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GLAAD, the nation's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) media advocacy organization, today announced it will honor writer, producer, director, and philanthropist Roland Emmerich at the 26th Annual GLAAD Media Awards in Los Angeles at the Beverly Hilton on March 21, 2015.

According to Entertainment Weekly, ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK actress Laverne Cox has joined the cast of CBS' upcoming legal drama pilot DOUBT.

According to E! Online, ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK actress Laverne Cox has booked a guest starring role on Fox's comedy THE MINDY PROJECT.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Sony Classics has inked a deal for the worldwide rights to the road trip comedy GRANDMA, starring two-time Tony Award winner Lily Tomlin.

Matthew Beard, Colin Farrell, Jeff Goldblum, Allen Leech, Jared Leto, Lupita Nyong'o, Emmy Rossum, Andy Samberg, Liev Schreiber and Reese Witherspoon will be presenters at the 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, Executive Producer Kathy Connell announced today.

Balloting for this year's Actor® recipients will close tomorrow, Friday, Jan. 23, at Noon (PT). Final voting information was mailed to 111,228 eligible SAG-AFTRA members on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014. Votes must be cast online or previously requested paper ballots returned by Jan. 23 to Integrity Voting Systems, the SAG Awards' official teller. The results will be tallied and sealed until the envelopes are opened onstage by the presenters at the 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® ceremony on Sunday, Jan 25.

Sundance Institute screens several films in the out-of-competition Premieres and Documentary Premieres sections, as well as hosting the Special Events section and welcoming participants for two panels, at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, running today, January 22 to February 1 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah. The Festival is the centerpiece of the year-round public programs for the Institute, which also hosts 24 residency labs and grants more than $2.5 million to independent artists each year.

Adrien Brody, Laverne Cox, Bryan Cranston, Benedict Cumberbatch, Eric Dane, Viola Davis, Felicity Jones, Lenny Kravitz, Eddie Redmayne, Tony Revolori and J.K. Simmons will be presenters at the 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®, Executive Producer Kathy Connell announced today.

Three time Tony Award-winning actress Bernadette Peters will guest star in tonight's episode of Bravo first original scripted series GIRLFRIENDS' GUIDE TO DIVORCE.

Three time Tony Award-winning actress Bernadette Peters will guest star in the December 30th episode of Bravo first original scripted series GIRLFRIENDS' GUIDE TO DIVORCE.

Netflix's ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK just unveiled a new HOLIDAYS AT LITCHFIELD video, featuring the inmates getting into the holiday spirit with their own version of the '12 Days of Christmas'. Watch below!

Last night's Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's ODETTA premiere performance was star studded with guests including Harry Belafonte, Laverne Cox, Jessye Norman, Carmen de Lavallade,Bevy Smith, Suzanne Vega, Ruben Santiago Hudson, Michela Angela Davis, Khalil Kain, Rochelle Aytes, Pastors Michael A Walrond Jr., and Reverend LaKeesha Waldrond attending the world premiere of Matthew Rushing's. Fittingly, ODETTA, which celebrates the legendary singer known as the "voice of the Civil Rights Movement." premiered on National Human Rights Day. Fans can catch ODETTA seven more times this season: Dec 13 Mat, 14 eve, 18 eve, 20 eve, 26, 28 eve, 31 mat.

Last night's Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's ODETTA premiere performance was star studded with guests including Harry Belafonte, Laverne Cox, Jessye Norman, Carmen de Lavallade, Bevy Smith, Suzanne Vega, Ruben Santiago Hudson, Michela Angela Davis, Khalil Kain, Rochelle Aytes, Pastors Michael A Walrond Jr., and Reverend LaKeesha Waldrond attending Matthew Rushing's world premiere. Fittingly, ODETTA, which celebrates the legendary singer known as the "voice of the Civil Rights Movement," premiered on National Human Rights Day. BroadwayWorld has photos from the premiere below!

Nominations have been revealed for the 46th annual NAACP Image Awards. The event will take place on Friday, Feb. 6, 2015, and be broadcast live on TV One.

Sundance Institute announced today the films selected to screen in the out-of-competition Premieres and Documentary Premieres sections, as well as the selections for a new Special Events section and participants for two panels, at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, January 22 to February 1 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah. The Festival is the centerpiece of the year-round public programs for the Institute, which also hosts 24 residency labs and grants more than $2.5 million to independent artists each year.

The hottest emerging stars of film, television, music, fashion, social media and literature convened at Kimpton's Surfcomber Miami, South Beach last night to kick off Art Basel in Miami at Logo TV's '2014 New Now Next Awards.' The event will premiere on Logo TV on Sunday, December 7 at 8pm ET/PT and MTV on Friday, December 12 at 7 p.m. ET/PT.

Kristin Chenoweth performed "Maybe This Time" and received the New Now Next Forever Award from Darren Criss during Logo TV's New Now Next Awards.

LOGO TV announced that for the first time in network history, the new cast of queens competing on the upcoming season of mega-hit reality show 'RuPaul's Drag Race' will be revealed live during the 2014 'New Now Next Awards.' The shroud of secrecy surrounding the 14 elite drag performers who'll comprise the seventh season cast will be lifted via a series of OMFG interstitials interspersed throughout the 'New Now Next' telecast tonight, December 7 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT.

LOGO TV today announced that Emmy and Tony Award-winning actress and singer Kristin Chenoweth is slated to perform a song from her live CD Coming Home on the Logo TV's 2014 'New Now Next' Awards premiering on LOGO TV on Sunday, December 7 at 8 p.m. ET/PT and MTV on December 12 at 7 p.m. ET/PT. Actor and singer Darren Criss will host the event, which kicks off Art Basel from Kimpton's Surfcomber Miami, South Beach, and serves as the definitive farewell party for 2014 and predictor to who and what will dominate pop culture in the year to come. Pop icon Cyndi Lauper will narrate the New Now Next Awards, which will also feature special appearances by Nick Cannon, Tyler Glenn, 'Looking' stars Raul Castillo & Frankie Alvarez, 'Girl Code's' Nicole Byer, 'Awkward's' Molly Tarlov, as well as 'Faking It's' Katie Stevens and Michael J. Willett.

Bravo Media and Universal Cable Productions (UCP) announce additional casting for “Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce,” premiering tonight, December 2 at 10p.m. ET/PT on Bravo.