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Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, under the leadership of Executive Director Stacie Burgua, is proud welcome Robert Schenkkan to Whidbey Island Apr 18, 2010 at 11.00am.

The National Endowment for the Arts announced today that Jason Schupbach will join the NEA as Director of Design at the end of May.

The producers of the 101 Dalmatians Musical have just released a statement regarding their animal stars.

TV Land announced today that some of television and film's most iconic names will be presenters at the '8th Annual TV Land Awards.' Billy Crystal, Jane Leeves, Jay Leno, Wendie Malick, Bob Newhart and Betty White will be on hand to salute some of television biggest stars - Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner; the casts of 'Everybody Loves Raymond,' 'The Love Boat' and more. The '8th Annual TV Land Award' tapes on Saturday, April 17 at Sony Studios on the historic Stage 15 in Culver City, it airs on TV Land on Sunday, April 25 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT.

GLEE pays homage to Madonna and the power of her music with a full episode devoted to one of the most revered and iconic musicians of this generation. The sure-to-be-fan-favorite installment of television's most-loved new series will air in its regular time period Tuesday, April 20 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX.

The Broadway cast of Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus' global smash hit musical MAMMA MIA!, led by 'Dynamos' Tony Award winner Beth Leavel, Judy McLane and Gina Ferrall will toast the 10th anniversary of 'Real Simple Magazine' with a live performance from Grand Central Station tomorrow, Thursday, April 15th at 6:00p.

In a new episode of Site & Sound, Rufus Wainwright performs 'When Most I Wink,' one of three songs based on Shakespeare sonnets that appear on 'All Days are Nights: Songs for Lulu' (Decca Records). The song, like much of the album, is both mournful and hopeful. Based on Sonnet 43, it includes the memorable couplet 'All days are nights to see till I see thee/ And nights bright days when dreams do show thee me.'

To commemorate the launch of AVATAR on Blu-ray and DVD, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment in conjunction with the digital out-of-home company, Inwindow Outdoor will unveil an interactive digital exhibition.

Pianist Emanuel Ax returns to the Walt Disney Concert Hall stage in a recital featuring piano works by Frédéric Chopin and Robert Schumann, Tuesday, April 20, at 8 p.m. The program also presents the West coast premiere of an LA Phil-co-commissioned new work from composer Thomas Adès, Three Mazurkas. The Colburn Celebrity Series event is the final of the three recitals featured in the On Location: Emanuel Ax residency, which explores the dual bicentennials of Schumann and Chopin.

CBS has announced the finale dates for the 2009-10 season. Additionally, the network has announced upcoming special programming changes.

Si TV has announced the breakout arrival of the acclaimed series Prison Break to the network. The Golden Globe-nominated series will premiere on Si TV on Monday, April 19, its first airing anywhere since its first-run on FOX. Prison Break will air Monday-Friday nights on Si TV at 10PM ET/PT.

MTV today announced that it is partnering with the teen volunteer organization DoSomething.org to air the first-ever charitable episode of its hit reality dance competition series from Warner Horizon Television - 'Randy Jackson Presents America's Best Dance Crew' - LIVE on Thursday, April 15th at 10 p.m. ET/(tape delay) PT.

During its annual Upfront presentation to the advertising community, BET Networks will reveal its new consumer research, new programming strategy including scripted programs and original movies, and the reinvigorated direction for the company at New York City's Nokia Theatre. Touting the Network's unique understanding of black consumers through its 'African Americans Revealed' study, BET will reinforce its position as the world's #1 provider of black content with unprecedented reach to all types of African American consumers across all demographics and genres.

Dedicated to expanding its network and channel brands across multiple platforms and connecting viewers with their favorite shows anytime and anywhere, Disney/ABC Television Group announces early results for its new ABC Player app for the Apple iPad.

Once again, fans have made NBC.com the #1 website versus competitive broadcast network sites in monthly averages of unique visitors (9.1 million) and total time spent (125 million minutes) - this success is distinct from the 2010 Winter Olympics Games which had a dedicated site, nbcolympics.com site.

Thursday nights on MTV will be filled with pranks, stunts, leaping and sprinting as two new extreme stunt reality series create humor and excitement. 'The Dudesons in America' introduces the U.S. to four internationally well-known Finnish childhood best friends who take rough-housing to the next level with off the wall stunts and pranks. MTV's 'Ultimate Parkour Challenge' brings live action to MTV with the world's fastest growing extreme sport that showcases the thrilling level of action experienced in Hollywood movies. 'The Dudesons in America' and 'Ultimate Parkour Challenge' will premiere on Thursday, May 6 starting at 10PM ET/PT.

With its line-up of DWTS the Results, Lost and V, ABC grew its Tuesday numbers year to year for the 3rd week in a row. ABC's results were up over the same Tuesday last year (4/14/09), also a night of all-original programming, by 10% in Total Viewers (9.6 million vs. 8.7 million) and by 32% in Adults 18-49 (2.9/8 vs. 2.2/6).

Monstrous worms unleashed from their ancient crypts and vicious witches declaring war on humanity wreak havoc during Syfy's May Saturday Original Movies.

The Syfy Saturday Original Movie Mega Piranha feasted on nearly 2.2 (2.156) million total viewers during its premiere on Saturday, April 10, at 9PM (ET/PT), making it the channel's most watched movie of 2010.

Sports coverage is finally about to get some integrity. COMEDY CENTRAL has picked-up the Onion Sports Network pilot and placed a 10-episode series order for 'The Onion Sports Network' (working title), it was announced today by Kent Alterman, head of original programming and production, COMEDY CENTRAL. The scripted series from The Onion, based on its popular Onion Sports Network online video series, is set to premiere 1Q 2011.