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Melissa McCarthy stars in the adaptation of the memoir CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME?, the true story of best-selling celebrity biographer (and friend to cats) Lee Israel (Melissa McCarthy) who made her living in the 1970's and 80's profiling the likes of Katharine Hepburn, Tallulah Bankhead, Estee Lauder and journalist Dorothy Kilgallen. When Lee is no longer able to get published because she has fallen out of step with current tastes, she turns her art form to deception, abetted by her loyal friend Jack (Richard E. Grant).

Rise Against will kick off their extensive North American Mourning In Amerika Tour with a headline performance at '77 Montréal punk festival on July 27. The run, produced by Live Nation, will include a show at Coney Island Amphitheatre in New York City (August 1), a concert with Fall Out Boy at Wrigley Field in the band's hometown of Chicago (September 8), and an evening at Red Rocks Amphitheatre outside Denver (September 15). Special guests AFI and opener Anti-Flag will perform at all headline shows. Tickets will go on sale to the general public beginning Friday, March 30 at LiveNation.com. See below for itinerary.

Seattle's Walking Papers, will be hitting the road this spring with Alice In Chains beginning, April 28 inBoston. They will also be playing select headline dates as well as the WNOR Lunatic Luau. The band features singer/songwriter Jefferson Angell, keyboardist/backing vocalist Benjamin Anderson (both from The Missionary Position), bassist Duff McKagan (Guns N' Roses, Velvet Revolver), and drummer Barrett Martin (Screaming Trees, Mad Season) but because of previous commitments Duff McKagan and Barrett Martin will not be along for these dates. Instead Angell and Anderson will be joined by Nate Daley (guitar), Dan Spalding (bass, upright bass and baritone saxophone), Will Andrews (drums), and Gregor Lothian (saxophone).

YES, one of the biggest bands in prog rock history and true pioneers of the genre, today (March 26) revealed the dates and details for this summer's 50th Anniversary North American tour titled #YES50: Celebrating 50 Years of YES. Tickets for the 30-plus date outing, which kicks off June 5 and 6 with a two-night engagement at the Arcada Theatre in St. Charles, IL, will go on sale to the public beginning this Friday, March 30 or Saturday, March 31, with select shows going on sale in early April. A handful of additional dates will be announced soon.

A new Science Channel series explores the suspicious deaths of scientific geniuses to determine if their demises were unfortunate coincidences or if these gifted minds were murdered for knowing too much. DEADLY INTELLIGENCE premieres Sunday, April 8 at 10pm ET/PT on Science Channel. What some experts have deemed cold or closed cases, others see as ongoing conspiracies based on bizarre circumstances, significant holes in investigations, and possible motives for murder.

Rightsify, a global music licensing and royalty collection agency based in Pasadena, California, and with authorized licensing agents in over 20 countries, provides a new way for artists to make money from their music. Rightsify operates a music streaming service for businesses that is available globally and includes all licensing rights needed for a business to legally play music.

Shorts International, the world's leading short movie entertainment company and operator of the ShortsTV channel, is pleased to announce the launch of the ShortsTV App, a revolution in the delivery of short movie content.

Fresh off a Saturday Night Live appearance showcasing “their performatively melodramatic, driving rock... enduring power” (AV Club) and the JUNO Awards where the band won Album of the Year, performed and accepted the International Achievement Award, Arcade Fire has confirmed a new Toronto date on the Everything Now Continued tour.

Portuguese DJ & producer KURA has announced his upcoming masterclass, in partnership with Mega Hits. Taking place in his home country for the first time, the masterclass, lead exclusively by KURA, will take place on 21st April 2018 at the Mega Hits HQ in Lisbon. 

Bravo's original scripted drama series IMPOSTERS returns for a second season on Thursday, April 5 at 10/9c.

Telemundo announced today the official hosts of the 2018 Billboard Latin Music Awards. Actress, TV host and Influencer, Gaby Espino returns to host the coveted awards ceremony for a third time, and she will be joined by popular TV host, public speaker and activist Marco Antonio Regil. The most prestigious awards show in the Latin music world is celebrating 20 years of uninterrupted broadcast on Telemundo, and for the third time in its history the public will be able to attend; tickets to the Billboard Latin Music Awards are now on sale at AXS.com, the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino box offices or by calling (702) 632-7777. The grand event will broadcast live on Telemundo Thursday, April 26 at 8pm/7c from the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. The show will also air simultaneously on Spanish-language entertainment cable network, Universo. The complete list of finalists, in addition to exclusive content about this year's three-hour ceremony, can be found at PremiosBillboard.com, the official website of the 2018 Billboard Latin Music Awards. Fans can be part of the action of the star-studded event following @LatinBillboards across Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat as TeamTelemundo, and join the conversation using #Billboards2018.

In 2016 Bryony nearly drowned. Postnatal breakdowns, an imploding relationship and a very sick child left her sitting beneath the waves hoping she could slowly turn to shell. When Battersea Arts Centre invited her to create a new work for the previously burnt down Grand Hall, she felt an affinity with that building, for her own life had also burnt to the ground that year. I'm a Phoenix, Bitch is an ambitious, multimedia, mid-scale, solo theatre work about putting yourself back together after trauma. The show seeks to create a new myth of human survival for the modern world.

Actor Tom Hardy revealed his transformation into infamous gangster Al Capone in the upcoming film Fonzo via his instagram account.

Auli'i Cravalho and Damon J. Gillespie are on hand to award R.I.S.E. America Project grants to high schools across the country, ensuring some dreams really do come true.

Stefano, Captain Sham, Shirley, a frightening doctor, a terrible detective or a nightmarish auctioneer - no matter what he looks like and which alias he uses, Count Olaf is always an awful and dangerous person. And he's about to get worse.

DEAR EVAN HANSEN star Rachel Bay Jones has joined the cast of Greg Berlanti's CBS pilot 'God Friended Me,' Variety has learned exclusively. Jones will appear as a guest in the pilot and will join the cast in a recurring role, should the series move forward. 'God Friended Me' is a comedy series about an outspoken atheist, played by Brandon Micheal Hall, whose life is turned upside down when God friends him on Facebook. Jones will play Susan, whose past is involved with the investigation into God's account.

The 2018 JUNO Awards celebrated Canada's biggest night in music in grand style, from the 200-foot red carpet taking over the Georgia viaduct, to the sold-out live CBC broadcast from Vancouver's Rogers Arena. The two-hour show opened with a special instrumental rendition of International Achievement Award Winner, Arcade Fire's “Everything Now,” who also took home Album of the Year* for their album Everything Now.

US rock band Bad Wolves' cover of 'Zombie' is the breakthrough rock single of 2018.

Grammy Award-winning folk comedy duo Flight of the Conchords (aka Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie) had to postpone their UK and Ireland edition of the “Flight of the Conchords sing Flight of the Conchords Tour” due to Bret's hand injury.

SIDELINE's dynamic first album for Mountain Home Music Company, FRONT AND CENTER, is set for April 27 release.  A live, streaming appearance tomorrow at 8:30 a.m. Central on 650 AM WSM's Coffee, Country & Cody show (simulcast on Heartland TV ) leads the launch efforts.  There's plenty to promote - this is the real deal; heart and soul Bluegrass, tightly woven from unbreakable threads of talent and commonality.  FRONT AND CENTER marks the group's first outing with respected producer Tim Surrett at the helm, and each of the project's 12 tracks fits snugly into the revered Carolina 'Grass style.