USA Network today announced that it has picked up CANNONBALL, a competition series that pits contestants against some of the highest, fastest and wettest challenges ever created, for a cash prize. The 10-episode series, based on the hit Talpa format, is produced by ITV Entertainment and will premiere in 2020.
SHOWTIME has made a series commitment to an untitled musical drama series executive produced by multiple Grammy winner Alicia Keys and the Oscar, Tony and Grammy winning team of Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (La La Land, Dear Evan Hansen, The Greatest Showman). Pasek and Paul will contribute music to the series. Kyle Jarrow (The SpongeBob Musical) will write and executive produce. Tony winner and Oscar nominated producer Marc Platt (Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert, The Band's Visit, La La Land), Emmy winner R.J. Cutler (Nashville, American High), and Emmy winner Adam Siegel (Grease: Live!) will executive produce. The announcement was made today by Gary Levine, President of Entertainment, Showtime Networks Inc.
Emptyset, the innovative duo of James Ginzburg and Paul Purgas, have announced their new album Blossoms, out October 11th. Blossoms focuses on ideas of evolution and adaptation, bringing together Emptyset's body of exploratory sound production with emerging methods of machine learning through neural networks and raw audio synthesis. Showcasing the album's entirely unique sonic palette, the duo has released the track 'Petal,' a piece that blurs the lines between the organic and the mechanical with dense, bristling, shimmery textures.
Lisa Siegel has been named senior vice president, Business Strategy and Operations, ABC Owned Television Stations Group, announced Wendy McMahon, president, ABC Owned Television Stations Group, to whom she will report. In this new role, Siegel will be responsible for leading large-scale growth strategies and initiatives, as well as ensuring the financial and operating efficiency and effectiveness of the owned television stations. She will work closely with the stations to drive business strategy and long-term plans, providing leadership and direction to the stations' finance and broadcast operations teams.
For the first time ever, Sony Pictures' classic film, Ghostbusters, is coming to “Halloween Horror Nights” at Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal Orlando Resort – bringing the most memorable scenes, characters and supernatural spirits from one of pop culture's most iconic films to life in immersive mazes based off the 1984 classic at the nation's premier Halloween events, starting this September.
The Recording Academy has announced that longtime producer/executive producer of the GRAMMY Awards®telecasts since 1980, Ken Ehrlich, will executive produce the upcoming 62nd GRAMMY Awards. The telecast, taking place in 2020, will mark Ehrlich's milestone 40th anniversary. Over the last four decades, Ehrlich has organized some of music's most iconic and memorable TV moments and 'redefined the way we experience live music on television' (Los Angeles Times), turning Music's Biggest Night® into the must-see music awards show every year.
51Fest, presented by Women in the World and IFC Center, today unveiled the lineup for the inaugural event. Celebrating the voice, vision and stories of the female majority through compelling screenings and conversations, all by or about women, the first annual 51Fest will be held July 18-21 in New York City.
New Brunswick Cultural Center/Arts New Brunswick presents the eighth annual Hub City Sounds series, taking place this summer to fall from July 27 through October 27. This FREE family-friendly series is a performing, visual, and culinary arts festival with events for all tastes!
Continuing to make a splash on the country music scene with their latest single, Water, sibling group TRHibe wrapped up a successful CMA Music Festival week last month. Not only did they meet new fans and perform at various venues in Nashville, they also took some time out of their schedule to visit the Country Music Association (CMA) office and are now officially recognized as the newest members of CMA.
A powerful new docuseries, “Addiction Unplugged,” will premiere on A&E August 17 at 1PM ET, it was announced today. Created by Stuart Goffman, produced by Addiction Buzz with Subculture Films, and executive produced by Stuart Goffman, Allen J West, and Brandon Dumlao the ten-episode docuseries will focus on a wide array of different addiction and recovery scenarios. Each episode will additionally air on A&E sister network, FYI.
Today, SHOWTIME was recognized with 18 Primetime Emmy Award nominations by the Television Academy, including the network's second consecutive nomination in the Outstanding Limited Series category for ESCAPE AT DANNEMORA. The network was also honored for Outstanding Variety Sketch Series for WHO IS AMERICA? and four actor nods for ESCAPE AT DANNEMORA's Patricia Arquette, Benicio Del Toro, Paul Dano and BLACK MONDAY's Don Cheadle.
CineLife Entertainment®, the event cinema division of Spotlight Cinema Networks, has partnered with CBS Home Entertainment as the exclusive theatrical distributor throughout North America for two Peanuts® features: A Boy Named Charlie Brown (1969) and Snoopy, Come Home (1972). This is the first time the digitally remastered films have been available for theatrical bookings since their original release dates.
What starts out as a teenager's dream turns into a terrifying nightmare in MA, the suspenseful thriller from Blumhouse, the producers of Get Out andHappy Death Day, arriving on Digital August 20, 2019 and on Blu-ray, DVD and On Demand September 3, 2019 from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. Fans can now discover more than 20 minutes of thrilling bonus features not seen in theaters including a never-before-seen alternate ending, alternate and deleted scenes, and featurettes that take fans deeper into the unusual and unsettling world of MA. Starring Oscar® winner Octavia Spencer (The Help, The Shape of Water), the stirring and suspense-filled horror film “makes you cringe in all the right places” (Owen Gleiberman, Variety) and is packed with unexpected twists and turns that will have viewers on the edge of their seat from start to finish.
Stormy Weather, a rollicking gay farce, has been chosen to be part of Tony Award-winning Broadway Producer Ken Davenport's new RAVE Theater Festival. After hundreds of submissions only 20 plays were selected for the inaugural RAVE season and Stormy Weather was chosen to be a part of this elite collection of works.
'When Hope Calls,' Crown Media Family Networks' first-ever streaming series, will premiere Friday, August 30th, 2019 on Hallmark Movies Now, the network's digital streaming service. The first two episodes will be available Friday, August 30 with new episodes premiering every Friday through October 25.
Lisa Matassa, known in the 80s as hitmaking freestyle dance star Lysa Lynn, returned to her roots of Country music in the mid 2010's and recorded an album of solo material as well as an album of duets with legendary country music artists such as Eddy Raven, The Bellamy Brothers, Johnny Lee, Mickey Gilley, Marty Raybon of Shenandoah and more. Having shared the stage with Dierks Bentley, Leann Rimes, Eric Church, Ronnie Dunn and most recently Lee Brice, Matassa continues to write songs and finds joy in the process of making music.
EstrellaTV, a leading Spanish-language broadcasting network in the U.S., announced today that it has added Don Cheto Al Aire's morning radio show producer and entertainment guru Said Garcia, and radio and TV personality Gisselle Bravo to El Mameluco, the network's afternoon entertainment gossip show, effective July 15, 2019.
Indie-pop singer/songwriter Marielle Kraft has released her debut EP, The Deep End, and will be celebrating its release with a Northeast tour.
Artistic Director Aislinn Rose announced The Theatre Centre's 201920 programming today at one of the company's signature (and delicious) community meals. The focus of the year ahead is on the idea of "reckless generosity".
The well-crafted and compelling new Australian mystery MY LIFE IS MURDER makes its exclusive U.S. premiere from Acorn TV beginning Monday, August 5, 2019 with the first two episodes; followed by a new episode every Monday through September 30. The 10-part series stars the beloved, award-winning actress Lucy Lawless (Xena: Warrior Princess, Parks and Recreation) as Alexa Crowe, a fearless private investigator and ex-homicide detective who solves the most baffling crimes, as well as coping with the frustrations of everyday life. My Life is Murder is set to premiere on Network Ten in Australia in mid-July. Called a 'glorious streaming service... an essential must-have' (The Hollywood Reporter), Acorn TV is North America's largest streaming service for high-quality British and international TV.
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