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Former NASA Astronaut Mike Massimino is back to serve as our tour guide through the universe in the new season of THE PLANETS AND BEYOND, debuting Tuesday, March 20th at 10 p.m. ET/PT on Science Channel. Each of the eight episodes in the second season takes an in-depth look at everything from Neptune & Uranus, to alien planets and the Sun. Massimino, who flew on two space shuttle missions to repair the Hubble Telescope, provides a perspective on the cosmos that only an elite few can match.

Paramount Television announced today that it has named David Flynn Executive Vice President, International Strategy, reporting to Amy Powell, President of Paramount TV.

Patria Productions is proud to announce that the critically acclaimed dual CD album from 2005, Marta Eggerth, My Life My Song, is now NEW TO YOUTUBE. Each song clip is accompanied by historical photos, many never seen before. With this CD, Marta Eggerth's (1912-2013) recorded legacy as one of the world's leading sopranos showcases an international singing career spanning more than 70 years in operetta, film, lieder and opera. It will now be available on YouTube for generations of opera aficionados, singers, film buffs, and others to learn from and enjoy.

Three-time Grammy Award-winning and multi-platinum-selling artist Pentatonix will release PTX Presents: Top Pop, Vol. I April 13th via RCA Records.  The inaugural release for the group's PTX Presents series will feature 11 PTX-curated modern pop performances, including an arrangement of Camila Cabello's “Havana.”  The track was released this past Friday and has already surpassed 5 million video views.  Purchase it here and watch it here.

Comedy legends Steve Martin and Martin Short announced today a new comedy special, Steve Martin and Martin Short: An Evening You Will Forget For The Rest Of Your Life, that will launch globally on Netflix later in 2018.  The announcement was made via Steve Martin's twitter account this morning.

One of America's greatest playwrights, Maria Irene Fornes was born in Havana, moved to the US in her teens, and rose to prominence in the 1960s Off-Off Broadway scene with her wildly innovative, endlessly playful approach to language and form. Though she gradually stopped writing due to dementia, a chance encounter with filmmaker Michelle Memran reignited her spontaneous creative spirit and triggered a decade-long collaboration that picked up where the pen left off. The duo travel from NY to Havana, Miami to Seattle, exploring Fornes's remembered past and their shared present. Theater luminaries such as Edward Albee, Ellen Stewart, Paula Vogel, Lanford Wilson, and others weigh in on Fornes's important contributions. This is a story of dizzying artistic heights, enduring grace, and unexpected friendship.

Mikky Ekko will embark on a series of tour dates this spring as part of SiruisXM's Alt Nation “Advanced Placement Tour” along with fellow artists NoMBe and Mansion Air.The tour kicks off April 10 at New York's Gramercy Theatre and includes stops at Boston's Brighton Music Hall, Washington D.C.'s Union Stage, Chicago's Chop Shop, Los Angeles' Resident and Austin's Parish among many others. Tickets go on-sale thisFriday, March 2 at 10:00am local time with venue pre-sales starting tomorrow, February 28. See below for complete tour details.

Produced by Fruit of Life Productions and OneRise Entertainment, KAYA FEST is a two-day all-ages music and awareness experience being held at NOS Events Center April 28 & 29, 2018 in Southern California. Today (February 27), the festival unveils its daily lineup in anticipation of single day passes going up for sale tomorrow (February 28) here: https://kayafest.frontgatetickets.com/

SundanceTV and Sundance Now -- AMC Networks' premium streaming service – announced today the greenlight of “No One Saw A Thing” (w/t), a new true crime documentary series from Blumhouse Television. Award-winning Israeli filmmaker Avi Belkin will direct and serve as executive producer of the six-episode series, which will also be executive produced by Alexandra Shiva. “No One Saw A Thing” examines an unsolved and mysterious death in the American Heartland and the corrosive effects of vigilantism in small town America. The case garnered international attention in the early 1980s after a resident was shot dead in front of almost 60 townspeople. These witnesses deny having seen anything, to this very day. Production is underway and will launch on SundanceTV and Sundance Now in 2019.

Today, Australia's What So Not has revealed a third song 'Beautiful', which features Swedish newcomer Winona Oak, from his long awaited debut album Not All The Beautiful Things via NYLON. The album will be released March 9th via Counter Records and is currently available for pre-order here.

Popular mother/daughter duo Mina Starsiak and Karen E Laine tackle bigger home renovations and take on riskier house flips in the third season of HGTV's Good Bones. And this year, creating family homes will take on a whole new meaning for first-time mom-to-be Mina. During the season, which premieres on Tuesday, April 3, at 10 p.m. ET/PT, Mina, a real-estate agent, and her mom Karen, a former lawyer, aim to improve local Indianapolis neighborhoods one broken house at a time—buying severely neglected properties, gutting them down to the bones and transforming them into gorgeous family homes. The series, which attracted more than 16 million viewers in its sophomore run, will move to 9 p.m. ET/PT beginning Tuesday, April 10.

Lake Street Dive will release Free Yourself Up, its second album with Nonesuch Records on May 4. The four-member band -- drummer Michael Calabrese, bassist Bridget Kearney, singer Rachael Price, and guitarist/trumpeter Michael 'McDuck' Olson -- self-produced the album at Goosehead Palace Studios in Nashville with engineer Dan Knobler. Tour dates to support Free Yourself Up begin with an intimate show at The Sinclair in the band's original home of Boston on release day. During this release tour, every ticket purchased online for headline shows includes a CD of the new album. Full details are below.

Spanish-language entertainment cable network UNIVERSO, announced today that the second season of UNIVERSO VICE will premiere tomorrow, Wednesday, February 28 at 10pm/9C. Hosted by Beto Ruiz, the action-packed new season will consist of 10 one-hour episodes that feature unfiltered stories from around the world and the best reports from VICE, specially selected for the Hispanic TV audience in the United States.

On the return of Cheap Eats, food blogger Ali Khan continues his search for new eateries serving up great taste at a good price. The new season of this budget-conscious culinary journey begins on Wednesday, March 21st at 10pmET/7pmPT and brings Ali to destinations across the country. With only 12 hours in each city, and only $35 to spend on breakfast, lunch, a snack, and dinner, he must prove that delicious dishes do not have to break the bank.

The third season of Ultimate Beastmaster Season is a nine-episode event series that features over 100 competitors from nine countries. Those countries include: U.S., U.K., Australia, Germany, Brazil, Italy, France, South Korea and Mexico.

The Flaming Lips have added dates to their recently announced 2018 Tour in support of their current universally acclaimed album Oczy Mlody. Tickets for the new domestic shows will go on-sale Friday, March 2.

Norwegian Art-rock progressive outfit Gazpacho are set to release their brand-new studio album Soyuz through Kscope on 18th May 2018.

Smithsonian Channel launches into space with four premieres centered around space exploration and humans' impact on the solar system. The first special, BILLIONAIRE SPACE CLUB, on Sunday, March 25 at 8 p.m. ET/PT, highlights the efforts of billionaire Sir Richard Branson and others to make space travel more accessible to the average person. The Sunday block also takes viewers on a journey revealing how humans have changed the planet Earth and how they will continue to shape its future on Sunday, March 25 at 9 p.m ET/PT in EARTH FROM OUTER SPACE. The following Sunday, April 1 at 8 p.m. ET/PT, FINDING LIFE IN OUTER SPACE explores one of the greatest mysteries of the universe – why life exists – and at 9 p.m. ET/PT, LEAVING EARTH: OR HOW TO COLONIZE A PLANET featuring Stephen Hawking reveals the secrets of space travel and what the future holds for exploration and potential habitation beyond Earth.These four hour-long premieres highlight innovators and pioneers who are forging ahead with space exploration to plan for an unknown future.

Aïsha Devi has announced the release of her sophomore album DNA Feelings out May 11th via Houndstooth. In conjunction with the album announcement comes first track “Inner State of Alchemy” and an artist statement entitled 'DNA Feelings'.

Atlantic Records has announced the launch of an in-house podcast initiative with its own dedicated podcast production team. In addition, the company is building a podcast-specific studio at its New York City headquarters, scheduled to be up and running this spring. The initiative is the brainchild of Atlantic Vice President Tom Mullen, who hosts his own acclaimed podcast music series, “Washed Up Emo,” which has been running for seven years and just aired its 124th episode.