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Piers Handling, CEO and Director of TIFF, and Cameron Bailey, Artistic Director of TIFF, today unveiled the first round of titles premiering in the Gala and Special Presentation programmes of the 43rd Toronto International Film Festival®.

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts will present the 21st annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor to Julia Louis-Dreyfus on Sunday, October 21, 2018 in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall. The Prize, which is named to honor one of the world's greatest humorists, will be given at a gala performance featuring some of the biggest names in comedy. This year's ceremony marks the 21st consecutive year that the Kennedy Center's marquee comedy award will be presented and broadcast nationally. On-sale and ticketing information for this event will be available at a later date, and sponsorship packages for the Mark Twain Prize gala performance are on sale now.

Four-time Emmy-nominee Connie Britton ('9-1-1,' 'Friday Night Lights,' 'Nashville') has signed on to star in the first season of Bravo Media's scripted anthology series DIRTY JOHN, based on the articles and breakout true crime podcast of the same name from Los Angeles Times reporter Christopher Goffard. The series tells the true story of how a romance with the charismatic John Meehan spiraled into secrets, denial and manipulation. Britton will lead as Debra Newell, a successful interior designer and single mom from Orange County who falls in love with John Meehan. Britton will also serve as an executive producer.

Four-time Emmy-nominee Connie Britton (“9-1-1,” “Friday Night Lights,” “Nashville”) has signed on to star in the first season of Bravo Media's scripted anthology series DIRTY JOHN, based on the articles and breakout true crime podcast of the same name from Los Angeles Times reporter Christopher Goffard. The series tells the true story of how a romance with the charismatic John Meehan spiraled into secrets, denial and manipulation. Britton will lead as Debra Newell, a successful interior designer and single mom from Orange County who falls in love with John Meehan. Britton will also serve as an executive producer.

This week the Talkhouse Podcast presents a conversation between post-punk legends, with Television's Richard Lloyd speaking with Talking Heads' Chris Franz recorded live at NYC's The Strand.

This week on the Talkhouse Podcast, critically acclaimed electronic artist and composer William Basinski speaks with fellow rising electronic musician JLIN. Also at Talkhouse this week, rising artist Briana Marela writes about novelist Ursula Le Guin and singer/songwriter Lucy Dacus reviews Belle and Sebastian's How to Solve Our Human Problems, Pt. 2.

In Sally Potter's new dark comedy THE PARTY, Janet (Kristin Scott Thomas) is hosting an intimate gathering of friends in her London home to celebrate her political ascension, while her husband, Bill (Timothy Spall), seems preoccupied. Janet's acerbic best friend, April (Patricia Clarkson) arrives and others follow, some with their own dramatic news to share, but an announcement by Bill provokes a series of revelations that gradually unravel the sophisticated soiree, and a night that began with champagne may end with gunplay.

This week the Talkhouse Podcast revisits its conversation between musical collaborators and friends Dolores O'Riordan of The Cranberries and The Smiths' Andy Rourke in memory of O'Riordan. Also at Talkhouse this week, JD Samson of Le Tigre writes about tUnE-yArDs while Girlpool's Harmony Tividad discusses Fall Out Boy.

This week at Talkhouse, American Folk writer/director David Heinz and star Amber Rubarth write about their experiences filming their critically acclaimed new movie (read it HERE), filmmaker Michael Lehmann (Heathers, “American Horror Story”) revisits his overlooked second feature film Meet the Applegates (

This week at Talkhouse, Sonic Youth's Lee Ranaldo writes about singer/songwriter Circuit Des Yeux's Reaching for Indigo (read it HERE).

This week on the Talkhouse Podcast, chef Vivian Howard and filmmaker Cynthia Hill creators of PBS' A Chef's Life discuss bringing the food and culture of rural North Carolina to the rest of America via their Peabody- and Emmy-winning series

This week on the Talkhouse Podcast, former Saturday Night Live cast member Sasheer Zamata speaks with fellow SNL alum No l Wells about Wells' debut feature as writer-director and star, Mr. Roosevelt.

This week on the Talkhouse Podcast, post-genre singer Shamir kicks off the podcast's new Voice Memos audio diary series with a deeply intimate journey into the manic episode that resulted in his album Hope and shares never-before-heard demos from his forthcoming album Revelations.

This week on the Talkhouse Podcast, critically acclaimed indie rocker Frankie Cosmos speaks with rising star Vagabon about a day in the life of an indie musician while backstage at this summer's Pitchfork Music Festival. Listen HERE.

BroadwayWorld has teamed up with Broadway alum Ilana Levine, who makes her entrance onto the podcast stage with her new show Little Known Facts. Ilana's unique brand of celebrity interview, 'Podcast Verite,' is unfiltered, raw, honest and uniquely funny.

Connie Britton has joined the cast of Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk's upcoming FOX drama '9-1-1.' The role marks a reunion of the NASHVILLE STAR with the show's creators

Critically acclaimed actor, writer, producer and director Lena Dunham and actor, screenwriter, producer and director Danny Strong discuss their experiences in the entertainment industry on the newest episode of the Talkhouse Podcast today.

American chef and restaurateur Andrew Carmellini speaks with A$AP Ferg for the Talkhouse, marking the podcast's food culture debut.

Violinist Gil Morgenstern's Reflections Series International is pleased to return to City Winery after its sold out inaugural performance last December. Reality Chamber Theatre, a series of informal, interactive concerts designed to pull back the curtain on the creative process, aims to speak to both traditional and new audiences.

The 7th Annual Shakespeare's Birthday Sonnet Slam will be held Friday, April 21st from 1-4pm at the Naumburg Bandshell in Central Park. The Sonnet Slam features 154 readers of all ages performing all 154 of Shakespeare's Sonnets in numerical order. The event is free to the public. This year, the kickoff Reader for Sonnet #1 will be Maulik Pancholy (30 Rock, Weeds) who appears on the upcoming CBS series Star Trek: Discovery.