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Influenced is coming to Prime Video. The streaming service has released a trailer for the new contemporary talk show. Social media personalities Achieng Agutu, Eyal Booker, Tefi Pessoa, Taryn Delanie Smith, and Cyrus Veyssi are hosting the 10 episodes.

Guests will include Emily Bear, Ally Brooke, Brooke Butler, Sumner Canfield, Allegra Edwards, Jerrie Johnson, Lizzy Mathis, Christina Milian, Joanne Molinaro, Sophie Morgan, Dylan Mulvaney, Chani Nicholas, Matt Sarafa, Vivian Tue, and Stephanie Wolff.

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Today, Prime Video has released the official trailer and key art for the content creator-led talk show Influenced, from Candle Media’s Hello Sunshine and Amazon MGM Studios. The series will premiere on Thursday, August 1.

The thirty-minute episodes will be co-hosted by popular social media personalities Achieng Agutu, Eyal Booker, Tefi Pessoa, Taryn Delanie Smith, and Cyrus Veyssi.

Influenced is an evolution of the talk show format, bridging the gap between social media and TV, led by a panel of top content creators with varying spheres of influence and interest, and featuring subject matter experts whose businesses were built across mediums.

Influenced encompasses all things lifestyle, from food, fashion, home design, travel, and beauty to entertainment, popular culture, mental health, spirituality, and wellness.

Cyrus Veyssi, Tefi Pessoa, Taryn Delanie Smith, Achieng Agutu, and Eyal Booker

The 10 episodes feature special guests Emily Bear, Ally Brooke, Brooke Butler, Sumner Canfield, Allegra Edwards,...

Harlequin romance novels are getting a new lease of life in audio form.

The company has struck a deal with podcast company Audio Up, which is behind Stephen King’s Strawberry Spring, to adapt a number of its books into audio series.

Harlequin is the company responsible for the books behind series such as Sweet Magnolias and Virgin River. The plan is to turn 52 books into podcasts.

First up is Montana Mavericks, a scripted dramatic podcast based on In Search of the Long-Lost Maverick, written by Christine Rimmer.

The series is set in Bronco Heights with its small-town charm and Western allure, where Melanie Driscoll, seeking a fresh start, returns home from the big city into the waiting arms of Gabe Abernathy, a rugged cowboy from the town’s most powerful family with secrets of his own.

It will also have an original soundtrack from a number of rising stars...

Exclusive: Anna Delvey, best known as the inspiration for Shonda Rhimes’ Inventing Anna, has dropped her debut single.

Delvey has performed vocals on What The Hell?, a single from TikTok celebrity and rising country star Brooke Butler. Listen above.

The song will serve as the intro and theme song to Delvey’s new podcast The Anna Delvey Show, which comes from Audio Up and Reunion Audio.

The song features never-before-heard audio from Delvey including a recording of a phonecall she made while imprisoned on Riker’s Island. She is currently on house arrest after being convicted of a series of crimes including attempted grand larceny.

What The Hell? is available on music platforms later today.

The song was written by Audio Up CEO and producer Jared Gutstadt, known for his work with Lil Wayne, Jelly Roll, DJ Khaled and Machine Gun Kelly, alongside his longtime writing partner Scarlett Burke.

The single also features Audio Chateau,...

UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital's 20th Annual “Party on the Pier” will take place on Sunday, November 3, from 10:00am – 2:00pm at Pacific Park on the Santa Monica Pier.

Proceeds from the event provide unrestricted funding to launch high-priority programs that benefit children being treated at UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital and around the world. Guests of the party will have the opportunity to participate in a wide variety of fun-filled activities including carnival games filled with Mattel, Inc. toys, unlimited access to rides, photo booths with some of their favorite celebrities, and much more!

Special guests Jaime King, Jodie Sweetin, Mackenzie Hancsicsak, Ava Michelle, Rico Rodriguez, Raini Rodriguez, Elisabeth Röhm, Anne Winters, Anna Cathcart, Evan Alex, Casey Baer, Jailen Bates, Parker Bates, Paris Berelc, Ellie Blue, Paxton Booth, Lilia Buckingham, Brooke Butler, Ava Cantrell, Alyssa de Boisblanc, Nikki DeLoach, Emily Dobson, Jackson Dollinger, Tarik Ellinger, Kacey Fifield, Connor Finnerty,...

High School Musical soundtrack producer Andrew Lane oversees nine original songs.

Los Angeles-based MarVista Entertainment has boarded global sales rights to The Loft Entertainment’s Mipcom-bound Ya dance musical Next Level starring Gen Z influencers Lauren Orlando and Hayden Summerall.

Styled as a cross between High School Musical and Mean Girls, the project takes place at an academy where girls compete for the coveted title of Miss Next. When the reigning champion is threatened by a talented newcomer, she tries to sabotage her ambitions.

Marvista has commenced pre-sales and will take Next Level to Mipcom in October after it releases...

Brat, the digital studio making a name for itself as a preeminent purveyor of content for Gen Z, is officially entering the literary fray.

The studio’s debut novel, Chicken Girls: Rhyme And The Runaway Twins, was inspired by Brat’s flagship Chicken Girls digital series -- which has amassed 200 million views on YouTube to date. Starring YouTube luminary Annie LeBlanc (pictured above) as well as Brooke Butler and Indiana Massara, the series follows the trials and tribulations of a middle school dance troupe.

Brat, which first announced its book deal with Sky Pony Press last March, has also branched beyond its digital series roots by launching a record label and branded content studio. The company has raised $42.5 million in venture capital to date.

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