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The cast of “One Tree Hill” will reunite for an upcoming charity basketball game to benefit the V Foundation for cancer research. Fans can watch the game via a live stream on “House of Highlights,” a leading TNT sports brand.

On May 18, Friends With Benefit Charity Events will reunite the cast “One Tree Hill” basketball team for a game at Laney High School in Wilmington, North Carolina — the gym the Tree Hill Ravens played at in the show and the court where Michael Jordan played high school basketball.

Cast members confirmed to participate include James Lafferty, Robbie Jones, Bryan Greenberg, Paul Johansson, Craig Sheffer, Tyler Hilton, Cullen Moss, Brett Claywell, Stephen Colletti, Lee Norris, Antwon Tanner and Texas Battle. Chad Michael Murray will be making a virtual appearance.

The game, which is sold out, will be globally live-streamed via House of Highlights YouTube channel at 11 a.m. Et.

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Exclusive: Vmi Releasing, the distribution arm of sales and production outfit Vmi Worldwide, has hired Jonathan Barkan as their new Head of US Distribution.

Barkan comes from Mutiny Pictures, which he helped negotiate the sale of to New Jersey distribution company BayView Entertainment.

Barkan was Managing Editor at genre website Bloody Disgusting, which was acquired by Cinedigm in 2021. He was then Editor-in-Chief of Dread Central, which was acquired by Epic Pictures Group in 2017, where he also began acquiring titles for Epic’s genre label Dread. He then helped launch The Horror Collective, a boutique genre distribution label, as VP of Acquisitions and Distribution, before joining Mutiny Pictures in June 2021 as their Head of Acquisitions and Development Director.

Barkan is also the creator and director of the upcoming film Mental Health & Horror: A Documentary and is an executive producer on the upcoming horror movie Skinamarink, which was acquired by Shudder and...

Fremantle Boosts Revenue By 25% For Rtl Group

Hand of God outfit Fremantle increased its revenue by 25% last year to €1.9Bn ($2.1Bn) as owner Rtl Group, the European media conglomerate, recorded a 10% turnover rise to €6.6Bn ($7.3Bn) and a profit boost of 35% to €1.1Bn ($1.2Bn). Rtl this morning said it is making progress on Fremantle’s growth plan, following four acquisitions in the past year including, most recently, the purchase of 70% of respected Italian producer Lux Vide, along with 12 Nent Group production labels. Fremantle put 81 drama productions into production across the year and scored hits with the likes of Paolo Sorrentino’s Oscar-nominated Hand of God for Netflix. The previous year saw a big drop in returns due to the impact of the Coronavirus. The outfit, which has just struck a talent deal with Angelina Jolie, is targeting €3Bn returns by 2025. Overall, Rtl’s revenue was up 10.3% to €6.6Bn, with adjusted...

1979: As the World Turns' Bob received a strange call from Penny.

1981: Kristin was dead in the pool on Dallas.

1985: Melissa Reeves made her Days of our Lives debut.

2007: Timbaland performed on One Life to Live."The best prophet of the future is the past."

― Lord Byron

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

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1957: On The Right to Happiness, Nurse Helen Mason (Ruth Newton) reported overhearing a racketeer's confession of drugging her patient which broke the defense of the fraudulent insurance claim case.

1967: On Dark Shadows, Dave Woodard (Peter Turgeon) told Julia Hoffman (Grayson Hall) that he discovered the "original" Barnabas Collins had a sister named Sarah.

There was a massive One Tree Hill reunion over the weekend and fans need to see the epic pics! Former co-stars Hilarie Burton, Chad Michael Murray, Tyler Hilton, Stephen Colletti, Bevin Mirskey, Antwon Tanner, Cullen Moss, Barry Corbin, Lee Norris, Colin Fickes, Kieren Hutchison, Michael May, Mike Grubbs, Vaughn Wilson and Michael Copon all reunited the other day for the EyeCon Oth event in Wilmington, N.C. Most of the Oth stars took to their social media accounts to post super-cute pics together. "Let's do this again yall!! Best fans of all time. Best friends I could ask for. Been through a lot together! #OTHfam," Hilton wrote with a fun group snapshot. Murray retweeted the...

The "One Tree Hill" gang is back together! Tyler Hilton, Chad Michael Murray, Barry Corbin, Kieren Hutchison, Lee Norris, Hilarie Burton, Antwon Tanner and more stars from the WB drama reunited at the EyeCon "Oth" Convention in Wilmington, North Carolina on Sunday. Many of your Tree Hills favs took to Instagram to share photos from the throwback event -- and these pics will take you right back to your teenage years! "Reunion time! #OTHconvention #ReturntoTreeHill," Hutchinson captioned the pic above. "Let's do this again yall!! Best fans of all time. Best friends I could ask for. Been through a lot together! #OTHfam," Hilton added with the snapshot below. Sophia Bush, James Lafferty and Bethany Joy Lenz were noticeably absent from the reunion, but the "Chicago Pd" star took to Twitter to send a message to her former TV family. "To everyone in Nc this weekend, I wish I could split...

Marla Sokoloff, Marion Ross and Christina Pickles have been tapped to star in "Flower Girl," a wedding-themed original movie for Hallmark Channel.

Sokoloff plays Laurel, who runs a floral shop with her meddling grandmother, Rose (Ross), and is always planning weddings for everyone but herself. With all of Laurel's friends getting married, she begins to wonder if she will ever find Mr. Right. Unexpectedly, she meets two possible matches, forcing her to choose between her head and her heart.

Pickles plays Evangeline, a friend of Laurel's and the owner of Evangeline's Bridal Bower. Kieren Hutchison, Terry Maratos and Brook Kerr co-star.

"Flower Girl," written by Marjorie Sweeney and directed by Bradford May, is set to air in late 2009. The movie, produced by LG Films Production and Larry Levinson Prods., is exec produced by Larry Levinson. Lincoln Lageson and Eric Heiberg are the producers.