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A feisty foster kid's outrageous scheme to be reunited with her birth mother has unintended consequences in The Great Gilly Hopkins, an entertaining film for the entire family. Gilly Hopkins (Sophie Nélisse) has seen more than her share of foster homes and has outwitted every family she has lived with. In an effort to escape her new foster mother Mamie Trotter's (Kathy Bates) endless loving care, Gilly concocts a plan that she believes will bring her mother running to her rescue. But when the ploy blows up in Gilly's face it threatens to ruin the only chance she's ever had to be part of a real family.

Marvel Studios announces Marvel Studios' Expand Your Mind: An IMAX® 3D Exclusive First Look, featuring approximately 15 minutes of exclusive footage from the highly anticipated, action-packed “Doctor Strange.” The sneak peek will be showcased in over 115 theater locations across North America on October 10, 2016, at 7p.m. 

In 1935, on the set of the movie musical, Top Hat, composer Irving Berlin hummed a then unfamiliar tune to the film's star, Fred Astaire. He had envisioned the song as a centerpiece for a future film starring Astaire and his dance partner, Ginger Rogers. At the time, Berlin was in the midst of a project writing songs for each of the major holidays of the year, but based on his Jewish upbringing, the composer found that Christmas was the most difficult holiday to write for. Nevertheless, the legendary composer rose to the challenge and gave us what is now one of the most popular holiday songs in history, 'White Christmas.'

Corey McGinnis, better known as “PHOR” from  VH1's  Black Ink Crew Chicago is gearing up for the release of exclusive, new music and the second season of the show premiering this October. PHOR has recently signed to Devyne Stephen's Upfront Entertainment for a label and production deal.

CBS has opened the 2016/2017 season with a MASS-ive premiere week victory, winning for the eighth consecutive year with an average audience of 11 million viewers, the largest opening week audience by any network in five years (Nielsen preliminary live plus same day ratings, live + 3-day ratings and CBS Estimates). Updated ratings for the week ending Sept. 25 will be released tomorrow.

Today at Broadway Salutes, The Broadway League honored members of the community who have worked on Broadway for 25, 35 and 50+ years.

Week two of THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL on Thursday, Sept. 22 featuring the New England Patriots beating the Houston Texans 27-0 was seen on an average minute audience basis by 17.9 million viewers across all platforms, including the CBS Television Network, the NFL Network, Twitter, NFL Digital and CBS Interactive.

Disney Channels Worldwide will introduce a series of short-form programming to inspire, inform and motivate kids' nutritious food choices and physical activities, beginning FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23.

Babak Anvari's psychological thriller UNDER THE SHADOW has been selected as the United Kingdom's Foreign Language Academy Award entry for 2016. The film, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January and which has had an extensive festival run, will be released by Vertigo Releasing in the U.K. on September 23rd and by XYZ Films and Vertical in the U.S. on October 7th. Vertical Entertainment and XYZ Films are releasing the film theatrically in North America and globally on digital platforms. 

Nationally syndicated morning talk show “LIVE with Kelly” announces the line-up of guest co-hosts who will join Kelly Ripa during the week of October 3-7, 2016.

FOX News Channel (FNC) will present extensive live programming of the upcoming presidential debate between nominees Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump on September 26th from Hofstra University.  Coverage will be available on FNC, as well as on additional platforms including, FOX News Radio, FOX News Mobile and FOXNews.com, where the debate will livestream for free without authentication.

It all starts very simple. A steady piano, a lilting flute. A young woman descending a staircase in the ballgown of every little girl's dreams, meeting her intended at the base. They beam at one another; she curtsies, he bows. As the iconic voice of Angela Lansbury enters the equation through an enchanted teapot, infusing the sequence with warmth and wisdom, the woman and her very unlikely suitor enter the ballroom. Finally having learned to ignore their differences, the two sway and twirl their way into happily ever after.

Today Wondery premiered Secrets, Crimes & Audiotape - a new audio drama series.  The first episode, “A Beautiful Spell” features Jenna Elfman ('Dharma & Greg') and Bodhi Elfman ('Criminal Minds'). It tells the story of a husband and wife who wake up in the middle of the night afraid they may have fallen out of love, prompting them to review their insecurities, jealousies and fantasies until dawn.  

ABC News and Facebook today announced a partnership for live coverage of the 2016 general election debates, expanding the relationship established during the 2016 conventions that resulted in more than 28 million video views across ABC News' Facebook pages.   

Based on national ratings for the week of September 5, 2016, “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire” with Chris Harrison was up over the prior week by 8% in Households (1.3 rating vs. 1.2 rating) and 9% in Total Viewers (1.703 million vs. 1.558 million), while posting double-digit gains week to week in Adults 25-54 (+33% - 0.4 rating vs. 0.3 rating) and Women 25-54 (+25% - 0.5 rating vs. 0.4 rating).  In fact, “Millionaire” was the only syndicated game show to grow over the prior week on all four Nielsen measures.

ABC News' “Nightline” drew 1.335 million Total Viewers, 472,000 Adults 25-54 and 346,000 Adults 18-49, during the week of September 12, 2016, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research.  “Nightline” ran neck-and-neck with NBC's “Late Night with Seth Meyers” for the top spot in Total Viewers as only 1,000 viewers separated the two programs (1.335 million vs. 1.336 million).

NBC has dominated the Sept. 12-18 primetime ratings week, with “Sunday Night Football,” two editions of “America's Got Talent,” “Better Late Than Never” and “Blindspot” accounting for five of the week's ten most-watched shows on the Big 4 networks, according to “live plus same day” figures from Nielsen Media Research. 

The intrepid crew of the USS Enterprise returns in “the best action movie of the year” (Scott Mantz, “Access Hollywood”).  The “highly entertaining” (David Rooney, Hollywood Reporter) new installment in the iconic franchise, STAR TREK BEYOND sets a course on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray 3D and Blu-ray Combo Packs, DVD and On Demand November 1, 2016 from Paramount Home Media Distribution.  The sci-fi adventure will also be available as part of the STAR TREK TRILOGY Blu-ray Collection.  The film warp speeds to Digital HD four weeks early on October 4, 2016.

When Falsettos first premiered on Broadway in 1992, the show gained instant status as a game changer. With William Finn's brave new style of musical theatre composition and in placing the lives of queer characters at the forefront of its storytelling, a tactic that had not yet been seen in musicals up until that point, the show has become a cultural landmark and a blueprint for the array of modern musical theatre that followed in its wake.

Up against big NFL-fueled competition from Sunday Night Football on NBC (Minnesota Vikings-Green Bay Packers) and an NFL-overrun inflated CBS (Colts-Broncos), ABC's telecast of “The 68th Primetime Emmy Awards” attracted an average audience of 11.3 million viewers, retaining 95% of its year-ago audience (11.9 million on 9/20/15).