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Telly Leung, currently playing the title character in Disney’s "Aladdin" on Broadway, is releasing a special updated version of the holiday classic “All I Want for Christmas Is You” to benefit ASTEP (Artists Striving to End Poverty) this holiday season. Leung joined BUILD to discuss the project.

Elizabeth Holtzman has been a principled leader and a persistent voice for equality and accountability since she became the youngest woman ever elected to Congress in 1973, which she remained for forty-two years. But she sees American democratic ideals, and the rule of law in the United States, eroding under President Trump. Her book, "The Case for Impeaching Trump," establishes the requirements for impeachment as set out by the Constitution and proves that President Trump’s actions have already met those requirements. Holtzman makes the definitive, constitutional case that Trump can be impeached―and the process should start now.

"Paris to Pittsburgh" brings to life the impassioned efforts of individuals who are battling the most severe threats of climate change in their own backyards. Set against the national debate over the United States’ energy future — and the Trump administration’s explosive decision to exit the Paris Climate Agreement — the film captures what’s at stake for communities around the country and the inspiring ways Americans are responding. The film is directed by Emmy Award-winning Sidney Beaumont and Emmy-nominated filmmaker Michael Bonfiglio.

Digital entertainment program BUILD Series takes its popular and extensive live interview show to the next level, adding a new, daily morning talk show “BUILD Brunch," as BUILD Series continues its commitment to bring its fans closer to culture. Airing weekdays at 12pm live on BUILDseries.com/Brunch, it will feature a roundtable of diverse, young and influential personalities speaking to breaking news, hot topics and the latest in entertainment. Officer Quincy Smith of Investigation Discovery's "Body Cam" series joins the table!

Following the record-breaking tenth season of VH1’s "RuPaul’s Drag Race," which just became the first show to ever win an Emmy Award in both the Outstanding Reality-Competition Program and Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program categories in the same year, 10 queens (Monét X Change, Latrice Royale, Trinity Taylor, Farrah Moan, Valentina, Monique Heart, Jasmine Masters, Naomi Smalls, Gia Gunn & Manila Luzon) are returning to the mainstage to compete in the fourth season of "RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars." The groundbreaking competition is set to return with supersized, 90-minute episodes and more stunning fashions, killer lip-syncs and jaw-dropping twists than ever before.

Denise Bidot serves as a judge on the hit reality competition Univision series, “Nuestra Belleza Latina,” where she also is a mentor to the women. Aside from the show, she’s a vocal advocate for Women and social issues, making major headlines with her “No Wrong Way” movement that went viral. Bidot was the first plus-size model to ever walk multiple runways at NY Fashion Week and is working to change the way the fashion industry views women and what it means to have a healthy body.

"Sex Education" is a coming-of-age Netflix series that follows Otis Thompson (Asa Butterfield), a socially awkward high school virgin who lives with his mother, a sex therapist (Gillian Anderson). Surrounded by manuals, videos and tediously open conversations about sex, Otis is a reluctant expert on the subject who sets up an underground sex therapy clinic at his high school. Written and created by Laurie Nunn, "Sex Education" hails from Eleven, with Jamie Campbell, Joel Wilson and Ben Taylor also on board to executive produce.

In 2005, Blythe Hill began hearing about the issue of sex trafficking. Despite her deep sense of urgency to help, she felt helpless. She wasn't a lawyer or a doctor or a social worker; her interests and talents were in fashion, trend analysis, and blogging. She didn't think she had much to offer to the fight, until four years later. In 2009, Blythe challenged herself to wear a dress every day of December (hence: Dressember) Every year, thousands of advocates around the world take on the creative challenge of wearing a dress or tie during the 31 days of December. The dress or tie serves as the conversation starter to educate your community about modern slavery. The organization believes #YouCanDoAnythingInADress, including raise millions of dollars to support the fight to end slavery.

"Mary Queen of Scots" explores the turbulent life of the charismatic Mary Stuart (Saoirse Ronan). Queen of France at 16 and widowed at 18, Mary defies pressure to remarry. Instead, she returns to her native Scotland to reclaim her rightful throne. But Scotland and England fall under the rule of the compelling Elizabeth I (Margot Robbie). Each young Queen beholds her "sister" in fear and fascination. Rivals in power and in love, and female regents in a masculine world, the two must decide how to play the game of marriage versus independence. Join stars Joe Alwyn, Jack Lowden and director Josie Rourke at BUILD.

Today we discuss Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra’s wedding, Brit and Co talks about their “Year in Women” profiles, a radio station no longer playing “Baby it’s Cold Outside,” The campaign to stop Netflix from removing “Friends” from the platform, and author of “Bold and Blessed” Trinitee Stokes joins the table.