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Seraph Films, LLC, announced today that its film, SEVEN DAYS IN MEXICO, has been picked up by Indie Rights for worldwide distribution. U.S. distribution is set to begin on February 11, 2020, on Amazon Prime, iTunes, and other streaming platforms, with foreign distribution to follow.

Variety reports that Kobe Bryant will be given a tribute during this year's Academy Awards.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Queen Latifah-led CBS series 'The Equalizer' has received a pilot pickup.

Deadline reports that Lionsgate will produce an adaptation of 'Memetic,' from writer Mattson Tomlin.

At a reception at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival today, the beneficiaries of $70,000 in grants from Sundance Institute and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation were revealed. Doron Weber, Vice President and Program Director at the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation presented the Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize to Tesla and announced the new winners: Tim Delaney for The Plutonians (Sundance Institute | Sloan Commissioning Grant); Kiran Deol for Tidal Disruption (Sundance Institute | Sloan Development Fellowship); and Courtney Smith for Higher (Sundance Institute | Sloan Episodic Fellowship). Michael Almereyda's Tesla was formally presented with a $20,000 check for winning the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Feature Film Prize, as previously announced.

Deadline reports that a ballet-centered comedy/drama has been greenlit at Fox. The pilot is called 'The Big Leap.'

Variety reports that Sony Pictures Classics will release 'I Carry You With Me,' which premiered at Sundance.

Though his tragic loss is still felt each day, the remarkable legacy of the late Nipsey Hussle continues with Our Opportunity, a grass roots movement focused on creating economic opportunity in low-income neighborhoods throughout the United States through direct investment, community engagement and education. Co-founded by Hussle and his longtime real estate investment and business partner, Dave Gross, Our Opportunity identifies and implements grassroots initiatives in America's inner cities, working with hometown heroes to develop successful local projects and then scale them on a national level.

Deadline reports that Mike Schur and the team behind Broad City (Paul W. Downs, Lucia Aniello and Jen Statsky) have received an HBO Max pilot order.

DESUS & MERO returns with special guest David Letterman joining the duo in-studio to kick off season two on Monday, February 3 at 11 p.m. ET/PT on SHOWTIME. The show will continue to air all-new episodes on Monday and Thursday nights. DESUS & MERO features the duo chatting with guests at the intersection of pop culture, sports, music, politics and more, as well as giving their take on the day's hot topics in their signature style in front of a small live studio audience from New York City. Additional upcoming guests include Missy Elliott, Penn Badgley, Lakeith Stanfield, Seth Meyers and returning guest Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

Grammy-nominated alt-rock band Everclear, one of the most prolific bands of the last quarter-century, will perform at M Resort Spa Casino inside the M Pavilion on Saturday, April 11, 2020. Mixing it up and digging into the catalogue, Everclear plans to make it fun and relevant playing the hits, but also playing those other songs as well making it more vibrant and real. Tickets for Everclear, starting at $15, will go on sale for the general public on Friday, January 31 at noon and can be purchased by visiting MResort.com or ticketmaster.com.

After three months of iconic protests to demand leaders act to address the climate crisis in Washington D.C, Jane Fonda and Greenpeace USA are bringing Fire Drill Fridays to California. On Friday, February 7th at 11AM PST, Fonda and Greenpeace USA Executive Director Annie Leonard will launch the next phase of Fire Drill Friday protest rallies at City Hall in downtown L.A. Once again, Fonda will be joined by friends, actors, activists, youth, Indigenous leaders, climate experts, and representatives from impacted and underrepresented communities.

CBS today announced the spring premieres dates for two comedies. MAN WITH A PLAN will return for its fourth season Thursday, April 2 (8:30-9:00 PM, ET/PT), after THE UNICORN completes its season run, and the new comedy BROKE will debut the same night, 9:30-10:00 PM, ET/PT, after CAROL'S SECOND ACT completes its season order.

ABC News' “Nightline” averaged 1.048 million Total Viewers, 350,000 Adults 25-54 and 245,000 Adults 18-49 during the week of Jan. 20, 2020, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. “Nightline” beat leading CBS' “The Late Late Show with James Corden” (315,000 and 210,000, respectively) in both Adults 25-54 (+35,000) and Adults 18-49 (+35,000) for the 5th consecutive week.

Eliza Gilkyson, the two-time GRAMMY-nominated (2006/2014) folk singer, songwriter and activist is one of the most respected musicians in Folk Roots/Americana music today. In keeping with the idea of folk music as an instrument for change, Gilkyson is announcing her new release, 2020, a collection of politically charged anthems designed to motivate, reflect and inspire action during what she believes will be “the most important USA election of our lifetime.” She is sharing the song 'Sooner or Later' today at Billboard, which writes 'the bluesy, biting 'Sooner or Later' is intended as a rallying cry and a statement of purpose.' Gilkyson examines the inequality in our world right now and warns that sooner or later we're 'gonna rise up, gonna take all back.'

Variety reports that Priyanka Chopra Jonas is in final talks to join the fourth 'Matrix' film.

Grassroots crossover sensation We Banjo 3 will perform at Wintergrass Music Festival at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, 900 Bellevue Way NE, Bellevue, WA, 98004, on Friday, February 21st (4:15 p.m. Grand Ballroom) and Saturday, February 22nd (10:15 p.m. Grand Ballroom). This event is open to patrons of all ages. Festival pricing applies.

With the release of their enigmatically titled album 'When We Return', multi-talented, world renowned artist and performer Simrit and her powerhouse band are primed for the next phase of their career, fully engaged once again in sharing their epic cinematic blend of hypnotic grooves and transcendent mystical energies.

On March 13, 2020, Amazon Prime Video will premiere Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse in the US. The bewitching two-part mystery stars Emmy and BAFTA-nominated actor, Rufus Sewell (The Man in the High Castle). BAFTA-nominated writer, Sarah Phelps, adapted the acclaimed 1961 novel for television and served as executive producer.

Cynthia Ervio sat down with a?oeExtra's' Renee Bargh at the annual Oscar nominees luncheon, where she reflected on Oscar winner Kobe Bryant's sudden death.