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'This is Us' returned to formula this week with a bittersweet look into our characters' mental health, passions, and problems.

Two-time Oscar®-winner Tom Hanks is Mister Rogers in TriStar Pictures' Untitled Mr. Rogers / Tom Hanks Project, coming to a neighborhood near you October 2019.

After a long summer without our Pearson family fix, NBC's “This Is Us” returned tonight to solve some mysteries, present some new ones, and be the perfect, escapist, tear-jerking family drama we've come to expect it to be.

As a celebration of one of the most popular and culturally significant dramas of the past decade as well as serving as a prelude to the highly anticipated season three premiere, NBC will air “The Paley Center Salutes This Is Us” on Tuesday, Sept. 18 at 10 p.m. ET/PT.

NBC has promoted Lyric Ross to a series regular for the upcoming third season of THIS IS US, according to Variety.

Michael Angarano has been announced to play Nicky, Jack's brother on THIS IS US season three, according to Deadline. The show will meet Nicky when it goes back in time to Vietnam to chronicle Jack's time during the war. 

The Public Theater's Free Shakespeare in the Park production of Othello opened just last night at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park. Check out the photos below!

The Public Theater's Free Shakespeare in the Park production of Othello opened just last night at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park through Sunday, June 24. 

Chart-topping singer Mandy Moore made a successful segue to acting, including playing the mom on “This Is Us.” She joins Hoda Kotb and Kelly Clarkson to talk about the hit drama, which is about to start its third season, as well as voice-acting on the animated series “Tangled.” Regarding her upcoming marriage, she says: “I'm ready. Bring it on!”

As preparation for the upcoming broadcast of Jesus Christ Superstar Live! this weeked, John Legend and Let's Free America have teamed up with Drama Club NYC to bring its members along on a behind the scenes visit to the musical. Check out video of the visit below, featuring Legend, Drama Club NYC organizer Susan Kelechi Watson and the students of this fabulous program below!

In a new video posted by Deadline, the cast of NBC's hit drama THIS IS US tease details about the upcoming anticipated season two finale early at SXSW! 

Everyone has a family. And every family has a story. 'This Is Us' chronicles the Pearson family across the decades: from Jack (Milo Ventimiglia) and Rebecca (Mandy Moore) as young parents in the 1980s to their 37-year-old kids Kevin (Justin Hartley), Kate (Chrissy Metz) and Randall (Sterling K. Brown) searching for love and fulfillment in the present day.

Kicking off Women's History Month; ESSENCE turned the spotlight on four remarkable women, during Oscar week, with its popular “BLACK WOMEN IN HOLLYWOOD AWARDS,” held Thursday, March 1, 2018 at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, CA. Returning to its traditional daytime luncheon, the ESSENCE “BLACK WOMEN IN HOLLYWOOD AWARDS” was hosted by actress Yvonne Orji.  This year's program honored actress and comedian Tiffany Haddish; actress Danai Gurira; Emmy-Award winning writer and director Lena Waithe and actress and activist Tessa Thompson.  For the fourth consecutive year, the ESSENCE“BLACK WOMEN IN HOLLYWOOD AWARDS” will air as a primetime special on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network on March 3, 2018 at 10 pm ET/PT.

Connecticut women attend Voices Festival in DC; Playwright Initiative at Ivoryton; International Women's Day Readings at Westport

Westport Country Playhouse will host the second annual 'Letters to Our Daughters,' a free-of-charge event to celebrate International Women's Day, on Thursday, March 8, at 7 p.m. A diverse group of 13 women, including Tony Award winners Joanna Gleason and Judith Ivey, and 'This Is Us' series regular Susan Kelechi Watson, will read essays and poems written by female authors on global women's issues.

On the next episode of THIS IS US titled 'Across The Border,' this is the episode you can't miss! All of your questions will be answered in a new This Is Us, Sunday February 4th after the Super Bowl.

Below, get a first look at tonight's episode of THIS IS US title 'That'll Be The Day.' In the episode, Kevin helps Randall and Beth with a project and Kate contemplates a big gift for Toby. Jack and Rebecca talk about their future.

The winners of the 49th NAACP Image Awards in the non-televised categories were announced during a gala dinner celebration that took Sunday, January 14, 2018, at the Pasadena Conference Center the event was hosted by The Real's Adrienne Houghton, Loni Love, Jeannie Mai and Tamera Mowry-Housley.

On the next episode of NBC's THIS IS US titled 'Clooney', Kate goes wedding dress shopping. Kevin embraces a new lifestyle while Randall explores William's past and Jack and Rebecca take the kids to the mall.

NBC's hit drama series THIS IS US returns with an all-new episode on Tuesday, January 9th. Check out first-look images below!