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There’s a CineVita coming to town.

Theatrical production group For the Record is launching the “live cinema” venue at Hollywood Park near SoFi Stadium in the new year. On Feb. 11, CineVita will open doors by hosting its debut show, Tarantino | Pulp Rock, an homage to auteur Quentin Tarantino. The show — designed to bring Tarantino’s “cinematic universe to life in a high-octane 360-degree concert experience,” courtesy of a live band and artists — mixes notable scenes and soundtracks from all nine of his films: Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill, Jackie Brown, Death Proof, Inglourious Basterds, Django Unchained, The Hateful Eight and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

Tarantino | Pulp Rock is directed and adapted by Anderson Davis with music supervision and arrangements by Jesse Vargas, choreography by Sumie Maeda and costume design by Steve Mazurek. CineVita’s design team includes lighting design by Emmy winner Mike Berger and sound...

It sounds like there was some backstage drama on The View. The news comes from a podcast episode that Sara Haines appeared on. In that episode, she reveals a small story of something that happened between her and Alyssa Farah Griffin in an email between the hosts.

Here is what happened and why it annoyed Sara so much.

Sara Haines Reveals The View Backstage Drama

Sara Haines appeared on the podcast, The View: Behind The Table with Brian Teta. The episode was titled It’s Sara Without The H, For The Record, and that is really where the frustration arose. According to Sara, it all started with emails sent between the hosts coming up with topic ideas.

Sara Haines on The View | YouTube

This is a “hot topics” email they send each other with ideas from each woman. When Sara sends out her ideas, the other woman responds, and Alyssa...

At this year’s MipTV, The Wit hosted its first-ever presentation for a Fresh TV Lab, hosted by CEO and co-founder Virginia Mouseler and focused on Esports, podcasts and brands.

“Esports is a growing entertainment option, not only for younger people but with a wider and wider audience. Of course, Esports is primarily about online gaming and streaming platforms, but it’s not generating its own game show formats. Are they imitating TV, or should TV imitate them?” Mouseler asked.

Starting in Spain, the presentation kicked off with “Top Gamers Academy,” from “Operación Triunfo” producers Gestmusic, an Endemol Shine Iberia company. An early transmedia phenomenon, the show is broadcast on linear network Neox, streaming websites Twitch, YouTube and digital streaming platform Atresplayer, with Banijay handling distribution. Similar to one of Spain’s most popular reality formats of the last decade, “Operación Triunfo,” contestants on the program live together, train together...

Oscilloscope Laboratories will team up with Mailchimp again this year for the free streaming event #SupportTheShorts, showcasing a variety of short films from the SXSW Film Festival on the streaming platform Mailchimp Presents. The Support the Shorts initiative was launched last year when SXSW was canceled because of the pandemic, causing short filmmakers to miss out on having their work seen by such a large audience.

While SXSW returned this year with an online event, the decision was made to continue with Support the Shorts to keep many of the event's short films in the spotlight. The short film event also will come with a new set of awards to recognize the titles that will be playing for free for people all around the world to see.

"We're so proud to bring back Support the Shorts, a collection of short films from SXSW, for a second year!" Sarita Alami, Head of Programming,...

Oscilloscope Laboratories is teaming with Mailchimp once again for #SupportTheShorts, a free streaming event featuring a selection of short films from the SXSW Film Festival on the global streaming platform Mailchimp Presents.

#SupportTheShorts launched last year when SXSW was canceled due to Covid-19 and hundreds of short filmmakers lost the opportunity for their work to be seen. To remedy this, Mailchimp partnered with Oscilloscope to give these short films and their creators a digital home where their work could be enjoyed from anywhere.

This year’s online edition of SXSW brings back the platform for filmmakers to showcase their art at the festival and to a broader audience. In addition to the film licensing, Mailchimp and Oscilloscope supplied hundreds of SXSW festival badges to 18 organizations committed to boosting opportunities for underrepresented communities in the film industry.

“We’re so proud to bring back Support the Shorts, a collection of short films from SXSW,...

Days before the 2021 Grammys, Noah Cyrus has contributed to Spotify’s Best New Artist celebration with a cover of Bon Iver’s “Re: Stacks.”

The Spotify Single stays true to the For Emma, Forever Ago track, with Cyrus’ vocals across subtle guitar. In addition to the cover, she also released a stripped-back version of her song “July,” and appeared on Spotify’s For the Record podcast with her father Billy Ray Cyrus.

“When thinking about what song I wanted to cover and looking at the incredible list of past winners...

Exclusive: Wu-Tang: An American Saga has found its Inspectah Deck in Uyoata Udi. The This Is Us and Watchmen actor will join the Hulu drama, created by RZA and Alex Tse, as a series regular when the series returns for its sophomore season.

Wu-Tang: An American Saga, which launched in September 2019, tells the story of the band starting in early 1990s. It looks at the group’s members, who grew up during the height of the crack cocaine epidemic, and tracks the Clan’s formation — a vision of Bobby Diggs aka RZA, who strives to unite a dozen young black men who are torn between music and crime but eventually rise to become the unlikeliest of American success stories.

Rapper Joey Bada$$ originally appeared as the Wu-Tang member for three episodes in the series’ first season.

Udi will play Jason Richard Hunter aka Rebel/Inspectah Deck. Raised in the rough...

Musicians and celebrities will discuss songs that are meaningful to them on Duet, a new Spotify show launching Thursday.

As part of Spotify’s Music + Talk, each pairing will choose songs based on a theme interwoven throughout every episode. Mavis Staples and Yola will kick off the first episode by sharing songs for difficult times, while the second episode features Nick Kroll and Ayo Edebiri on songs to calm an anxious mind. Later episodes include Big Freedia and RuPaul’s Drag Race star Shangela highlighting songs from pivotal moments, as well...