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Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA presents “BASKETBALL GOLD WEEK”, a special slate of holiday programming with over 25 hours of basketball gold medal games and documentaries, beginning tonight and continuing every night through Jan. 1, 2019.

In celebration of tomorrow's Giving Tuesday, celebrities including Katy Perry, Kobe Bryant, Blake Shelton, Chevy Chase, Jessie James Decker, Kacey Musgraves, James Harden, the late Stan Lee and more have special experiences and signed items on eBay for Charity benefitting charities such as Save The Children, Baby2Baby, American Cancer Society, and theTony Hawk Foundation!

ESPN announced today a 20-hour, 10-part documentary 'Basketball: A Love Story' from Peabody Award-winning director Dan Klores. The sweeping project, which consists of more than 60 interconnected 'short stories,' will be available across multiple ESPN platforms in a variety of viewing experiences. Klores has created a vibrant mosaic of the game, featuring 165 exclusive interviews. The cast encompasses basketball's most prominent figures, from Bob Cousy, LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Dr. J, Yao Ming, Stephen Curry and Diana Taurasi, to Magic Johnson, Oscar Robertson, Bill Russell, Larry Bird, Chris Paul and Kobe Bryant. Klores' short stories explore the complex nature of love as it relates to the game and opens the window to insights and perspectives about race, politics, media, art, business, style and entertainment. The episodes will feature different narrators: Chadwick Boseman, Julianne Moore, Chris Cuomo, Ashley Judd, Michael Che, Ansel Elgort, Ahmad Rashad, Robin Quivers, Daveed Diggs, and Fisher Stevens.

Celebrating its most-watched season in four years, “The View” returns for Season 22 with a new co-host, the hottest topics, headline-making conversations, politics, pop culture, celebrity guests and newsmakers beginning TUESDAY, SEPT. 4 (11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. EDT). Abby Huntsman has been named co-host joining the panel of smart and talented women led by moderator Whoopi Goldberg with Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin and Meghan McCain. Huntsman joins ABC's award-winning talk show from Fox News where she most recently served as an anchor and host of “Fox & Friends Weekend.” Plus Joy Behar, who is an original cast member, celebrates her 20th season on “The View.”

On the heels of a historic inaugural Oscar win for its animated short “Dear Basketball,” Kobe Bryant's Granity Studios, in partnership with Cadence13, announced its first scripted family-friendly podcast series, “The Punies.”

Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA commemorates the 10th anniversary of the 2008 Olympics from Beijing with more than 15 hours of archival programming across five days beginning Monday, August 6, at 8 p.m. ET. Hosted by Mike Tirico, "Return to Beijing: 10th Anniversary" revisits some of the most memorable events from the 2008 Games, including historic performances by Olympic greats Michael Phelps and Usain Bolt. In addition, Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA will air 10-hour marathons of encore presentations on Saturday and Sunday.

On June 7, 2018, Charles Strouse, the Tony Award-winning composer of Annie, Bye Bye and Applause, and some of the most popular music from the last 60 years of Broadway, film and television, turns 90. To mark the occasion, a year-long celebration of events, including tributes, concerts, revivals and international productions, will take place across the United States and around the world.

Today it was announced that RED NOSE DAY, the national fundraising campaign to end child poverty, will return to NBC with a night of special primetime programming today, May 24, 2018.

ESPN Draws Its Highest-Rated Conference Finals Game 4 in Six Years

ESPN's coverage of the Cleveland Cavaliers decisive victory over the Boston Celtics on Saturday night became the network's second-highest rated NBA Eastern Conference Finals Game 3 ever, according to Nielsen. The telecast drew a 5.1 metered market rating, up 11 percent from ESPN's Western Conference Finals Game 3 last year, and up two percent from the same Eastern Conference Finals matchup in 2017.

In honor of Mother's Day, we invited famous people Anna Faris, Ike Barinholtz, Jack McBrayer, Adam Scott, Kristen Bell, Tony Hale, Patton Oswalt, Will Forte, YG, and Anthony Anderson to read real text messages from their Moms.

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Music lovers, look no further for your next memorable experience or exclusive artist swag - Charitybuzz's Curates: Music campaign has launched, featuring 100+ auction lots, from unmatched VIP access to exclusive meet-and-greets and coveted memorabilia. Fans, collectors and other donors can access these incredible experiences all while giving back to non-profit causes. Curates: Music is live now through March 28.

ESPN today announced that Detail, its new basketball analysis show in collaboration with five-time NBA Champion Kobe Bryant and his Granity Studios, is set to debut on Thursday, April 12, exclusively on ESPN+.

Zach talks about making a movie with Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman and Alan Arkin for his movie Going in Style, teaching Michael Cane what it's like to be stoned, and reveals an unbelievable story about a dinner he had with Al Pacino.

The 17th annual Tribeca Film Festival, presented by AT&T, today announced its lineup of 55 diverse and engaging short films in competition, including 29 world premieres. The selected shorts include a cross-section of international and U.S. filmmakers and were curated from a record 4,754 submissions. For the second year running, 40% of the selections are directed by female filmmakers. The short films will be presented in 10 distinct competition programs, which consist of five narrative, three documentary, one animation, and one hybrid program. The program will also include special screenings and the 12th annual Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival, sponsored by Mohegan Sun. The Shorts Film program, sponsored by Nutella®, runs throughout the Festival, April 18-29.

Music lovers, look no further for your next memorable experience or exclusive artist swag – Charitybuzz's Curates: Musiccampaign has launched, featuring 100+ auction lots, from unmatched VIP access to exclusive meet-and-greets and coveted memorabilia. Fans, collectors and other donors can access these incredible experiences all while giving back to non-profit causes. Curates: Music is live now through March 28.

Kobe Bryant appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live last night, March 8. Kobe talks about what it was like winning an Oscar, how the nerves compared to a last second shot in basketball, who he was most excited to meet at the Oscars, his future in the entertainment industry, and Jimmy gives him a gift for his new Oscar statue. Watch the clip below!