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The Hunger Games Prequel Album Lines Up 29 Artists for November 13
Whitney Peak, Noah Cyrus, Kacey Musgraves and a Cure live cut fill a tracklist built for the film's November 20 release.
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Pilot season is the January-to-April stretch when United States broadcast networks cast and shoot pilot episodes in Los Angeles, then pick a small share of roughly 100 yearly candidates at the May upfronts.