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Joshua Bassett is getting into the festive mood.Bassett, along with his talented co-stars from the Disney+ series, rings in the holiday season with a 45-minute special, High School Musical: The Musical: The Holiday Special, on Friday, where they share their favorite holiday traditions, sing iconic favorites and offer two sneak peeks of the upcoming second season. ET debuts a first look at Bassett's performance of his original Christmas song, «The Perfect Gift,» which will be featured in season

1. “Ready Player Two” by Ernest Cline (Ballantine)2. “Deadly Cross” by James Patterson (Little, Brown)3.

1. “A Promised Land” by Barack Obama (Crown)2. “Ready Player Two” by Ernest Cline (Ballantine)3.

Rich Mento and Russell Boast have been named co-presidents of the Casting Society of America. Mento, who was formerly the Society’s vice president, will serve alongside Boast, who as CSA president has headed up its Inclusion and Diversity and Training and Education Committees.

HARDCOVER FICTION1. “Rhythm of War” by Brandon Sanderson (Tor)2.

Limp Bizkit guitarist Wes Borland has admitted that the Deftones made the right decision in renouncing nu metal.Speaking on Dean Delray’s Let There Be Talk podcast, Borland was asked about his band’s success in the late 90s/early 2000s during the rise of nu metal.“A lot of it sort of all developed at once – Korn, and the Deftones…The Deftones really tried to separate themselves from everything, which was the right move, for sure.

1. “A Promised Land” by Barack Obama (Crown)2.

Angela Bassett has nothing but fond memories of Chadwick Boseman.

While most of 2020 was spent in sweatpants around the house, the year still managed to have some major fashion moments.

Leo Barraclough Senior International CorrespondentColombian documentary feature “Alis,” from directors Nicolas van Hemelryck and Clare Weiskopf, has won the Forum Award for best project at IDFA, one of the world’s leading documentary film festivals, which is running as a virtual event until Dec. 6.

HARDCOVER FICTION1. “The Law of Innocence” by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown)2. “A Time for Mercy” by John Grisham (Doubleday)3.

up to 40% Off Best-Sellers at their -Pre-Cyber sale.Take up to 40% on gear and apparel from Backcountry. No promo code is needed — the deals will be automatically applied.Backcountry carries some of our favorite brands, like The North Face, Marmot, Patagonia and Sorel.

Black Friday 2020 sale event. The legendary department store is helping customers decide the best ways to shop on the big day - November 27 - given that things are set to be a little different this year.

HARDCOVER FICTION1. “Fortune and Glory” by Janet Evanovich (Atria)2.

1. “Fortune and Glory” by Janet Evanovich (Atria Books)2.