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This Thursday, Dec. 25, a Christmas Day tradition continues as ABC and ESPN will combine to present a marquee NBA tripleheader.

The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire GLAMGLOW, the Hollywood skin care brand focused on fast-acting treatment masks designed to deliver stunning, camera-ready results.

Today we are revisiting the very best theatre-related items released in 2014 in honor of the holiday shopping season being upon us.

Time is ticking on your last chance to vote for the 2014 BroadwayWorld Columbus Regional Awards! Check out the latest live stats as of December 19th. Voting closes at the end of the year!

The 10th Annual Goodspeed Festival of New Musicals, produced by Goodspeed Musicals' Max Showalter Center for Education in Musical Theatre, kicks off its much-anticipated three day festival of brand-new works on Friday, January 16, 2015 at the Goodspeed Opera House with a staged reading of the Jesse James-inspired musical Outlaws. On Saturday, January 17, the musical comedy The Noteworthy Life of Howard Barnes debuts. On the final day of the festival, the riveting For Tonight will be presented. Several special events will round out this exciting weekend.

Musical Theatre Factory (MTF) will present the Holiday edition of their monthly Factory Salon, an informal new works open mic night, on Thursday, December 18th, from 8pm to Midnight.

More than 30 works by pastel artist Scotty Mitchell, who has spent nearly 20 years painting the vibrant hues and ever-changing light of southern Utah and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, are on view now through February 15, 2015 in the Museum of Northern Arizona's latest exhibition, Dialogue with Beauty-Scotty Mitchell Landscapes.

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Chef Luke Palladino is excited to announce that Palladino's at 1934 East Passyunk Avenue will open for business this Thursday, December 18, 2014 at 5:00pm. Palladino's will join LP STEAK, LukePalladino Seasonal Italian Cooking and Luke Palladio Catering as part of Luke Palladino Hospitality Group. The stylish fine dining restaurant with full service bar will focus on seasonal Italian, steak and seafood, and will be Chef's first restaurant in Philadelphia. Situated at the intersection of Broad Street and East Passyunk Avenue, Palladino's will be the premiere property at the gateway to one of the hottest restaurant rows in America.

This New Year's Eve, tucked away just a block from Central Park on Manhattan's Upper East Side, Bistro Chat Noir (22 East 66th St. / www.BistroChatNoir.com / 212-794-2428) will present a special 1920s Speakeasy-Themed Celebration complete with four courses of stunning French cuisine, plus drinks, dancing, and a special performance of Speakeasy Moderne, an entertaining cabaret show featuring an intoxicating blend of Jazz Age Manhattan, vaudeville, and a touch of burlesque.

By popular demand, The York Theatre Company, and producing partners Amy Engelhardt and Heather Shields, have added a special performance of the acclaimed new game show for musical theater lovers Tune in Time. Hosted by Emily McNamara, with music direction by Nate Buccieri, and Sheila Head as the annoyingly insistent timekeeper, the special performance is set for TOMORROW, December 16 at 7:30 p.m. at The York Theatre Company's home at Saint Peters (Citicorp Building, entrance on East 54th Street, just east of Lexington Avenue).

Voting has now opened for the 2014 BroadwayWorld Columbus Regional Awards! Check out the latest live stats as of December 4th.

Fresh from New York presentations of his works Outlaws and A Night Like this, Alexander Sage Oyen is set to release the celebrated "Moment by Moment" on December 23, in time for a Christmas.

Lyric Unlimited, an initiative of Lyric Opera of Chicago, is proud to present the all-new family presentation, The Magic Victrola, on Saturday, January 17 at 3pm at the Civic Opera House in downtown Chicago. This is Lyric Unlimited's third annual performance especially designed for youngsters ages 5-10 and their families.

The ASCAP Foundation Awards Ceremony was held at The Appel Room at Jazz at Lincoln Center and Broadwayworld was there. This years recipient of the Masters Award was composer John Corigliano. Mr. Corigliano has also won fiver Grammy's a Pulitzer Prize the Grawemeyer Award and an Academy Award for his many scores and compositions. Rupert Holmes, Composer, Playwright, lyricist, mystery novelist, arranger-conductor, screenwriter, record producer and singer-songwriter received the Foundations George M. Cohan Award which is made possible by the Friars Foundation.

Lyric Unlimited, an initiative of Lyric Opera of Chicago, is proud to present the all-new family presentation, The Magic Victrola, on Saturday, January 17 at 3pm at the Civic Opera House in downtown Chicago. This is Lyric Unlimited's third annual performance especially designed for youngsters ages 5-10 and their families.

Global music sensation Celtic Woman has been named the #1 World Albums Artist on Billboard's 2014 Year-End Chart.

Ring in the New Year in a relaxed and stylish setting on Wednesday, 12/31 at contemporary Russian eatery ARIANA (138-140 W. Houston Street) which will offer a luxurious & cosmopolitan celebration with a special Six-Course Pre-Fixe Dining Event. There will be two seatings at 9pm and 9:30pm ($500 per person, RSVP required / www.ArianaSoHo.com / 646-678-4334).

Perennial New York art-pop singer Rachael Sage has confirmed plans for a Valentine's Day concert at Joe's Pub in New York City. The local event, set for February 10th with advance tickets available now, will showcase Sage and her band The Sequins (featuring drummer Andy Mac and cellist Ward Williams,) as well as other guest performers, to be announced in the weeks ahead. Sage's previous 'themed' concerts in NYC have earned a reputation for deft, tongue-in-cheek irreverence, and have garnered featured placements via Time Out NY, Good Day NY (FOX-TV,) Huffington Post, Gay City News, NY Daily News, New York Magazine, and more.

Jennifer Lawrence, star of the Hunger Games movies and Academy Award winner, has been named the Most Beautiful Blonde for 2014 by LABlondes.com