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The ABC Television Network announced the return of television's most irreverent talent show competition, THE GONG SHOW.

The 12th Annual LA Femme International Film Festival (LAFIFF) announces that CBS Entertainment Diversity, Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE), and Comcast NBC Universal are leading the key sponsors for this year's festival. The festival will take place from October 20- 23 at the Laemmle Theatres in Beverly Hills.

Columbia Pictures has teamed up with Frederick Warne & Co., part of Penguin Random House UK, for PETER RABBIT, a new live-action/CG motion picture based on the internationally beloved series of books written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter, whose 150 thanniversary is being celebrated this year.

GSN, the leader in game shows and competitive entertainment, announced today it has obtained telecast rights to 13 episodes of the hidden camera/comedy horror TV show SCARE TACTICS, hosted by actor/comedian Tracy Morgan.

Principal photography has begun on ALL SAINTS, an inspirational drama from AFFIRM Films, a Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) company and Provident Films, starring Emmy Award winner and Golden Globe nominee John Corbett (MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING, 'Northern Exposure') and Cara Buono ('Stranger Things', 'Mad Men'). Filming continues through mid-October on location in Nashville and Smyrna, Tennessee.

Latino Theater Company's 10th annual Gala - The Latino Theater Company celebrates 30 years of success with a fundraising "Dia de los Muertos" gala event featuring a cocktail reception, silent auction and gourmet dinner. Honoring public figures who have dedicated their careers and lives to servicing the arts in Los Angeles, LTC's Marco Antonio Firebaugh Legacy Award will be presented to Senate President Pro Tempore Kevin de Leon; retired partner of Latham & Watkins Donald P. Baker; Executive Vice President of Sony Pictures Entertainment John Naveira; and General Manager of Goya California Robert A. Unanue. The company's Lupe Ontiveros Dream Award will go to Associate Artistic Director of Center Theatre Group Diane Rodriguez. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Latino Theater Company's productions as well as outreach programs that contribute arts education and cultural enrichment to our city.

With THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN starring Denzel Washington and Chris Pratt out in theaters next Friday, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, Columbia Pictures and Twitch, the world's leading social video platform and community for gamers, have teamed up to create an epic showdown featuring seven of the top Counter-Strike: Go online players.

Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) today announced that Lia Vollack has been named President of Columbia Live Stage, SPE's new live theatrical productions division. 

ole, the world's fastest growing rights management company, announced today country star Kelsea Ballerini's single “Peter Pan,” which was co-produced by ole songwriter/producer Jason Massey and co-written by ole legacy songwriter Jesse Lee has hit number one on the Billboard Country chart.

Tonight, WHEEL OF FORTUNE, kicks off its 34th season with 'Teacher's Week.' All the contestants on America's Game will be teachers spinning the Wheel and solving puzzles for cash and prizes.

ole, the world's fastest growing rights management company, has been named “Music Publishing Company of the Year” at the 2016 Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA) Awards

ole, the world's fastest growing independent rights management company, announced it has re-signed the hit country songwriter producer Phil O'Donnell to a worldwide co-publishing deal.

ole, the world's fastest growing independent rights management company, has signed an exclusive deal with singer/songwriter Jacob Powell.

Westfield Corporation announced today that Broadway, film, and television producer Scott Sanders, who recently received the Tony Award for his Best Musical Revival of The Color Purple, has been appointed as Westfield's first-ever Creative Head of Global Entertainment. His company, Scott Sanders Theatrical Productions, will be wholly acquired by Westfield.

GSN, the leader in game shows and competitive entertainment, announced today its horror-themed game HELLEVATOR returns for season two with a special four-week network event, just in time for the Halloween season, with all-new spine-chilling weekly episodes

Fathom Events, Turner Classic Movies and Sony Pictures Entertainment invite you to scheme on the big screen when the Stanley Kubrick classic Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) bursts onto the big screen at The Ridgefield Playhouse on Sunday, September 18 at 7:00 pm. 

THE MEN IN BLAZERS SHOW presented by Mini, featuring popular soccer personalities Michael Davies and Roger Bennett, returns on Monday, August 22, on NBCSN (airtime to be announced at a later date).

Culver City Public Theatre opened its 2016 summer season on Saturday, July 16, for 6 weekends of free theatre in Carlson Park, with two plays, 'Frog Tails' at noon, and 'As You Like It' at 2:00, every Saturday and Sunday through August 21. Carlson Park is the perfect seeing at transforming it into the Forest of Arden for Shakespeare's lighthearted pastoral comedy. Audience members can relax in the shade throughout the play, enjoying the warm temperature and delightful ocean breeze.

SPORTS JEOPARDY!, the critically acclaimed 30-minute sports quiz show hosted by Emmy Award-winning sportscaster Dan Patrick, will debut on NBCSN this Today, August 6 at midnight ET

SPORTS JEOPARDY!, the critically acclaimed 30-minute sports quiz show hosted by Emmy Award-winning sportscaster Dan Patrick, will debut on NBCSN this Saturday, August 6 at midnight ET