go virtual on Saturday, October 10, 2020.