Lauren Daigle to Perform on GOOD MORNING AMERICADecember 19, 2018Tomorrow, December 20th, platinum selling, two-time 2018 GRAMMY Nominee Lauren Daigle will make an appearance on Good Morning America. Lauren's breakout album, Look Up Child, debuted at No. 3 on the all-genre Billboard Top 200 Album Chart, No. 1 on the iTunes all-genre chart, earned her a second American Music Award, and two GRAMMY nominations.
HIGH MAINTENANCE Returns to HBO on January 20December 19, 2018Moving from Friday to Sunday night, HIGH MAINTENANCE® returns for its nine-episode third season SUNDAY, JAN. 20 (10:30-11:05 p.m. ET/PT). Created by Katja Blichfeld (who directs the season premiere) and Ben Sinclair, the critically acclaimed show uses The Guy, a marijuana dealer (played by Sinclair), to tell a variety of stories about New York lives, including his own.
Recording Academy Announces Lifetime Achievement Award, Trustees Award, And Technical GRAMMY Award HonoreesDecember 19, 2018The Recording Academy announced today its Special Merit Awards recipients. This year's Lifetime Achievement Award honorees are Black Sabbath, George Clinton & Parliament-Funkadelic, Billy Eckstine, Donny Hathaway, Julio Iglesias, Sam & Dave, and Dionne Warwick. Lou Adler, Ashford & Simpson, and Johnny Mandel are Trustees Award honorees; and Saul Walker is the Technical GRAMMY® Award recipient. A special award presentation ceremony and concert celebrating the honorees will be held on May 11, 2019, in Los Angeles. Additional details regarding the ceremony will be announced in the coming weeks.
BigCityBeats Announces A Year “In Space” With The European Space AgencyDecember 19, 2018BigCityBeats, the company behind WORLD CLUB DOME, has announced a new collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA) for 2019, combining the universal, unifying and boundless natures of electronic dance music and space travel. Last year's mission with the ESA for World Club Dome Zero Gravity, which saw the first-ever club created in weightlessness, was so successful that the collaboration will be taken to even greater heights this coming year, with another Zero-G event planned among many more events linking dance music and space travel like never before.
Bravo is Developing a Reboot of QUEER AS FOLKDecember 19, 2018A reboot of Queer as Folk is in the works at Bravo, according to Deadline. The reboot will be based on the UK series, from original series creator Russell T. Davies, writer/director Stephen Dunn and Universal Cable Productions.
Chevel Shepherd Wins Season 15 of THE VOICEDecember 19, 2018Chevel Shepherd, a 16-year-old female country artist from Farmington, N.M., was crowned champion of "The Voice" tonight. The popular young singer from Team Kelly earned coach Kelly Clarkson her second consecutive "Voice" win on the four-time Emmy Award-winning musical competition series.
Timothy Simons To Develop and Star in EXIT PLANS at HBODecember 18, 2018Timothy Simons is set to star in and develop the assisted suicide comedy Exit Plans, according to Deadline. The show hails from Simons and Will Graham (Mozart in the Jungle) via his Field Trip Productions.
SHORT SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL IN HOLLYWOOD to Take Place on January 17December 18, 2018 JAPAN HOUSE Los Angeles and Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia (SSFF & Asia) have partnered to showcase Short Shorts Film Festival in Hollywood on January 17, 2019. The free one-day film festival will bring together premier film talent from Japan, including Cannes Film Festival judge Naomi Kawase and actor and Screen Actors Guild (SAG) member Tetsuya Bessho, at the historic TCL Chinese 6 Theatres. The two-part program aims to bring a sense of intrigue and cultural discovery to festival attendees through the art of short contemporary visual storytelling.