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After Jeff Lynne and his Electric Light Orchestra embarked on their first U.S. tour in 35 years this summer, the Rock Hall-inducted act will return to North America for an encore trek in 2019. The 20-date trek launches June 20th at Anaheim, California’s Honda Center and hits arenas across the nation before concluding August 1st in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Tickets go on sale to the general public beginning October 29th. Prior to the band’s 2018 summer tour, Elo last trekked through North America in 1981. Jeff Lynne’s Elo is currently on a fall tour through Europe,...

Norman Harris of Norman’s Rare Guitars, located in Tarzana, CA, has partnered with Heritage Auctions to offer rare and iconic Tom Petty guitars and memorabilia from his personal collection.

The auction, set to take place in Dallas, TX on July 21, 2018, includes a lot featuring Petty’s personally owned 1965 Gibson Sg Cherry Electric Guitar and top hat, expected to garner as much as $300,000 based off of recent auctions of similar notoriety. The collection includes other rare guitars and memorabilia, such as stage-worn clothing, and marks the first offering of Tom Petty guitars since the late singer’s death in October 2017.

The early 1965 Gibson Sg Electric Guitar, serial number 2775535, features a cherry finish, pearloid inlay on face and headstock, and the signature “Tom Petty ’88.” Petty notably played the instrument with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers while touring with Bob Dylan’s “True Confessions Tour” in 1987. Petty’s iconic top hat was...

Hey "NCIS" fans. Unfortunately, it's that time again where we have to inform you that your favorite show is scheduled to be delayed for another week before they begin the final four episode countdown. So, this coming Tuesday, April 24, 2018, CBS will not be airing a new episode. Instead, the next, new episode 21 is scheduled to air on Tuesday night, May 1, 2018 in the usual 7 pm central time slot on CBS. So, be sure to mark that important date down on your TV calendars. The good news is that this will be the last delay of the season. The final four episodes will all air in back-to-back weeks. So, what will CBS be airing on Tuesday night, April 24,2018 instead NCIS? According to the TV Guide listings, CBS will still be airing NCIS. However, they will only be reruns. From 7 pm to 9 pm central time on that night, they are going to air two hours of NCIS reruns.

Last time on NCIS, McGee was forced to share his apartment with serial killer Paul Triff so that Gibbs and Jack could finally arrest cold-blooded psychopath Gabriel Hicks. McGee is now Triff's bestie (at least in Triff's mind!)

In this episode, titled "Handle with Care," someone is sending care packages tainted with cyanide to active duty Marines. The NCIS team tries to prove the innocence of the retired Marine suspected of sending the boxes.

CBS star Drew Carey is set for a guest spot on the network’s long-running drama series NCIS. Carey will play retired Marine Sergeant John Ross in the episode “Handle with Care” which is scheduled to air in early March. Carey’s Ross is a retired Marine Sergeant who ships care packages to active-duty servicemen every day. He is the lead suspect in a murder case after one of his care packages contains cookies laced with cyanide. A loyal and honorable veteran, Ross is…...

Most of our parents disdained music and arts as our future careers. This is because they firmly believed that the field of music and arts had lower chances for success. But still, there are many who dream to rock the music world with their own tune and style. This might come by being a lead singer, drummer, keyboardist or guitarist. The dream to conquer the hearts of people with just your sound and stand in the spot light with the screams of your fans is just too tempting to let go.

Though it is a tempting dream, the road towards success and fame is a steep one and often people lose their passion and wake up to “reality”. Some persist towards this path of life and succeed while some have triggered opportunities with their music alone and have their name added onto the list of the famous. In either case,...

World premieres include Fanny Ardant’s Stalin’s Couch [pictured], Elisabeth E. Schuch’s The Book Of Birdie, Erlingur Ottar Thoroddsen’s Rift, and Manuel Concha’s Blind Alley.

Goteborg Film Festival has announced its programme of nearly 450 films from 84 countries to screen during the festival’s 40th anniversary edition (Jan 27-Feb 6).

As reported earlier, the festival will kick off with Dome Karukoski’s Tom Of Finland.

The eight films (all world premieres) competing for the Dragon Award for Best Nordic Film – with a prize of $110,500 (Sek 1m) — are as follows:

Tom Of Finland by Dome Karukoski (Finland/Sweden/Denmark/Germany/Us)Beyond Dreams by Rojda Sekersöz (Sweden)The Ex-wife by Katja Wik (Sweden)Heartstone by Gudmundur A. Gudmundsson (Iceland/Denmark)Sámi Blood by Amanda Kernell (Sweden/Denmark/Norway)Little Wing bySelma Vilhunen (Finland)The Man by Charlotte Sieling (Denmark)Handle With Care by Arild Andresen (Norway)

The Nordic documentary competition includes:

Citizen Schein by Maud Nycander, [link...

The winner of the Eurimages Lab Project Award from Haugesund’s Works In Progress presentations was Katrín Ólafsdóttirs The Wind Blew On from Iceland.

The new prize, worth $56,000 (€50,000) was given to “the most promising cutting-edge film presented as a work in progress”.

The jury was comprised of Norwegian filmmaker Bent Hamer, Dorien van de Pas of the Netherlands Filmfund, and Heidi Zwicker of Sundance.

Head of New Nordic Films Gyda Velvin Myklebust noted that the award was aimed at a film that was “experimental in form or content”.

Of the 20 films presented, industry buzz was highest for pitches including Izer Aliu’s energetic and funny teenage story 12 Dares; Norwegian debut The Tree Feller; Fenar Ahmad’s Danish criminal underworld drama/thriller Darkland, Danish debut Winter Brothers; family animation Richard The Stork (already a hot seller for Global Screen); absurdist Norwegian comedy Lake Over Fire; and Danish drama Mesteren, starring Soren Malling and Jakob Oftebro and directed by [link...