ESPN Launches New College Football Playoff Campaign 'Everything Matters'August 29, 2018Today ESPN began airing “Everything Matters,” the inaugural spot in a fan-first campaign designed to build excitement for the new college football season. The campaign is all part of the ongoing “Who's In?” effort, which launched in 2014 – the inaugural year of the College Football Playoff. The “Everything Matters” creative taps into the fun, and at times quirky traditions that fans, coaches and players have on game day, borne out of the belief that every decision, on and off the field, can impact the journey to the College Football Playoff. Watch the spot below!
VIDEO: Watch the Music Video for Jordan Smith's 'Only Love'August 29, 2018Vocal powerhouse JORDAN SMITH releases the official music video for his new single 'Only Love' today. Over the weekend, JORDAN received praises from legendary music icon Sir Elton John, calling the single a 'very great pop song' and 'beautifully sung' on his Beats1 Rock Hour Radio show.
MADE IN AMERICA Festival Releases 2018 ScheduleAugust 29, 2018The daily schedule has been released for this year's MADE IN AMERICA, the JAY-Z curated two-day music festival and staple of Labor Day weekend that returns to Philadelphia for a seventh year this weekend.
E! Greenlights Season Four of HOLLYWOOD MEDIUM WITH TYLER HENRYAugust 29, 2018E! has given the greenlight to a fourth season of hit series 'Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry.' As Hollywood's most sought-after medium, Tyler Henry will return to deliver remarkable readings to celebrities looking for advice, connection, healing and closure. This past season, Tyler made jaw-dropping connections for some of Hollywood's biggest names including La Toya Jackson, Chrissy Metz, Jim Parsons, Lucy Hale, Titus Burgess, Selma Blair, Kristin Cavallari, Teresa Giudice, Iggy Azalea, Guiliana Rancic, Christina El Moussa, Padma Lakshmi and more.
Utah Film Center Announces the Opening of Utah Film Center Artist FoundryAugust 29, 2018Utah Film Center announced today the acquisition of Avrec Art House's assets and the opening of Utah Film Center Artist Foundry, a production and coworking space where filmmakers can hone their craft and create independent films. Now working for the nonprofit Utah Film Center, Avrec Art House founder, Dallin Cerva will focus his efforts to provide crucial infrastructure, programming, and education support to the independent filmmaking community in Salt Lake City.
First Run Features Presents New Immersive Documentary, MOYNIHANAugust 29, 2018First Run Features is pleased to announce the Los Angeles theatrical premiere of Moynihan, a new documentary directed by Joseph Dorman and Toby Perl Freilich. Following its U.S. premiere at New York's Film Forum on October 3,the Los Angeles premiere will take place at Laemmle's Music Hall on October 12, 2018.
USA Network's MR. ROBOT to End with Season FourAugust 29, 2018USA Network today announced the fourth and final season of the award-winning MR. ROBOT will return in 2019. From Universal Cable Productions (UCP), production will begin this winter in New York.
Netflix Announces Verna Myers as Vice President, Inclusion StrategyAugust 29, 2018Netflix Inc. announced today that Vern? Myers is joining the company as Vice President, Inclusion Strategy. In this newly-created role, Vern? will help devise and implement strategies that integrate cultural diversity, inclusion and equity into all aspects of Netflix's operations worldwide. For the past two decades, through The Vern? Myers Company, she has consulted with a wide range of major corporations and organizations on how to help eradicate barriers based on race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation and other differences and to make more just, compassionate, and productive work environments.
87 Artists Awarded Fall-Winter MacDowell FellowshipsAugust 29, 2018The MacDowell Colony has awarded fellowships to 87 artists from 19 states and six countries, from Oregon to Alabama and from Australia to Sweden. Sixty-seven are first-time Fellows. They are working in seven disciplines, and 27 percent identify as culturally diverse. The fellowships are for upcoming autumn and early winter residencies at one of the nation's leading contemporary arts organizations.
Five For Fighting to Release New Album 'Five For Fighting Live With String Quartet'August 29, 2018Grammy-Nominated singer-songwriter, composer John Ondrasik, aka Five For Fighting, will be releasing a new album Five For Fighting Live With String Quartet. Together with the FFF string quartet Ondrasik will be on tour playing a series of unique and intimate dates beginning September 12, 2018 in Franklin, TN (tour dates below and here). The new album will be exclusively available to those attending the shows until its release later this fall. Five For Fighting will be playing the hits, such as “Superman” and “100 Years” along with fan favorites, 'Chances,” 'Two Lights,” 'What if,” and 'I Just Love You,” as well as adding songs from Ondrasik's twenty year+ catalogue.
Mike Faist to Star in Amazon's Young Adult Pilot, PANICAugust 29, 2018Dear Evan Hansen's Mike Faist has been cast in Amazon Studios' Young Adult pilot, PANIC, according to Deadline. Olivia Welch and Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut have also landed lead roles in the pilot, which is based on Lauren Oliver's best-selling book.