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ABC News' “Good Morning America” ranked No. 1 among the morning programs in Total Viewers (4.605 million) and Adults 25-54 (1.703 million) for the week of June 30, 2014

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Elle Fanning (Maleficent) is set to star in an upcoming film adaptation of Neil Gaiman's short story HOW TO TALK TO GIRLS AT PARTIES. John Cameron Mitchell will direct from a script by Philippa Goslett and Mitchell.

A 50th anniversary edition of the celebrated 1965 telecast of Rodgers & Hammerstein's beloved musical CINDERELLA starring Lesley Ann Warren is set for DVD release this September according to a new listing, now available for pre-order.

For the 2014-15 season, Verb Ballets will present a season of fresh and innovative works that highlight the classically trained dancers with cutting edge contemporary choreography. Under the direction of Dr. Margaret Carlson, the company will continue to present and inspire a diverse array of contemporary choreographers while honoring modern dance legend Martha Graham with the Lamentation Variations project this winter.

After a year of performances in the newly renovated Ruth Finley Person Theater, Wells Fargo Center for the Arts kicks-off the fall season with a rich array of performers, speakers and family programming. The line-up features music legends like Steve Winwood, Heart, The Temptations and The Four Tops as well as unforgettable comedians Cheech and Chong and Nick Offerman.

Acclaimed British actor Earl Carpenter will join Cameron Mackintosh's smash hit new production of Claude-Michel Schönberg & Alain Boublil's Les Miserables in the role of Javert beginning Tuesday, August 12 on Broadway at the Imperial Theatre (249 West 45th Street).

ABC News' “Good Morning America” ranked No. 1 during the 2nd Quarter 2014 across all key target demos: Total Viewers (5.542 million), Adults 25-54 (2.085 million) and Adults 18-49(1.509 million), based on Most Current Data from Nielsen Media Research. 2Q14 represented “GMA's” 8th consecutive quarter victory in Total Viewers and 7th in a row in Adults 25-54. Further, “GMA” scored its first Adults 18-49 quarter win during any quarter in 6 quarters – since 4Q12.

The Fourth of July, a hilarious novella written by Kevin Dowd and published in paperback by Roundabout Press, is now available as an audio book -- just in time for the long holiday weekend. Multiple formats can be downloaded from the author's website, kevindowd.com, at no cost. A Kindle version is also available.

With five-star reviews from critics in the US and UK, Texas playwright-performer Elaine Liner returns to Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2014 for a second run of her hit comedy Sweater Curse: A Yarn about Love.

SummerStage Announces a series of FREE shows set for this July to take place in various parks throughout NYC!

Award winning writer/performer Tim Realbuto will be guest on several upcoming television shows to promote his star-studded (not-so-solo) solo show at 54 Below, which is entitled Tim Realbuto: Alone (With Plenty of Help) and will tell the story of his life growing up in show business with hilarity and poignancy. He's enlisted the help of some top stars to play characters in his life, voices in his head, and sometimes (when things get too tough), they will even play Tim himself.

This July and August 54 BELOW presents an exciting lineup of the brightest talent from Broadway and beyond. Located just below the legendary Studio 54 at 254 West 54th Street.

Food Network scorches in August with new seasons of hit primetime shows and not-to-be missed finales.

A year ago this summer (July 31, to be exact), Terri White performed a one-off show at 54 Below that was so stirring in its show-woman ship she was voted the winner of the 2013 BroadwayWorld New York Cabaret Award for 'Best One-Show Special Event.' Based on the Broadway and nightclub veteran's performance in her recent June 22 show at the same club, White should be a candidate to pick up the award once again this year. Maybe it's time to just call her, 'Terri Terrific.'

Award winning writer/performer Tim Realbuto will be guest on several upcoming television shows to promote his star-studded (not-so-solo) solo show at 54 Below, which is entitled Tim Realbuto: Alone (With Plenty of Help) and will tell the story of his life growing up in show business with hilarity and poignancy. He's enlisted the help of some top stars to play characters in his life, voices in his head, and sometimes (when things get too tough), they will even play Tim himself.

Orange County movie fans can look forward to another great summer of free and fun film screenings at Segerstrom Center for the Arts as Movie Mondays returns for its eighth season on the Arts Plaza. Movie Mondays 2014 kicks off with the heartwarming 1935 classic The Little Colonel, starring Shirley Temple. From post Civil War America we head to 1990s London with the sparkling Spice Girls starring in the jet set musical, Spice World. Then it is off to turn-of-the-20th century Paris with the Academy Award®-winning musical Gigi, directed by Vincente Minnelli and featuring some of the most memorable Lerner & Loewe tunes. Continuing with the winner of this year's Audience Favorite Fan Poll, Cabaret, starring Oscar winners Liza Minnelli and Joel Grey. Shirley MacLaine as the eternal optimist in Sweet Charity wraps up the summer film series. Center audiences will have a chance to see MacLaine live when she makes her Center debut on September 20 in her one-woman show.

ABC News' “Good Morning America” ranked as the No. 1 morning news program for the 5th time in the last 6 weeks across all key target demos

Amphibian Stage Productions announces Next Leap 2014: All That Jazz~Guilty Pleasure Tour on October 3 2014. The annual fundraising event promises to be "the best time you never said you had," by reveling in guilty pleasures and the New Orleans jazz culture with honorary chair Adonis Rose. The Next Leap 2014 Guilty Pleasure Tour will be held at Amphibian's home at 120 South Main Street in Fort Worth.

Roots Handmade Pizza (1924 W Chicago Ave) will host a 'Let's Drink Beer & Eat Pizza: Pure Michigan' event featuring rare tappings from Dark Horse Brewing and Vander Mill Ciders, Roots Quad Cities malt crust pizza specials, and more starting at 5pm on Monday, June 30.

Main Street Players present Becky's New Car by playwright Steven Dietz.