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The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced today that Lesley Visser, the pioneering sports reporter and one of the most highly acclaimed female sportscasters of all time, will become the first woman to receive the Sports Lifetime Achievement Award at the 41st Annual Sports Emmy® Awards. The event will take place in New York City at Jazz at Lincoln Center's Frederick P. Rose Hall on Tuesday, April 28th, 2020.

“Here's the thing,” Teddy Thompson sings frankly on his new album, “you don't love me anymore. I can tell you've got one foot out the door.” From its opening track Thompson's new album Heartbreaker Please (out May 8 on Thirty Tigers) reckons with the breakdown of love with a wistful levity as satisfying as it is devastatingly honest. And while the album is drawn from the demise of a real-life relationship, as told from Thompson's perspective, it might also be seen as a projection of his relationship with New York City, the place he has called home for the better part of two decades.

Variety reports that actor Keegan Allen has joined the cast of 'Walker,' the upcoming reboot of 'Walker, Texas Ranger.' The series will premiere on The CW.

Blue Note Hawaii, the state's premier venue for the world's most celebrated artists, and KSSK announce four nights of shows with GRAMMY® Award-winning supergroup the Commodores. A special pre-sale begins at 10:00 a.m. today and sales to the general public start at 10:00 a.m. on February 21st at www.bluenotehawaii.com.

Acclaimed songwriter, singer, film & television composer and Shudder To Think frontman Craig Wedren has added another title to his already expanded resume: podcast creator. Today he releases the first episode of his Sabbath Sessions podcast -- a collection of musical meditations that he has been crafting since 2014. This new podcast represents his first explorations of ambient choral music, where Wedren developed his technique of sampling and looping his famously elastic voice resulting in a unique kind of sound bath. Sabbath Sessions was born out of the introspection of Wedren's longtime mindfulness and wellness practices, embracing everything from Transcendental Meditation to yoga. He sees the experimental, inclusive bent of Sabbath Sessions as uniting many different strands of his varied musical aptitudes. “Think of it as Smile-era Brian Wilson singing ambient Brian Eno—who is a huge influence--from Music for Airports to his fondness for feather boas; or shoegaze 'Bohemian Rhapsody,'” he notes. “My love of John Cage and Steve Reich is in there, too.”

L.A. Takedown has announced that they will release their upcoming LP, Our Feeling Of Natural High March 13th via Castle Face Records.

Variety reports that Ellen Rapoport and Paul Feig are set to produce a new comedy pilot at HBO Max; it's called 'Minx.'

Town Hall hosts “How to Use a Platform for Change,” an afternoon of conversations and an interactive workshop for NYC high school students and teachers to explore the history, and future, of music and social justice advocacy. The event will feature activists, very special guest musicians, and educators, with the goal of expanding upon how teachers can empower their students to communicate individual self-expression through music.

Since his 'miraculous' recovery from aggressive cancer, acclaimed pianist Michael Wolff has made it his mission to spread joy, positivity and love of life through his music. He sees himself as an example that people should not give up hope, and keep fighting, because 'miracles' do happen, experimental drugs sometimes work, and he is living proof.

Deadline reports that a new series, 'The Gordita Chronicles,' is in the works at HBO Max.

Sweden's celebrated 90s indie rock darlings Easy have announced the impending release of their new album 'Radical Innocence' via A Turntable Friend Records . Ahead of this, they present the lead single 'Crystal Waves', the video for which was produced by Ian Holmes.

Ben Pasternak created a viral game app while in middle school in Australia. By 15 he had secured funding from VC's to build a new tech startup. So Ben dropped out of school and convinced his parents to let him live alone in NYC to lead his new company. A master at growth hacking with a strong eye for design, Ben was committed to making the world's next big social app. But after running out of money, and confronting controversies that pushed him to the edge of insanity, Ben rebooted his career at 19, finding a new and unexpected purpose.

Last night, CMT officially launched its CMT Equal Play, the brand's year-long initiative to create measurable industry-wide action to dramatically increase female representation in country music and create a path for parity in 2020. The event took place in front of a standing-room only crowd at The Steps at WME's Nashville headquarters.

“American Idol” continues the search to find its next star in Savannah, Georgia; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Los Angeles, California; and Sunriver, Oregon, on an all-new episode SUNDAY, MARCH 1 (8:00-10:00 p.m. EST), on ABC. Episodes can also be viewed the next day on demand and on Hulu.

Deadline reports that 'Hercules' voice actor Tate Donovan will star in 'Blood Relative,' a new Fox pilot about forensic genealogy.

Award-winning vocalist Alexis P. Suter brings her hearty mix of blues, gospel, and blues-rock, along with her smoking-hot band, to Club Helsinki Hudson on Saturday, March 14, at 9pm. Suter is especially known for her extraordinary bass/baritone voice; she includes Ruth Brown, Barry White, and B.B. King as her greatest influences.

Lifetime expands its successful relationship content by ordering eight episodes of provocative new series, Battlefield of Love. The most popular search on dating apps is for active duty military members, proving there really is something special about soldiers. This new docuseries focuses on members of the military who have fallen in love with civilians that they've met online. Most of these relationships began when the soldiers were on active duty and the couples have yet to meet in person.

Apple announced that “Swan Song,' a new film starring two-time Academy Award-winner Mahershala Ali ('Green Book,' “Moonlight”), will join its Apple TV+ original film slate along with a theatrical release. The film will be produced by Apple and Anonymous Content, and will go into production this spring.

In a one-hour ABC7 Originals documentary, ABC7 News investigative journalist Dan Noyes breaks dramatic new information in the murder of an Italian Carabinieri in Rome, allegedly committed by two young men from the Bay Areaa?"Finnegan Elder, 20, and Gabriel Natale, 19.

Sufjan Stevens and Asthmatic Kitty Records cofounder, longtime collaborator and Stevens' stepfather Lowell Brams unveil a new track and video, “The Runaround,” today—watch below. The song is taken from the pair's recently announced collaborative album Aporia, out March 27 on AKR, and follows first single “The Unlimited.”