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The new coronavirus pandemic relief bill, which is set to receive a vote Monday, includes $15 billion in grants earmarked for independent movie theaters and live venues for music or stage performances. The grants will provide much-needed relief to these venues, many of which have seen their business all but vanish as the pandemic canceled concerts and stage plays, while pushing almost all new theatrical releases to 2021.

Angela Bassett is taking a look back at the iconic film. The celebrated actress is reflecting on her experiences on set, and working alongside the late, great Whitney Houston.«You know, working with Whitney…  we were all such a fan. So to come to know each other, to play cards, to go bowling, to that regular simple joys of life stuff? It was great,» Bassett recently told ET's Kevin Frazier.

Jamie Foxx's animated avatar, Joe, becomes a mentor to reluctant new soul 22 (Tina Fey) in the Great Before.

The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad was the target of a rocket attack Sunday night.

HARDCOVER FICTION1. “Ready Player Two” by Ernest Cline (Ballantine)2. “A Time for Mercy” by John Grisham (Doubleday)3.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIn a year filled with things we didn’t want to think about, there were few more indulgent escapes than music books.

1. A Promised Land by Barack Obama (Crown)2. Cat Kid Comic Club by Dav Pilkey (Scholastic)3.

President-elect Joe Biden is reportedly considering former United Nations Ambassador Samantha Power to lead the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).

1. “A Promised Land” by Barack Obama (Crown)2. “Cat Kid Comic Club” by Dav Pilkey (Scholastic)3.

HARDCOVER FICTION1. “Ready Player Two” by Ernest Cline (Ballantine)2. “Deadly Cross” by James Patterson (Little, Brown)3.

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

Jeff Lowe is hoping to set the record straight. Lowe, 53, is best known for appearing in Netflix's hit docuseries "Tiger King," in which, he obtains control of a private zoo full of exotic animals after Joe "Exotic" Maldonado-Passage -- the zoo's previous owner -- was arrested in connection with a murder-for-hire plot.

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