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Jinkies! Or… whatever they exclaim over in Riverdale. Because the CW drama on Wednesday opened Season 2 not just with series highs but double its usual numbers — and on a new night, with no lead-in.

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All told, Riverdale drew 2.33 million total viewers and a 0.8 demo rating (per finals), up sharply from its freshman launch out of Supernatural (1.4 mil/0.5) and doubling its Season 1 average and finale (both of which were 1 mil/0.4).

In fact, Archie and the gang delivered the Wednesday lead-off spot’s best numbers since the Nov. 30 episode of Arrow.

Designated Survivor this Wednesday drew 4.8 million total viewers and a 0.9 demo rating as the conspiracy storyline came to a close, slipping 13 percent and two tenths from its Season 2 premiere to match series lows.

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On ABC’s sitcom front, The Goldbergs (5.7 mil/1.6), Modern Family (6.4 mil/1.9) and American Housewife (4.9 mil/1.4) each slipped two tenths from their season openers, while Speechless (4.6 mil/1.3) dipped one tenth.

Of note, Modern Family for the first time ever caught up to Fox’s Empire, tying for the nightly demo win.

Over on CBS, Survivor (8 mil/1.6) and Seal Team...

As a zany workplace comedy focused on the production of a live TV show, “Great News” has always been just a few degrees removed from “30 Rock.” Creator Tracy Wigfield came up the ranks through Tina Fey’s classic NBC sitcom, so it’s only fitting that her Fey-produced debut features a few similarities to a show Wigfield produced, wrote, and even cameo-d in. (She also co-stars in “Great News,” as Beth, the rather intense meteorologist).

After a critically approved but less-than-buzzy first season, Wigfield & Co. are leaning into the likeness: Tina Fey has joined the ensemble cast for seven episodes; series lead Katie Wendelson (Briga Heelan) is shifting into a mentor-mentee relationship with her new boss (played by Fey); the show is re-focusing on sharper topical storylines, and Chris Parnell, a “30 Rock” favorite as Dr. Leo Spaceman, even drops by for a guest spot in Episode 2.

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Praise be! Critics are enamored with The Handmaid’s Tale.

Hulu’s breakout hit walked away with two trophies at Saturday’s 2017 Television Critics Association Awards in Beverly Hills, including Program of the Year and Outstanding Achievement in Drama. Meanwhile, Outstanding Individual Achievement in Drama went to Carrie Coon, who made history by winning for two performances, as both police chief Gloria Burgle on Fargo and Nora Durst on the dearly departed The Leftovers.

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FX’s Atlanta also took home a pair of awards,...

“Heartwarming” is a tricky word to use in a TV review: It brings to mind those insufferably corny, 7th Heaven-type shows where the family has a big group hug at the end of each episode. (Yuck.) But Netflix’s whimsical new family comedy Atypical — debuting Friday, Aug. 11 — manages to sidestep those landmines and deliver something that truly warms the heart, with a cast full of sweet-natured characters, a bracing dose of melancholy and a terrific lead performance from Keir Gilchrist.

Gilchrist’s character Sam is an autistic teen on the high-functioning end of the spectrum, and we learn about his...

The Television Critics Association has announced its nominees for the 33rd annual TCA Awards, and FX’s Atlanta, Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale and NBC’s This Is Us amassed the most nods, with four apiece.

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Big Little Lies, Feud: Bette and Joan, Stranger Things, The Good Place and The Crown followed with three nominations each.

Network-by-network, HBO came out on top with 12 total nods, followed closely by FX (11) and Netflix (10). Among broadcasters, NBC fared best with seven total nominations. (Any show airing the majority...

According to the Television Critics Association, it was a big year for women, people of color, dystopias and the afterlife. At least, that’s what can be gleaned from the nominees for the 2017 TCA Award nominees, announced this morning.

In terms of total nominees, FX’s “Atlanta,” Hulu’s “The Handmaid’s Tale,” and NBC’s “This Is Us” led the pack with four each. Following, with three nominations each, were HBO’s “Big Little Lies,” FX’s “Feud: Bette And Joan,” Netflix’s “Stranger Things,” and NBC’s “The Good Place.”

Notably, the Individual Achievement in Drama and Comedy nominees, which don’t specify gender, were dominated by women in a variety of key roles, and the only men recognized were men of color, including Sterling K. Brown, Aziz Ansari, and Donald Glover. (That’s right, MTV, the Television Critics Association has been doing gender-neutral awards for quite some time — so slow your roll.

Welcome to PeekTV, your daily look at the best that television has to offer. In each installment, we make three picks for the best shows to watch and…toss in a little extra.

The Weekend of May 19-21 What Happened Last Night?!

(Why is this man sulking? Find out what happened with last night’s TV picks.)

“Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”

Season 3, Netflix

Synopsis: As Ben Travers put it in his season review: Through six episodes, Season 3 has shown far less reliance on the past and an invigorating interest in the future. It’s not that Kimmy’s time underground got stale so much as her rapid development into adulthood would inevitably require more time to be spent in the present. We’ve covered a lot of her arrested development, and now it’s time to see what kind of story an adult Kimmy has to tell. So far, it’s a damn good one.

ABC has waved its magic wand and added a pair of new series to its primetime lineup.

The network has ordered magician drama Deception and divorce sitcom Splitting Up Together to series, TVLine has learned.

Deception stars Jack Cutmore-Scott (Cooper Barrett’s Guide to Surviving Life) as a disgraced magician who puts his skills of deception and illusion to work as an FBI consultant, helping the feds catch the world’s most elusive criminals. Chuck executive producer Chris Fedak is the creator/Ep, and Greg Berlanti (The Flash, Arrow) and Martin Gero (Blindspot) are onboard as EPs as well.

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Live from New York! And also Los Angeles! It’s the 2017 Writers Guild Awards, honoring the best in writing for television, film and new media. This year’s big winners included some of the season’s most lauded productions — including “Moonlight,” “Arrival,” “Atlanta” and “The Americans.”

While “Moonlight” and “Arrival” will compete against each other in the Adapted Screenplay category at the Oscars, they were entered in the WGA Awards in different categories, allowing both to make off with an award. “The Americans” pulled out a win for Drama Series, while “Atlanta” snapped up both Comedy Series and New Series. Other winners included “Command and Control,” “Saturday Night Live,” “BoJack Horseman” and “This Is Us.”

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Check out our full list of winners — noted in bold — all updated live as the awards were announced at concurrent ceremonies in New York and Los Angeles this evening.

Reba McEntire is headed back to ABC… and Desperate Housewives creator Marc Cherry is coming along with her.

The country superstar has signed on to headline a “Southern Gothic soap opera” created by Cherry for ABC, our sister site Deadline reports. The untitled project, which has already received a script commitment from the network, will star McEntire as a small-town Kentucky sheriff who teams up with a Middle Eastern FBI agent to investigate an act of terrorism during a local 4th of July parade. Cherry will serve as creator and showrunner.

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Indigestion might very well be on the Thanksgiving menu when sitcom vet Wendie Malick guest-stars on ABC’s American Housewife, as seen in these first photos.

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In “The Blow-Up” (airing Tuesday at 8:30/7:30c), Katie (played by Katy Mixon) is less-than-thankful to receive a visit from her least-favorite person — her mom. “Kathryn was a Pan Am stewardess in the old days, and she just thinks she’s the bee’s knees,” the ever-ubiquitous Malick says of her self-centered matriarch. “I play a lot of those women, who are ‘missing some links.’ Kathryn...

ABC’s Designated Survivor sustained the most damage this Wednesday with the World Series in full swing, slipping 15 and 25 percent to 6 million total viewers and a 1.2 demo rating (per finals), losing the 1o o’clock hour to Chicago P.D. for the first time this season.

On the sitcom side, The Goldbergs (6.1 mil/1.8), Speechless (5.8 mil/1.7) and Modern Family (7.3 mil/2.3) and black-ish (5.8 mil/1.7) each dipped one tenth.

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Fox’s coverage of the aforementioned World Series match-up drew 17.4 million viewers and a 4.8 rating, up 26 percent year-over-year to mark the best Game...

American Housewife was originally called The Second-Fattest Housewife in Westport. It’s a title that perfectly represents Tuesday’s series premiere, assuming you can get past the fact that its central character isn’t actually fat.

Of course, that’s part of the alleged joke in this mean-spirited sitcom that, having changed its title, is hopefully planning to throw out its premise and start fresh in Week 2.

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The series centers on Katie Otto (Mike & Molly‘s Katy Mixon), a mother of three with serious body-image issues. When...

ABC has a proven track record of developing cutting-edge (for Primetime anyway), ethnically diverse comedies like Modern Family, Black-ish, Fresh Off the Boat and Speechless. So, the network has set the bar high for American Housewife. Unfortunately, this sitcom about a zaftig housewife and the day-to-day challenges she faces as a stay-at-home mom is uninspired, and at times, downright offensive.

Katy Mixon stars as Katie Otto, the matriarch of a middle-class family living in the wealthy enclave of Westport, Connecticut. Even though Katie has a degree in marketing from Duke, and her husband Greg (Diedrich Bader) is a college professor, the couple can only afford to be "renters" in Westport. Katie is very vocal about how much she despises the locals which leads to the question of why the Otto family chooses to reside in a town where Katie clearly feels unwelcome and uncomfortable. Their motivation for settling in Westport...

Annalise Keating made quite the unexpected pass at the end of Thursday’s How to Get Away With Murder. No, no, no… I don’t mean to imply she asked puppydog Wes to handle dictation duties — not that there’d be anything wrong with that. (Ok, actually, that’d violate the sacred bonds of the professor-student relationship, but I am out-of-control digressing here!)

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Instead, the end-of-hour flash-forward found Viola Davis’ mercurial law professor handing off her cellphone to computer whiz Oliver...

You’ll be seeing less of Jenna Elfman and her imaginary friend: ABC has cut the episode order for its new midseason comedy Imaginary Mary from 13 episodes to 9.

This news, confirmed by our sister site Variety, is a bad omen for Mary, which stars Dharma & Greg veteran Elfman as a single career woman whose furry imaginary friend from childhood (a CGI creature voiced by Rachel Dratch) pops back into her life. In fact, without a premiere date scheduled, it’s not even certain Imaginary Mary will ever air; it’s one of two ABC midseason comedies, along with Downward Dog.

If you’re a Pretty Little Liars fan — particularly one who specializes in theorizing — now would be a good time to sit down. You’re about to have a lot of information to process.

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Freeform on Monday released the official synopsis for the show’s Aug. 30 summer finale (8/7c), and it’s full of ominous teases that we’re already struggling to wrap our collective brain around:

The Liars face off with their enemies in a chaotic fight that ends fatally. One of the PLLs learns a secret...

Just hours after the Emmy nominations were revealed Thursday, ABC’s Greatest Hits announced the winner of an even more prestigious honor: Beautiful Babe Lifetime Achievement Award. (Got any of those, Judith Light?)

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Host Arsenio Hall presented the award to Og video vixen Tawny Kitaen for her work in Whitesnake’s “Here I Go Again.” Official proof that this actually happened can be found below:

The Beautiful Babe Lifetime Achievement Award goes to @Tawny_Kitaen! ❤️ @ArsenioHall #GreatestHits pic.twitter.com/SOpJjrXkc5

— Greatest Hits (@greatesthitsabc) July 15, 2016

In case you couldn’t already guess, this week’s Greatest Hits...

Hayley Atwell lost a job and gained another in one fell swoop. The actress's "Agent Carter" was canceled by ABC, but now she's headlining a new legal drama titled "Conviction."

It's just one of a large crop of new series ordered by the network, which cleared out its schedule in canceling "Agent Carter," "Castle," "The Family," "The Muppets," and "Nashville." The new shows continue ABC's brand mixing sexy, serialized dramas with family comedies.

And for the first time in a few years, Thursday will not be entirely ruled by Shonda Rhimes' shows. Due to Kerry Washington's pregnancy, "Scandal" is being held until midseason. In its place, talk show drama "Notorious" will try to continue the #Tgit magic.

Here are the trailers for ABC's new series:

"Conviction," starring Hayley Atwell as a troubled former First Daughter who reluctantly joins a wrongful conviction legal team:

"Designated Survivor," with Kiefer Sutherland...

Along with announcing its fall 2016 schedule, ABC on Tuesday unveiled sneak peeks of its new shows, including Kiefer Sutherland’s Potus thriller Designated Survivor, legal drama Conviction and Minnie Driver comedy Speechless.

On the midseason front, trailers were also released for Shondaland’s Romeo and Juliet follow-up Still Star-Crossed, Jenna Elfman laugher Imaginary Mary and more.

Watch the trailers in their entirety below, preceded by the logline for each series:

PhotosFall TV Preview: Your Guide to What’s New

Designated Survivor (Wednesdays, 10/9c)

Centers on a lower level United States Cabinet member who is suddenly handed the presidency after a...

Say goodbye to ABC's all-Shonda Thursday lineup — at least until midseason. Kerry Washington's pregnancy has delayed (and shortened) the next season of Scandal, which means the schedule ABC announced today will be the first in a few years featuring a show not produced by Shonda Rhimes airing on that night in the fall. In this case, it's Notorious with Piper Perabo, one of two new ABC legal dramas whose descriptions in the press release includes the word "sexy," just in case we weren't clear on the branding. On the whole, ABC's schedule has many more changes, and more new shows, than either the NBC schedule or Fox schedule announced earlier in upfront week. Among the shifts: with Castle done for, ABC will have a new post-Dancing with the Stars drama — Conviction with Hayley Atwell (the other "sexy" legal show) — for the first time in years; Agents of Shield...

ABC’s 2016-17 TV season will mark the return to TV for both onetime Covert Affairs agent Piper Perabo and three-time Emmy nominee Jenna Elfman.

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The network on Thursday gave a series order to the drama Notorious, inspired by the true-life stories of famed criminal defense attorney Mark Geragos and cable news producer Wendy Walker, who serve as executive producers. Promising a provocative look at the unique, sexy, and dangerous interplay of criminal law and the media, the series stars Perabo as Julia George and Daniel Sunjata (Graceland) as Jake Gregorian.

Canadian journalist Carly Fleischmann, a 21-year-old with autism who is unable to speak with her mouth and instead uses a keyboard to communicate, scored a pretty big name for the first interview in her new series, Speechless with Carly Fleischmann: Channing Tatum. Carly sat down with the "Hollywood hunk" to ask him a whole array of bold questions that ranged from thoughts on his marriage to his days as the real-life Magic Mike. "Now I don't want to appear to look shallow, but in reality, I am, Lol," she wrote. "So I have to ask this question. I know you were a stripper growing up. How many girls at the end of your night would take you home?" In between fits of giggles, he revealed that "some nights were more than others." The rest of the interview is just as hilarious, so it's entirely worth a watch. Check it out above,...

If and when the apocalypse comes, CNN will have a marching band.

That’s what was revealed Monday, when a former intern released a long-rumored video kept in CNN’s archive in the event the world comes to an end.

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“Barring satellite problems, we won’t be signing off until the world ends,” Turner said in 1980.

Back then, the network launched with the Armed Forces Band singing the national anthem. And according to Gawker site Jalopnik, Turner asked the band to perform an encore in the event the world ends.

In July, a panel of SoS TV editors and critics picked the best episodes of 2014 so far. Here are their picks for the best episodes of the second half of what has been another fantastic year for television.

The Honourable Woman, “The Empty Chair”

Written by Hugo Blick

Directed by Hugo Blick

Aired July 3, 2014

For anyone burnt out on Homeland‘s increasingly 24-esque take on international intrigue and perilous spycraft, Hugo Blick’s BBC/SundanceTV miniseries The Honourable Woman offers a respite, leaning harder on psychological and sociopolitical realism than overwrought action beats while tackling unrest in the Middle East and the repercussions of violence. Its first installment, “The Empty Chair,” is a case study in how to introduce both a complex story and complex characters without feeling like it’s needlessly dwarfing viewers in subplots just for the sake of it. Moreover, it works both as a sterling showcase...

The 2015 Palm Springs International Film Festival will present the world, international, North American or U.S. premieres of films featuring James Franco, Jennifer Aniston, Owen Wilson, Annette Bening and many others, as well as films directed by Michel Hazanavicius and Peter Bogdanovich, Psiff organizers announced on Thursday.

The festival, which runs from Jan. 2 through Jan. 12 in the desert resort town east of Los Angeles, announced its full lineup, which is made up of 192 films from 65 countries.

Psiff world premieres will include “Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha,” a collaboration between James Franco and eight writers and 11 directors from...

After over sixteen hours of deliberations, the six-woman jury reached a verdict in the trial of George Zimmerman on Saturday (July 13). Reactions on Twitter poured in as many celebs expressed their support for Trayvon Martin.

Upset with the outcome, John Legend tweeted, "My heart hurts," while Rihanna posted, "This is the saddest news ever!!! #whatsjustice #pray4theMartinFamily."

"Girls" creator and star Lena Dunham expressed, "No. My heart is with Sybrina Fulton, Rachel Jeantel, everyone who loved Trayvon and has been sent the message that his life didn't matter."

Outraged, Questlove tweeted, "Onstage right now.......pissed" as Nicki Minaj griped, "And our taxes paid for that trial. We just paid to see a murderer walk free after killing an innocent unarmed little boy. #GodBlessAmerica."

Urging movement, Olivia Wilde shared, "This has to be a call to action. We must participate in the political process and demand the justice system we All deserve" as Russell Simmons posted,...

Actor James Gandolfini died Wednesday at age 51. Actors, artists, writers, and directors who have worked with him, or are simply fans of his work, sent their messages of love and admiration for the award-winning star of The Sopranos via Twitter. From Gandolfini’s The Incredible Burt Wonderstone co-stars Steve Carell and Olivia Wilde, to writer Damon Lindelof and singer Josh Groban, stars tweeted their condolences and thoughts. Read them below:

I am heartbroken about James Gandolfini. He was a gentle giant and great man. I love this picture, I loved him. pic.twitter.com/Y1wdbeUDfK

— rose mcgowan (@rosemcgowan) June 19, 2013

James Gandolfini was a kind,...

Following the horrible devastation in Japan, celebs lend their support to those effected.

The devastating tsunami that hit Japan March 11 has caused an outpour of support from celebs on Twitter. Everyone from Khloe and Kim Kardashian to Ian Somerhaldwer are sending their thoughts and prayers to those effected in Japan, as well as those in Hawaii and on the west coast who could be effected soon. Take a look.

Kim Kardashian:” Just heard about the huge earthquake and tsunami in Japan. My prayers are with everyone in Japan!”

Khloe Kardashian: My prayers and love is with all of those in Japan. Wow my heart is breaking with every image I see. So sad! Praying hard!

Joe Jonas: #prayinforjapan so sad.

Ian Somerhalder: I’m so so so sorry Japan as well as everywhere and everyone effected by this horrific event. Speechless. Help is on the way...

The president is planning to deliver a speech on the Middle East soon, but Matt Latimer isn't expecting much. The former Bush speechwriter on Obama's lackluster presidential speeches.

In the next few days, we are told, President Obama is planning to deliver a major speech on the historic turmoil in the Middle East. I suppose it was nice of him to warn us.

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As someone who sat in the Bush White House and watched candidate Barack Obama's oratorical skills with respectful awe, I find myself bewildered. And I suspect I am not the only one who has found Obama's presidential rhetoric to be... well, underwhelming, to put it politely. During the entire health-care effort, the president delivered one unremarkable speech after another, including a much-hyped "landmark" address to the Congress that everyone now has forgotten-thousands of words drafted, vetted,...

After a solid three weeks at number one Tim Burton.s Alice In Wonderland finally fell to newcomer How To Train Your Dragon. Although it easily took the top spot with $43 million, it.s a disappointing start for a promising movie with a $165 million budget to win back. With just over $8 million in international sales, DreamWork.s latest animated adventure has a tough climb ahead. Quirky comedy Hot Tub Time Machine soaked up a simple $13 million for third place. Not a substantial amount, it is the biggest opening for director Steve Pink (Accepted, Speechless,). It wasn.t enough to top Alice In Wonderland which added $17 million to its almost $300 million grand total. Julianne Moore and Liam Neeson.s new movie Chloe saw small release to the tune of $1 million in just 350 theaters. With no announced plans to expand the release, the project may be hard pressed to cover its $15 million...

AMC Entertainment recently interviewed some of the cast from the upcoming comedy “Hot Tub Time Machine” by director Steve Pink (Speechless, Accepted) and starring John Cusack (The Factory, 2012), Chevy Chase (Not Another Not Another Movie, Jack and the Beanstalk), Crispin Glover (Alice in Wonderland) and Lizzy Caplan. Synopsis: Adulthood has lost its charm for four friends who are stuck in a rut. Adam (John Cusack) has just been dumped, Lou (Rob Corddry) is a hopeless party animal, Craig (Craig Robinson) is a henpecked husband, and Jacob (Clark Duke) does nothing but play videogames in his basement. The men get a chance to brighten their futures by changing their pasts when, [...]...

MGM just released this official movie trailer for the upcoming comedy “Hot Tub Time Machine” by director Steve Pink (Speechless, Accepted) and starring John Cusack (The Factory, 2012), Chevy Chase (Not Another Not Another Movie, Jack and the Beanstalk), Crispin Glover (Alice in Wonderland) and Lizzy Caplan. Synopsis: Adulthood has lost its charm for four friends who are stuck in a rut. Adam (John Cusack) has just been dumped, Lou (Rob Corddry) is a hopeless party animal, Craig (Craig Robinson) is a henpecked husband, and Jacob (Clark Duke) does nothing but play videogames in his basement. The men get a chance to brighten their futures by changing their pasts when, after [...]...

Here’s the latest movie poster for the upcoming comedy “Hot Tub Time Machine” by director Steve Pink (Speechless, Accepted) and starring John Cusack (The Factory, 2012), Chevy Chase (Not Another Not Another Movie, Jack and the Beanstalk), Crispin Glover (Alice in Wonderland) and Lizzy Caplan. Synopsis: Adulthood has lost its charm for four friends who are stuck in a rut. Adam (John Cusack) has just been dumped, Lou (Rob Corddry) is a hopeless party animal, Craig (Craig Robinson) is a henpecked husband, and Jacob (Clark Duke) does nothing but play videogames in his basement. The men get a chance to brighten their futures by changing their pasts when, after a night [...]...

Check out a brand new movie poster for the upcoming comedy “Hot Tub Time Machine” by director Steve Pink (Speechless, Accepted) and starring John Cusack (The Factory, 2012), Chevy Chase (Not Another Not Another Movie, Jack and the Beanstalk), Crispin Glover (Alice in Wonderland) and Lizzy Caplan. Synopsis: Adulthood has lost its charm for four friends who are stuck in a rut. Adam (John Cusack) has just been dumped, Lou (Rob Corddry) is a hopeless party animal, Craig (Craig Robinson) is a henpecked husband, and Jacob (Clark Duke) does nothing but play videogames in his basement. The men get a chance to brighten their futures by changing their pasts when, after [...]...

Gaga performs alongside dancers from the Bolshoi Ballet at Moca anniversary celebration.

By Jocelyn Vena

Lady Gaga onstage at the Moca 30th Anniversary gala on Saturday

Photo: John Shearer/ Getty Images

On Saturday night in Los Angeles, Lady Gaga brought her music and sense of style to the art world when she performed at the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art's 30th Anniversary gala. The singer performed the ballad "Speechless," from her forthcoming album The Fame Monster, side by side with dancers from Russia's Bolshoi Ballet.

Other A-listers on hand to celebrate the museum's anniversary included Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale, James Franco, and Jessica Biel. According The Wall Street Journal, Gaga played a piano designed by artist Damien Hirst while the dancers wore outfits designed by architect Frank Gehry, fashion designer Miuccia Prada and filmmaker Baz Luhrmann. The performance art piece was conceived by artist Francesco Vezzoli.

She's a superstar performer and songstress -- and she'll always be daddy's little girl. Lady Gaga got personal on Twitter about her father's open heart surgery.

"My Daddy had open heart surgery today," Gaga posted on her Twitter page on Thursday afternoon. "And after long hours, and lots of tears, they healed his broken heart, and mine. Speechless."

On Saturday, she updated her followers, saying, "At the hospital. Giving daddy a foot rub while he falls asleep.