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The Daily Mail reports that Simon Cowell has finally cast the actor who will portray him in the new X FACTOR musical I CAN'T SING, set to begin performances at the London Palladium on February 27. It's Nigel Harman, who won an Olivier for his role as 'Lord Farquaad' in SHREK THE MUSICAL in the West End. In addition, Cynthia Erivo, currently starring in Menier Chocolate Factory's revival of THE COLOR PURPLE, has been cast in the lead.

According to Deadline, the network has given VERONICA MARS creator Rob Thomas the go-ahead to develop a pilot script based upon Victor Hugo's classic novel turned Broadway show. The project comes from Warner Bros TV with a penalty.

Releasing today digitally on Back Lot Music is Music From the Motion Picture Closed Circuit. The album features 14 new cues by composer Joby Talbot (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy). Focus Features releases the movie across the country on Wednesday, August 28 th.

This Fall, Syfy will take viewers to imaginative new programming heights led by the premiere of the provocative reality series Fangasm (September 24) and Naked Vegas (October 29)

Oxygen Media ramps up its development slate and delves into the popular world of nail design with “Nailed It!,” a high-stakes competition showcasing breakout nail designers executing over-the-top nail art.

Imaginary Beasts announces its 2013-2014 season, Once Upon A…, which will explore the inherent darkness in fairy tales. The Beasts will tackle modern revisions of classic stories, including a world premiere by a local playwright and actor. The 2013-2014 season marks Imaginary Beasts third year as an Emerging Theatre Company at the Boston Center for the Arts. All productions will take place at the Plaza Black Box Theatre at the Boston Center for the Arts. In addition to regular season productions, Imaginary Beasts will also debut two new programs: The Incubator, a development ground for devising and developing new work in a studio environment, and Wee Beasties, a companion program to our season productions that will offer family-friendly matinees related to their headlining main stage shows.

Tango No. 9, San Francisco's premier chamber ensemble devoted to all facets of tango music, graces two Bay Area stages on Sun. Sept. 8, 2013 with two concerts - One Free in Union Square in SF from 2:00 - 4:00 pm - as part of theTango On The Square series for the 2013 Summer Union Square Live series http://tinyurl.com/kn7gwv7 - including dance lessons & demonstrations by members of Bay Area Tang.

Oxygen Media announced today a unique initiative with Instagram to launch 'Oxygen's Daily OxyGram'

The Walt Disney Studios unveiled new details about its upcoming animation slate this morning at the D23 Expo, showcasing new imagery, signature music and behind-the-scenes stories surrounding the roster of upcoming animated adventures. The presentation included information about the just-announced feature film “Zootopia”(working title) from Walt Disney Animation Studios, and the newest film in Disneytoon Studios' Disney Fairies franchise, plus never-before-shared voice cast announcements for upcoming Disney•Pixar titles that include Amy Poehler, Bill Hader, Neil Patrick Harris and Diane Keaton, among a host of others.

Terence Marling, Director of Hubbard Street 2 (HS2) and Hubbard Street Artistic Director Glenn Edgerton announce today the two winners of the 14th annual National Choreographic Competition (NCC), a program of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago's Choreographic Development Initiative. 2013 winners Loni Landon of New York City and Alex Soares of São Paulo, Brazil, will each create an original work in fall 2013 while in residence at Chicago's Hubbard Street Dance Center. Both new works receive their world premieres in early 2014, at the Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts in Bloomington, Illinois.

PBS will close the 27th season of its critically-acclaimed American Masters series with a look at the life of one of stage and film's most prolific composers when Marvin Hamlisch: The Way He Was (working title) premieres on December 27, 2013. He was one of only two PEGOT winners ever, receiving a Pulitzer, four Emmys, four Grammys, three Oscars, and one Tony Award over the course of his distinguished musical career.

LeAnn Rimes and Eddie Cibrian have both been famous in their own right for years, but it wasn't until they were a couple that the tabloids became enamored with their every move. Joining forces with VH1, their new show will bring the truth and make fun of all the gossip. 'LeAnn & Eddie' (working title) is set to premiere on VH1 in the Fall 2013/Winter 2014 with 6 half-hour episodes.

MTV announced today the pick-up of four new unscripted shows set to debut in 2014.

Boldly continuing its push for quality long-form event series, Fox Broadcasting Company (FOX) announced today a series order for BROADCHURCH (working title), an American version of the the U.K.'s most-watched new drama of the year.

LES MISERABLES, Cameron Mackintosh's new 25th anniversary production of the world's longest running musical, runs at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis for one week only, today, July 30-August 4, 2013.

Deadline reports that 'Orphans' star Ben Foster is in final discussion to take on the role of controversial athlete Lance Armstrong in an upcoming biopic from Stephen Fears. Production is set to get underway this fall.

The network has picked up an hour-long special featuring 'We Can't Stop' singer Miley Cyrus.

NickMom, the nighttime (10 p.m. - 2 a.m. ET/PT) comedy block just for moms on Nickelodeon's Nick Jr. channel, announced several new programming initiatives during its presentation at the TCA Summer Press Tour in Beverly Hills this morning.