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At the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, Laurie Hernandez won silver in the individual balance beam competition and secured gold in the team all-around competition. "She's Got This," a fictional story—inspired by parts of Hernandez' real life—is about a young girl named Zoe who sees a famous gymnast performing on TV and decides she wants to fly just like her. Through this heartwarming and inspirational story, featuring vibrant art from Nina Mata, Hernandez imparts important lessons she learned on her way to Olympic glory: You always have to get back up and try again, and you always have to believe in yourself.

While Robin Williams started doing stand-up in the mid-’70s, most of America first fell in love with him as the naïve and hilarious alien from the planet Ork in Mork & Mindy. He became an instant superstar and went on to do five HBO stand-up specials and dozens of feature films. Williams was truly an out-of-this-world talent and now all his most memorable stand-up and television performances are together in one collection, "Robin Williams: Comic Genius" from Time Life. David Steinberg joined BUILD to talk about the collection and his memories of working with the comedy icon.

Based on the memoir "Beautiful Boy" by David Sheff and "Tweak" by his son, Nic Sheff, "Beautiful Boy" chronicles the heartbreaking and inspiring experience of survival and recovery in a family coping with addiction over many years. Join actors Steve Carell, Timothée Chalamet and director Felix Van Groeningen as they discussed the film.

In the second season of "Raven's Home," Raven Baxter (Raven-Symoné) and the entire family learn that her pre-teen son Booker (Issac Ryan Brown) has inherited her ability to catch glimpses of the future. Like his whole-hearted and watchful mom, Booker can only get a peek at what’s to come, but it’s just enough to drive each of them to interfere with the anticipated outcome. His ability to see brief visions of the future are nascent and uncontrollable and often seem to collide with Raven’s own visions, setting in motion madcap escapades for the entire extended family, including Booker’s twin sister Nia (Navia Robinson) and Raven’s longtime best friend Chelsea Daniels and her son Levi.

Michiel Huisman stopped by discuss "The Haunting of Hill House." The new horror Netflix Original series is a modern reimagining of Shirley Jackson’s legendary novel of the same name, about five siblings who grew up in the most famous haunted house in America. Now adults, they’re reunited by the suicide of their youngest sister, which forces them to finally confront the ghosts of their own pasts… some which lurk in their minds... and some which may really be lurking in the shadows of the iconic Hill House.

Mining decades of experience, writer, director, producer, and actress Justine Bateman writes a visceral, intimate look at the experience of fame. Combining the internal reality-shift of the famous, theories on the public's behavior at each stage of a famous person's career, and the experiences of other famous performers, Bateman takes the reader inside and outside the emotions of Fame. The book, "Fame: The Hijacking of Reality," includes twenty-four color photographs to highlight her analysis.

From Peabody Award-winning director, Dan Klores, "Basketball: A Love Story" is a sweeping project that explores the complex nature of love as it relates to the game of basketball and opens the window to insights and perspectives about race, politics, media, art, business, style and entertainment. The film consists of 62 short stories on the NBA, ABA, College Hoops, the Women’s Game, International Basketball, and Socio-Cultural issues told by 165 Legends (with celebrity narrators). The cast encompasses basketball’s most prominent figures, from LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Dr. J, Stephen Curry, Oscar Robertson, Bill Russell, Larry Bird, Chris Paul and Kobe Bryant as well as producer of the film, former NBA great Earl "The Pearl" Monroe.

Written/directed by Polly Draper, "Stella's Last Weekend" follows Oliver (Alex Wolff) who is a Queens high school senior who is madly in love with Violet, the girl of his dreams. Oliver’s older brother, Jack (Nat Wolff), is not so lucky with his love life, having made a real connection with a girl who suddenly dropped him without any explanation. When Jack comes home from college for a special celebration of Stella, the family’s beloved but aging dog, he soon discovers that the girl who broke his heart is the very same Violet who has stolen Oliver’s heart. A series of comic complications ensue as the romantic rivalry between the brothers escalates, Violet wavers between the two equally appealing siblings, and the entire family tries to get through the emotional upheaval of Stella’s impending “last hurrah.”

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 11am 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. Natalie Paul of "The Sinner" joins the table!

KT Tunstall’s 6th studio album, "Wax," was entirely self/co-written and is produced by Nick McCarthy, founding member of multimillion-selling band Franz Ferdinand, with co-production from duo MyRiot. "Wax" also features co-writing contributions from her frequent creative collaborator Martin Terefe and Kings Of Leon producer/mentor Angelo Petraglia. Following the success of 2016’s Top 10 album, "Kin," Tunstall new album is the 2nd of a trilogy which explores themes of spirit, body and mind. This album focuses on the body, and our complex relationships with physicality. She joined BUILD to talk about the LP and played a few songs.