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Week in entertainment: Black Sabbath, 'Ben Hur'


Plan your week in entertainment with these highlights and pop-culture milestones:

MONDAY, 8/15

Watch:True Life: We Are Orlando premieres tonight. The special will follow four survivors of this summer's mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub as they try to get their lives back on track.  See their stories at 8 p.m. ET/PT on MTV.

TUESDAY, 8/16

Read: The furniture that is ubiquitous to first homes and college dorms gets a makeover. Reinventing Ikea: 70 DIY Projects to Transform Ikea Essentialsby Isabelle Bruno and Christine Baillet hits stores today.

WEDNESDAY, 8/17

Rock: Black Sabbath begins the second run of its The End tour at Nikon at Jones Beach Theater in  Wantagh, N.Y. The tour, recently extended by three dates in November, includes stops in Boston, Detroit, Hollywood, Phoenix and Houston.

THURSDAY, 8/18

Watch: A&E's prison docu-series 60 Days In returns for a second season. The two-hour premiere, in which Sheriff Jamey Noel of the Clark County Jail in Indiana chooses a new group of volunteers to go undercover as inmates,  airs at 9 p.m. ET/PT.

FRIDAY, 8/19

See:Ben-Hur, starring Jack Huston as the title character, opens nationwide today. The latest adaptation of the epic story of a prince falsely accused of treason and forced into slavery also stars Morgan Freeman, Nazanin Boniadi and Rodrigo Santoro.