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Joan Castleman (Glenn Close) is a highly intelligent and still-striking beauty – the perfect devoted wife. Forty years spent sacrificing her own talent, dreams and ambitions to fan the flames of her charismatic husband Joe (Jonathan Pryce) and his skyrocketing literary career. Ignoring his infidelities and excuses because of his "art" with grace and humor. Their fateful pact has built a marriage upon uneven compromises and Joan's reached her breaking point. On the eve of Joe's Nobel Prize for Literature, the crown jewel in a spectacular body of work, Joan's coup de grace is to confront the biggest sacrifice of her life and secret of his career. "The Wife" is a poignant, funny and emotional journey; a celebration of womanhood, self-discovery and liberation. Close, Pryce, Christian Slater, Annie Starke & director Björn Runge stopped by BUILD to discuss the film.

In "Damascus Cover," Ari Ben-Zion (Jonathan Rhys Meyers), haunted by the death of his son, is assigned by the Mossad to smuggle a chemical weapons scientist out of Syria. Within days his mission goes wrong. To survive Ari reaches out to a deep cover agent code-named, The Angel. He soon discovers that he is a pawn in a much bigger plan.

Based on the best-selling novels by Stephen Hunter and the 2007 Paramount film starring Mark Wahlberg, “Shooter” follows the journey of Bob Lee Swagger (Ryan Phillippe), a highly decorated veteran who must confront a nemesis from his past in order to return to a life of normalcy. The co-production with Paramount Television and Universal Cable Productions comes from executive producers Wahlberg (“Ballers,” “Boardwalk Empire”) of Closest to the Hole Productions; Stephen Levinson (“Ballers,” “Boardwalk Empire”) of Leverage Entertainment; Lorenzo di Bonaventura ("Transformers," "The Real O'Neals"); and John Hlavin (“The Shield”). Join Omar Epps who stars in the USA series.

In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, black telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success, which propels him into a macabre universe of "powercalling" that leads to material glory. Omari Hardwick took to the BUILD stage to discuss the new hit film, "Sorry to Bother You" as well as the upcoming Tyler Perry film, "Nobody's Fool," and the STARZ hit series, "Power."

Ibtihaj Muhammad's path to Olympic greatness has been marked with opposition and near-debilitating challenges because of her race, religion, and gender. As the only woman of color and the only religious minority on the U.S. women's saber team, once again Ibtihaj had to push past stereotypes, misconceptions, and negativity to find her own path to success and Olympic glory. ""Proud: My Fight for an Unlikely American Dream" is the inspiring story of how Ibtihaj rose above it all with grace and compassion. She provides an unflinching and honest portrayal of how she managed to stay true to herself and still play by the rules. A coming-of-age story, a hero's journey, and a moving memoir from one of the nation's most influential athletes, "Proud" will leave you cheering.

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. Olympian Ibtihaj Muhammad joins the table to talk about her new book, "Proud: My Fight for an Unlikely American Dream."

Spencer Liff is a multiple Emmy nominee for his choreography on "So You Think You Can Dance," acclaimed Broadway choreographer of "Hedwig and The Angry Inch" (Tony-winner Best revival), "Spring Awakening" (Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle nomination, Astaire Award, Los Angeles Ovation Award and The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award) and the critically acclaimed "Falsettos." Liff has an original new musical hitting Broadway this summer, called "Head Over Heels," opening on July 26th, produced by Gwyneth Paltrow with the music of the GoGo’s.

On Friday, Sept. 14, Asleep at the Wheel will release "New Routes," its first new material in over a decade, embarking on a new chapter in the group's 48-year history with a fresh group of musicians and nimble musical palette. The 11-track collection of both new and familiar country, jazz, jump blues, rockabilly, Western Swing and folk, offers a blend of originals, vibrant covers, superior musicianship and a guest vocal appearance by Seth and Scott Avett of The Avett Brothers.

After David Kim (John Cho)'s 16-year-old daughter goes missing, a local investigation is opened and a detective is assigned to the case. But 37 hours later and without a single lead, David decides to search the one place no one has looked yet, where all secrets are kept today: his daughter's laptop. In a hyper-modern thriller directed by Aneesh Chaganty and written by Chaganty and Sev Ohanian, David must trace his daughter's digital footprints before she disappears forever.

You know Daniel Franzese from starring in TV shows like HBO’s "Looking", Freeform’s "Recovery Road", ABC’s "Conviction" and movies like "Bully", "I Spit On Your Grave" and of course when he stole our hearts as the lovable Damian in Paramount’s "Mean Girls"! You’ve seen him crack us up in hilarious moments on everything from "The Comeback", "Party Down" and his mega YouTube smash, "Shit Italian Moms Say". But now come and see him as you’ve never seen him before with a no holds barred hot microphone! Originally from Brooklyn, Franzese has become a well-known proponent and speaker for the LGBT Community and thought leader for body positivity. A self-proclaimed Mama’s boy, his upbeat high energy stand up comedy act captures his amazing and quirky life in the entertainment industry, as well as hilarious stories about his Italian parents from Brooklyn and an amusing look on life.