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Week in entertainment: 'Fences,' Kennedy Center Honors


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

MONDAY, 12/26

Watch: HBO's Every Brilliant Thing premieres at 8 ET/PT. The adaptation of the hit off-Broadway one-character show of the same name, written by Duncan Macmillan, stars Jonny Donahoe and recounts a life lived in the shadow of suicide.

TUESDAY, 12/27

Watch: The 39th Annual Kennedy Center Honorsair on CBS at 9 ET/PT. This year's inductees include pianist Martha Argerich, The Eagles, actor Al Pacino, singer Mavis Staples and singer/songwriter James Taylor.

WEDNESDAY, 12/28

See: Mel B, aka Scary Spice of the Spice Girls, returns to Broadway, this time in an eight-week run as Roxie Hart in the Tony-winning revival of Chicago at the Ambassador Theatre in New York.

THURSDAY, 12/29

Go: The SnowGlobe Music Festival kicks off in South Lake Tahoe, Calif. The three-day festival, which culminates on New Year's Eve, includes performances by The Chainsmokers, Flume, Major Lazer and Odesza.

FRIDAY, 12/30

See:Fences, starring Denzel Washington and Viola Davis, is out nationwide. The film tells the story of a former Negro League player (Washington) as he struggles to provide for his family in 1950s Pittsburgh.