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blackpills debuts new docuseries RESIST today on the mobile platform. Produced by Pulse Films, RESIST picks up after the public ousting of corrupt L.A. County Sheriff Lee Baca and follows Patrisse Cullors, co-founder of Black Lives Matter, along with a group of community organizers who work together to shutdown a new jail the county is trying to break ground on. The series explores their grassroots efforts and gives a first-hand look behind the scenes of their powerful activism in action, challenging the status-quo.

One of the greatest playwrights of the 20th century, Arthur Miller created such celebrated works as “Death of a Salesman” and “The Crucible,” which continue to move audiences around the world today. He also made headlines for being targeted by the House Un-American Activities Committee at the height of the McCarthy Era and entering into a tumultuous marriage with Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe.

Phish is following the recent announcement of their upcoming summer tour by unveiling plans to stage their 11th festival, Curveball. Slated for August 17-19 at Watkins Glen International in Watkins Glen, NY, Curveballwill see Phish offering a series of unique live performances, alongside an array of activities, attractions and art installations. Located amidst the rolling hills of Central New York's Finger Lakes region, the festival site offers an abundance of campsites just a short drive from numerous Northeastern cities.

Triple threat Vocal Producer, Executive Producer and Songwriter Jenna Andrews has joined Barry Weiss' RECORDS label (a newly established joint venture with Sony Music Entertainment) as an exclusive A&R consultant. There, she will bring her collaborative skills of vocal producer, songwriting, mentor/partner, A&R and artist development to the label, working from both New York and Los Angeles.

The Legendary Soul Man Sam Moore was honored with the Trailblazer Award at the annual Dream Ball Gala on Monday, February 19 at the Bomb Factory in the Deep Ellum area of Dallas. The gala is produced by Nancy Lieberman Charities, a 501(c)(3) organization that promotes healthy lifestyles and educational opportunities for young girls and boys, and is dedicated to expanding and ensuring that educational and sports opportunities exist for economically disadvantaged youth. Moore was presented with the Trailblazer Award by former Dallas Police Chief David Brown, and also performed a short set during the program, garnering rave reviews. Fellow honoree Billy Crystal was joined by Bo Derek, Tony Dorsett, Deion Sanders, Jose' Guzman, and Spud Webb, among other celebrities and local dignitaries, who were also in attendance. The Dream Ball Gala is one of several annual charity events organized by Nancy Lieberman Charities.

It's been an enthusiastic entry into the music scene for Australian solo artist Angie McMahon. Angie released her first single 'Slow Mover' at the close of 2017 to an outpouring of support from fans and industry alike, all of whom have found themselves relating to Angie's effortless way with words.

EPIX, an MGM company, today announced that Gretchen Carlson, acclaimed journalist and empowerment advocate, Diane Guerrero (Orange is the New Black), Nick Offerman (Parks and Recreation), Jussie Smollett (Empire) and Martin Sensmeier (Westworld) have been named as the new correspondents for the second season of the critically-acclaimed documentary series America Divided. Gretchen Carlson and Jussie Smollett have also signed on as executive producers, alongside Norman Lear who is returning for his second season. The four-part series will premiere on EPIX later this year and is set to explore the most provocative news headlines and cultural topics in recent months.

Due to unfortunate circumstances surrounding the acquisition of his visa paperwork, Peter Murphy had to postpone his much-anticipated three-week residency at The Chapel in San Francisco which was scheduled to begin January 23, 2018.  They shows have been rescheduled beginning June 26 and running till July 15, 2018. (dates below) 

London-based OR Media, Ltd. and NY-based indie distributor Paladin have made a deal for the US distribution of OR Media's documentary feature, PATH OF BLOOD, it was jointly announced by OR Media chief executive Jonathan Hacker and Paladin president, Mark Urman. Described as a “documentary thriller,” the film is a provocative and unprecedented glimpse into the world of jihadi terrorism. Directed by Hacker and based on his acclaimed book of the same title, the film was executive produced by Academy Award-winner Mark Boal (“Zero Dark Thirty” “The Hurt Locker”) and Megan Ellison's Annapurna Pictures. The Film Sales Company represented the filmmaker in striking the deal with the distributor. Paladin plans a multi-city summer release in 2018.

Big Fish Entertainment, the production company behind A&E's Live PD, cable's #1 series Friday andSaturday nights, and VH1's hit Black Ink Crew franchise, the #1 non-sports cable program in its time period, is expanding its infrastructure after a banner 2017, tapping former Sirens Media executive and producer Lucilla D'Agostino as its first chief creative officer.

“The Oscars Insider,” a five-part daily digital series from ABC and The Academy, is now live with the first episode on Oscar.com and www.facebook.com/TheAcademy. New episodes will appear each day through March 2. Sponsored by Walmart, “The Oscars Insider” is hosted by ESPN sports and pop culture commentator Adnan Virk and features:

Dublin four-piece Cloud Castle Lake today announce the release of their long-anticipated debut albumMalingerer on April 20th via Bright Antenna Records. The eight-track album was produced by Rob Kirwan (Hozier, PJ Harvey) and is a glorious statement of intent from an incredibly ambitious and extraordinary band. To mark the announce, the band are streaming the dynamic and cinematic album title track, listen here.

STOLAR, the Brooklyn-based songwriter whom Village Voice called a 'poly-genre multi-instrumentalist,' announces his latest single, 'ERASE YOU', a soulful, R&B-tinged piece replete with guitars and 70's style vocal synthesizers, which is a piece mourning the loss of a love through heartbreak, the agonizing feeling of memories of that love popping up, and the understandable desire to erase it all to ease the pain.

Nickelodeon has released the 2018 Kids Choice Award Nominees. Nickelodeon's 2018 Kids' Choice Awards is produced by Nickelodeon Productions, with Elizabeth Kelly, Michael Dempsey, Shelly Sumpter Gillyard and Jay Schmalholz serving as executive producers. Check out the full list of nominees below:

Announced today, legendary rock musicians and cultural icons John Fogerty and ZZ Topwill come together for the “Blues and Bayous Tour” this spring. The tour, which opens on May 25th , will make stops across the USA from the East Coast to the West. The full tour schedule is attached, below.

A Cold War anti-ballistic missile complex in the desolate plains of North Dakota. A Utopian city in Brazil built by Henry Ford. A prison complex in Cuba that once held Fidel Castro. These and other strange, yet fascinating engineering marvels that are merely shells of what they once were, are brought back to life with advanced CGI modeling in season two of the popular Science Channel series, MYSTERIES OF THE ABANDONED, premiering Tuesday, March 20th at 9PM ET/PT.

Guitarist/vocalist Carley Wolf was raised with a pack of wolf-dog hybrids on her family's Texas hill country ranch. When she met drummer Jonny Wolf and they started making music together, they named their band The Ghost Wolves as a way of memorializing their beloved companions who had died.

Today, Electric Forest (EF) announced the details of the highly anticipated 2018 Curated Event Series for the eighth annual music and camping festival in Rothbury, Michigan on June 21–June 24 and June 28–July 1.

Eva Cassidy's SONGBIRD album was initially released by independent label Blix Street Records in April, 1998.  The posthumous release, an anthology of recordings by the Washington, DC-based singer who had died in November of 1996, is comprised of four tracks from her first solo album, LIVE AT BLUES ALLEY(taken from her January 3, 1996 performance with her band at the Georgetown jazz club and locally released a few months before she died); five tracks from EVA BY HEART, the studio album she was recording at the time of her passing, posthumously released locally a year after she died; and one track (Over The Rainbow) from THE OTHER SIDE, a 1992 collection of jazz and blues duets with Washington's Chuck Brown.

In Steven Spielberg's new science fiction action adventure, “Ready Player One,” the race is on to be the first to find three keys in the virtual world of the OASIS.  But fans don't have to wait to 2045 to level up their lives in the digital universe.  In anticipation of the film's March 29th release, Warner Bros. is giving fans the opportunity to win one of three keys opening the door to fantastic prizes from Atom Tickets, Spotify or Lyft.