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Last summer the NFL made a groundbreaking free-to-air broadcast deal with British broadcaster Channel 5 (a subsidiary of Skydance-owned Paramount) with the aim of growing interest in the sport across the pond. Hosted by Dermot O’Leary, Sam Quek and Osi Umenyiora and produced by Hungry Bear Media, the first season has seen a typical NFL […]

“The Studio” team of Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg took time to pay tribute to their late co-star Catherine O’Hara on Saturday as the pair picked up more awards for their Apple TV series “The Studio.” O’Hara died Jan. 30 at the age of 71. On “The Studio,” O’Hara played Patty Leigh, a high-powered executive. […]

Kumail Nanjiani gently skewered a room full of Hollywood heavyweights in his opening monologue at the Directors Guild Awards, taking aim at the Epstein files, runaway production, the extended running times of many movies and the fact that the guild’s top award was named in honor of director D.W. Griffith until 1999. He quipped that […]

On the red carpet for the DGA Awards Saturday night, Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos addressed the proposed Netflix-Warner Bros. merger and President Donald Trump’s possible role in the deal. Asked by Variety‘s Marc Malkin if it makes him nervous when the President says he’s watching the deal, Sarandos answered, “Look, I think he has a […]

Days after The Washington Post laid off nearly one-third of its staff, the outlet’s publisher and CEO, Will Lewis, has stepped down. Current CFO Jeff D’Onofrio will step into Lewis’ role, effective immediately.  “After two years of transformation at The Washington Post, now is the right time for me to step aside,” Lewis wrote in […]

Team USA alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin on Saturday told reporters during a press conference (via USA Today) that she hopes to elevate “inclusivity… diversity and kindness” at the 2026 Winter Olympics despite the current political turmoil in the United States. When asked about representing the United States during a time of deep social and political […]

The Milan Cortina Winter Olympics kicked off with an opening ceremony on Friday that averaged 21.4 million viewers on NBC and Peacock, according to preliminary Nielsen ratings and digital data from Adobe Analytics. The official Nielsen Big Data + Panel viewership will be posted on Tuesday. But for now, NBCUniversal is reporting that this year’s […]

Savannah Guthrie took to Instagram on Saturday afternoon to share another message with her mother’s kidnapper, this time saying she and her family will pay for Nancy Guthrie’s return. “We received your message, and we understand,” Guthrie said in the video, flanked by her siblings Annie and Camron. “We beg you now to return our […]

You have to love Caleb McLaughlin for being so public about wanting to play Miles Morales. “I would love to play Miles,” he told me Friday night at the premiere of his new animated movie “Goat.” The “Stranger Things” star has been a fan favorite to slip into the Spider-Man suit as Miles. “I think […]

Sam Raimi told Total Film that Rachel McAdams was “underutilized” in his 2022 MCU sequel “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” and after that movie, he “promised” himself he would work with her again. This pledge led to Raimi casting McAdams in his latest comedy thriller, “Send Help.” “First, she was the perfect person […]