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Grammy-nominated worship collective Hillsong Young & Free released their highly anticipated, first-ever studio album, “III," earlier this summer. The third career album to date and first major release since their 2016 chart-topping “Youth Revival” project, “III” features 17 tracks that demonstrate Young & Free’s unparalleled ability to blend pop and EDM influences with powerful worship anthems and reflects a deepening, growing-up and coming of age that the band has experienced over the last few years.

When Harley Carter was a teenager, he experienced 15 minutes of fame when he solved the mystery of a serial killer plaguing his small town. Now, years later, Harley (Jerry O'Connell) has become a famous Hollywood actor playing a grown-up version of what he actually was as a kid. And it's wearing on him. After an embarrassing public meltdown in Hollywood, Harley returns to his hometown to take a break but finds that he can't leave solving mysteries behind. Carter taps into his acting experience to become a real-life detective, partnering with (and reconnecting to) his childhood friends, no-nonsense police veteran Sam Shaw and witty, street-wise coffee truck owner, Dave Leigh. "Carter" airs on WGN America starting August 7.

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.

In a time when women are fighting for pay equality, work-life balance and gender parity, there is one emerging industry where women dominate the scene and can charge up to four times their male counterparts: Influencer Marketing. Many people think of influencers as just pretty faces who take nice pictures (or hotel free-loaders, or CGI bots), but they don't realize influencer marketing is a multi-billion-dollar business, that the Social Media Millionaires club is real, and that it's run by women. Top influencers Brittany Hennessy and Teni Panosian joined BUILD to have an "Inside the Influencer's Insta-Ready Life" discussion.

When Edward M. Hallowell was eleven, a voice out of nowhere told him he should become a psychiatrist. A mental health professional of the time would have called this psychosis. But young Edward (Ned) took it in stride, despite not quite knowing what "psychiatrist" meant. With a psychotic father, alcoholic mother, abusive stepfather and two so-called learning disabilities of his own, Ned was accustomed to unpredictable behavior from those around him, and to a mind he felt he couldn't always control. Now, decades later, Hallowell is a leading expert on attention disorders and the author of twenty books. In "Because I Come from a Crazy Family," he tells the often strange story of a childhood marked by what he calls the "WASP triad" of alcoholism, mental illness and politeness, and explores the wild wish, surging beneath his incredible ambition, that he could have saved his own family of drunk, crazy, and well-intentioned eccentrics, and himself. The book is an affecting, at times harrowing, ultimately moving memoir about crazy families and where they can lead, about being called to the mental health profession, and about the unending joys and challenges that come with helping people celebrate who they are. A portion of the author's proceeds of this book goes to NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness).

Cameron Post (Chloë Grace Moretz) looks the part of a perfect high school girl. But after she's caught with another girl in the back seat of a car on prom night, Cameron is quickly shipped off to a conversion therapy center that treats teens "struggling with same-sex attraction." At the facility, Cameron is subjected to outlandish discipline, dubious "de-gaying" methods, and earnest Christian rock songs-but this unusual setting also provides her with an unlikely gay community. For the first time, Cameron connects with peers, and she's able to find her place among fellow outcasts. Moretz, Desiree Akhavan, John Gallagher Jr. and Forrest Goodluck took to the BUILD stage to talk about their new film, "The Miseducation of Cameron Post."

From a young age, Guy Branum always felt as if he were on the outside looking in. Self-taught, introspective and from a stiflingly boring farm town, he couldn’t relate to his neighbors. In this collection of personal essays, Guy talks about finding a sense of belonging at Berkeley—and stirring up controversy in a newspaper column that led to a run‑in with the Secret Service. He recounts the pitfalls of being typecast as the “Sassy Gay Friend,” and how, after taking a wrong turn in life (i.e. law school), he found stand‑up comedy and artistic freedom. He analyzes society’s calculated deprivation of personhood from fat people, and how, though it’s taken him a while to accept who he is, he has learned that with a little patience and a lot of humor, self-acceptance is possible. Written with Guy’s characteristic blend of wit, guile, and rumination, "My Life as a Goddess" is an unforgettable and deeply moving book by one of today’s most endearing and galvanizing voices in comedy.

Today we discuss Atom Tickets in heated movie subscription battle (5:25), Beyonce Vogue Cover will have its’ first Black photographer after 126 years (1:43), Jennifer Gardner Instagram post about being a mom(10:11), Seth Rogan’s Vancouver voice recording subway messages, Scott Disick reality show which is a spinoff for E! (23:32)

11 Honoré is an online shopping platform that serves women with luxury and designer contemporary clothing in sizes 10 to 24. Created by fashion and luxury strategy consultant and former technology business development specialist, Patrick Herning, and veteran fashion editor, Kathryn Retzer, 11 Honoré is disrupting the fashion conversation to be more inclusive, elevated and thoughtful about each aspect of online shopping for this woman. More than just an online retailer, 11 Honoré is a community platform where women can engage with each other in addition to offering editorial content. Herning, Co-Founder & CEO, designer Christian Siriano and renowned plus-size model Candice Huffine visited BUILD for a talk about the company.

Rapper and Disney Channel breakout Sky Katz joins BUILD to chat about the season 2 summer premiere of Disney Channel’s "Raven’s Home." Katz is one of Hollywood’s most talked about young talents. Starring as the scene-stealing spunky neighbor Tess who is best friends with Raven’s fraternal twins and often involved in the family’s crazy shenanigans on the iconic "That’s So Raven" spinoff. Previously, a contestant on season 11 of "America’s Got Talent," Sky wowed judges, audience members and home viewers with her impressive rapping skills and freestyle.