Playing Field News

Hoping to provide small investors with a better understanding of the equity marketplace, the advantages and resources that institutions possess and ways to neutralize and even capitalize on those dynamics, author Mark D. Mandel has penned 'Small Investor Playbook: Analyze Companies Like the Pros' (published by AuthorHouse).

Oxygen Media brings the heat back to the playing field with the season two premiere of 'Bad Girls All Star Battle,' beginning tonight, January 7 at 8 PM ET/PT.

When you think about prom, there are always three things that come to mind; show stopping dresses, a night to remember with great friends and dancing the night away to the best music of your senior year. Jovani, the New York-based fashion house, is giving schools around the nation a chance to make this special night that much more amazing with their new partnership with the music sensation Fifth Harmony.

Casting director (and former performer) Jen Rubin lifts the lid off the trade secrets of actors she's hired for stage and screen, and shows how to land an audition... and the part

The Elisabeth Morrow School, a threes through eighth grade country day school in Englewood, New Jersey, is hosting an open house on Wednesday, January 15, 2014. The program, starting at 9 a.m., will feature remarks from the Head of School and a panel discussion with members of the Class of 2014. After the presentation, families are invited see the classrooms and to tour the 14-acre campus that includes technology labs, science labs, performance spaces, libraries, playing field, two gymnasiums, working gardens and nature trails.

Alaric Records is pleased to announce the national release of Refraction, the debut full-length album by Reacta on February 11th, 2014.

Oxygen's fan-favorite original series 'Bad Girls Club' will take on the Windy City of Chicago on Tuesday nights beginning Spring 2014.

Following a successful fall slate of documentaries, ESPN Films will debut a new 30 for 30 tonight, December 14, at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN after the Heisman Trophy Presentation.

Comedy Central unveils its winter schedule with new seasons of “@midnight,” “Kroll Show,” “Workaholics,” “Tosh.0,” and “Inside Amy Schumer” and new series including “Broad City.”

During the Second World War, author Adalbert Lallier was a forced draftee of the Armies of the Third Reich, and in his tour of duty he bore witness to a terrible atrocity - the murder of seven Jewish prisoners in KZ-Theresienstadt, a concentration camp run by the Waffen-SS. This became the inception of his new novel, I Swear to You, Adolf Hitler, Fealty and Obedience, which depicts the wanton killing, and how the daughter of one of the victims went on the hunt for the killer, raising the question of what 'true justice' can be exacted from Nazi war criminals.

Excluding sports to level the playing field for the NFL-boosted averages, ABC ranks a solid No. 1 in Adults 18-49 (2.1/6) for the 2013 November Sweep

It's a sad state of affairs in the US snack food industry. Big food companies continue to get richer while selling unhealthy food that make Americans both fatter and sicker.

Let me just say that I am a fan of small community theatres tucked into residential neighborhoods, so naturally I'm inclined to feel kindly towards FPCT. Aside from the issue of parking on the streets of Fells Point, that is. The theatre, which is in its 27th season of operation, has been updated bit by bit, so the overall feel of the interior is contemporary, open and welcoming. The theatre seats are comfortable and don't squeak at all. At intermission, there are refreshments, including wine, available in the lobby.

Following a successful fall slate of documentaries, ESPN Films will debut a new 30 for 30 on Saturday, December 14, at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN after the Heisman Trophy Presentation.

During the 1960's the Justice system was quite different. Those days were a perfect time to change the status quo and to be proactive at the same time. Recent law school graduates were seeking ways to make a difference. All things were open to question including the rights of the disadvantaged, women and sexual mores. The author David Lafaille was a witness and participant of that era. In 'At The Edge of Reason' he attempts to give readers a taste of the magic and conflict of that Era.

Oxygen Media brings the heat back to the playing field with the season two premiere of 'Bad Girls All Star Battle,' beginning Tuesday, January 7 at 8 PM ET/PT.

Inspired to capture in a thrilling novel a moment in history in which 'a sector of the disenfranchised was afforded access to the justice system in a meaningful way,' lawyer-turned-author David Lafaille publishes 'In Harm's Way.' Lafaille's crime thriller details one man's attempt to level the playing field one person at a time in an arena where the mechanistic approach to justice dominates through a seamless blend the most controversial of issues related to sex, drugs, violence, spirituality, dedication and drama.

ESPN Home Entertainment, in conjunction with Team Marketing, announced that they will release the “Nine for IX DVD Gift Set” today, October 15, 2013.

'Closer,' the 1999 Tony Award nominated play by Patrick Marber, opens Red Turnip's first season, which runs until Sunday, October 27 at Whitespace (2314 Chino Roces Ave. Extension, Makati City).

Broadway may be dark on Mondays, but more than a dozen young performers from stage, film, and television are set to shine at the first ever Songs for Story Shifters benefit concert on Monday November 4th at Stage 72 in The Triad Theater. The concert will be presented twice, at 5:00p.m. and 7:30p.m., and proceeds from the two shows will go to Story Shifters, an education residency program providing free theater education to New York City students with autism and other learning disabilities.