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Bounce will world premiere an original new one-hour special, Bounce Celebrates Black History, paired with a number of popular movies inspired by contributions of African Americans, in honor of Black History Month this month.

The John Lennon Songwriting Contest (jlsc.com) announces a special “Love Song” contest to celebrate Valentine's Day.

Variety reports that Tom Hiddleston will star on 'White Stork,' a new political thriller at Netflix.

Norman Mailer's youngest son, John Buffalo Mailer, has entered into a partnership between Hivemind's Sean Daniel and Kathy Lingg, Washington Place Productions' Miles Mogulescu, and Mailer-Tuchman Media's Martin Tuchman and Jennifer Gelfer to produce a major limited series based on Norman Mailer's renowned novel, The Naked and the Dead. The deal was brokered by UTA. The partnership is packaging the project and seeking a top showrunner.

The provocative series Bride & Prejudice: Forbidden Love moves to Lifetime* for its second season beginning Wednesday, February 26 at 10pm ET/PT. Unfolding over ten episodes, this four-week social experiment follows ordained minister, marriage coach and expert Pastor Cal Roberson (from the hit series Married at First Sight) as he helps three couples who are deeply in love, but whose friends and families do not approve of their relationships. They must overcome differences in religion, race and age as they determine if they want to get married or go their separate ways.

Acclaimed songwriter, singer, film & television composer and Shudder To Think frontman Craig Wedren is adding another title to his already expanded resume: podcast creator. On February 19, he will release the first episode of his Sabbath Sessions podcast -- a collection of musical meditations that he has been crafting since 2014. This new podcast will represent 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. Listen to a sample of the music found on the podcast below.

ALL ARTS will premiere House Seats: In Conversation with Peter Brook, an interview of the legendary artist by the Tony Award-nominated playwright (Choir Boy) and Academy Award-winning screenwriter Tarell Alvin McCraney (Moonlight), in primetime on Sunday, February 23, at 8pm. ALL ARTS recorded the conversation at Polonsky Shakespeare Center following a performance of Peter Brook and Marie-Hélène Estienne's Why?, whose American Premiere Theatre for a New Audience (TFANA) presented as part of Peter Brook/NY, a citywide recognition of Brook and Estienne's work in theatre, opera, film, television, literature, and the development of the next generation of theatre artists.

On February 15th, Our Lady J will return to her musical roots and the New York stage by participating in Lincoln Center's annual American Songbook series. She is also the first out trans person to write in a Hollywood writers' room.

Chart-topping Latin GRAMMY® Award-nominated singer and actress Sofia Reyes finds courage with original song “Brave,” which is featured during Reyes' appearance on tonight's episode of The Bold Type on Freeform at 9pm. The show follows the lives of three close friends living in New York City as they navigate their career, sexuality, identity and ultimately find their own voice in a sea of intimidating leaders. “Brave” is available exclusively on Reyes' YouTube channel here.

Today, two-time Oscar nominated director, Bryan Buckley of Hungry Man Productions joined Congressman Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) and Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) on Capitol Hill to discuss the next phase of the campaign to bring justice to the 56 young girls who were victims of the Virgen de la Asunción Safe Home fire in Guatemala. The group was joined by Estephany Raquel Arreaga Jimenez, a Guatemalan activist who was one of the first responders the day of the fire and who has worked to support the 15 surviving girls throughout their strained road to recovery.

Cory Becker's debut album, One, came to life in a one-room studio in the dirt floored basement of his Echo Park rental, which he built from ground up. The album embraces the authenticity and experimentation of analog recording - engineering and producing the album himself, he experimented with a variety of techniques and performed nearly every aspect of the album himself, aside from select musical guests he invited to play on select tracks. Despite being Becker's first try at recording and producing everything on his own, he was able to create a unique sonic footprint that encompasses modern indie rock and folk, and the values and traditions of the canon of American roots music.

With her new album 'Black Sheep,' out May 8th, accomplished singer Nikki Yanofsky makes a bold creative shift: for the first time in the young artist's already long and impressive career, Nikki leads by her own creative intuition, bucking expectations and painting a clear personal portrait of who she is today. Recorded at Warner-Chappell studios in NYC and produced and co-written by Zachary Seman and Roger Kleinman (Joey Bada$$, ASAP Rocky), 'Black Sheep' also features the last two songs that decorated songwriter Rod Temperton (“Thriller”) ever penned.

Deadline reports that Bella Thorne has been tapped to star in 'The Uncanny,' an upcoming post-apocalyptic thriller.

Chart-topping rock band The Revivalists have surprised fans with the release of their Made In Muscle Shoals live studio EP and accompanying documentary, which was recorded and filmed at the legendary FAME Recording Studio in Muscle Shoals, Alabama and directed by Jay Sansone of Human Being Media. Capturing the essence of The Revivalists at this exciting time in their 10-year journey, the documentary gives the deepest insight yet into what makes the band tick against the backdrop of Muscle Shoals, a location steeped in the many classic styles of American music that informs the New Orleans - based band's signature sound. The Revivalists bring us into the studio with them as they record the Made In Muscle Shoals EP, which features brilliant re-imaginings of the band's hit 'Oh No,' 'You & I,' 'Change,' and 'All My Friends' from their latest studio album, Take Good Care (Loma Vista Recordings), as well as a soulful rendition of The Bee Gees' 'To Love Somebody' and a gorgeous stripped down piano-and-vocal take of their platinum-selling hit 'Wish I Knew You.' The EP also includes a never-before-released, brand new song 'Bitter End' about being stuck in a one-sided love.

For decades, the music business' information pipelines ran underground, unseen and rarely disturbed. The digital era exposed them, while ushering in new technologies that can change things. “The system is a complicated pipeline. Everyone wants to keep the data flowing,” explains BMAT co-founder and CEO Àlex Loscos. “We see lots of progress, and we think there is a lot more we can do together as an industry.”

NYC singer/songwriter, Rachel Lynn is exclusively premiering her new single 'This Winter' via Parade Magazine today!

On the Thursday, January 30th edition of a?oeTamron Hall,a?? Tamron spoke with Emmy, Grammy and Tony award-winner Billy Porter about the rapper Lil Nas X's response to a tweet shaming him for his outfit at the Grammys. On how he feels about being a role model for artists like Lil Nas X and everyone in the LGBTQI community, Billy responded, a?oeI never had an example of who I was in the mainstream reflected back at me ever. It's been intentional for me. The moment I decided to love myself enougha?? You have to love yourself enough. Maya Angelou says 'We teach people how to treat us.' so I had to teach the world how to treat me. But I needed to treat myself right first. I needed to figure out how to love myself right first in the face of rejection for simply being who I am.a??

ABC News presents special coverage of the 2020 presidential election Iowa Caucus on Monday, Feb. 3, and New Hampshire Primary on Tuesday, Feb. 11, on ABC. ABC will air special reports in prime time as voting results break, providing insight on the latest developments and the impact on the election and candidates. Coverage will feature ABC News' powerhouse political team chief anchor George Stephanopoulos, “World News Tonight” anchor and managing editor David Muir, chief White House correspondent Jonathan Karl, senior White House correspondent Cecilia Vega, senior congressional correspondent Mary Bruce, senior national correspondent Terry Moran, FiveThirtyEight editor-in-chief Nate Silver, special correspondent Matthew Dowd and contributors Chris Christie, Rahm Emanuel and Yvette Simpson.

Christone 'Kingfish' Ingram, the head-turning 20-year-old blues guitarist and vocalist from Clarksdale, Mississippi, will perform live at the Brooklyn Bowl in Brooklyn on Thursday, February 27, 2020. Ingram is embarking on his second headlining tour, “Fish Grease 2: A Juke Joint Tour,” traveling across North America and Canada this winter. In addition to his headlining dates, he will also open shows for Buddy Guy and Vampire Weekend. His debut on Alligator Records, Kingfish, received a Grammy Award nomination, and was declared the #1 Best Blues Album Of 2019 by tastemaker UK music magazine MOJO. NPR Music included Kingfish in their list of Best Debut Albums of 2019. Ingram recently received five 2020 Blues Music Award nominations including nods for Album Of The Year, Best Emerging Artist Album and Contemporary Blues Male Artist Of The Year. The 41st Annual Blues Music Awards will be presented by the Blues Foundation in Memphis on May 7, 2020. With his eye-popping guitar playing and his reach-out-and-grab-you-by-the-collar vocals, Kingfish delivers each song with unmatched passion and precision. NPR Music calls him a “rising blues prodigy…a torchbearer.” Concert information is as follows:

On January 31st, Los Angeles-based singer, actress and model Quinn L'Esperance will release her new single and music video “Heavyweight.”