The Sports Illustrated annual Swimsuit Issue bonanza entered its next phase on Sunday as Travel Channel began its five-part series, SI: The Making of Swimsuit 2015, diving into the behind the scenes action for the magazine’s most profitable issue. The annual publishing juggernaut has also been supported by the likes of a two-city fan festival […]
Amid stiff competition (aka SNL), Turner Sports’ coverage of this year’s NBA All-Star Game handed the company with a 4.3 household rating and an average of 7.2 million viewers, including an 7.2 local rating in NY, its highest ever in Turner’s history televising the event, according t Nielsen. Saturday’s presentation of State Farm All-Star Saturday […]
Longtime 60 Minutes correspondent Bob Simon died after a car accident in New York City on February 11, a passenger in a taxi that was rear-ended by another vehicle. He was 73. During his 47 years with CBS, Simon won over 40 major awards, including 27 Emmys and 4 Peabodys. “It’s a terrible loss for […]
Lady Gaga will take to the stage at the Oscars for the first time, in a special tribute performance. Added to the list of presenters: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Chris Evans, Dakota Johnson, Jennifer Lopez, Chloe Grace Moretz, Eddie Murphy and Margot Robbie. Awards air Sunday, February 22 on ABC.
James Franco will star in Hulu’s upcoming nine-hour miniseries from J.J. Abrams called 11/22/63. Based on the Stephen King book of the same title, the thriller follows a high school English teacher who travels back in time to prevent the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Bridget Carpenter (Friday Night Lights) will write the script […]
Saturday Night Live devotees, rejoice: in honor of the show’s 40th anniversary, NBC just released the free app SNL40, which features clips from more than 800 episodes. For the super-fan, the app includes tag-based data to deeply rummage through the past 40 years, along with more recent clips. NBC even went as far to supply […]
FIFA turned heads yesterday with its announcement that it had extended its media rights agreements in the United States and Canada for its events leading up to and including the 2026 World Cup. Extending their partnerships with FOX for English language programming and NBCUniversal’s Telemundo for Spanish language, the deal also locks in CTV/TSN in […]
Under Armour is turning to the NBA’s Stephen Curry and actor Jamie Foxx for the brand’s biggest ever global brand campaign, entitled The Book of Will. Foxx serves as the star and Creative Director of the new short films with the first film from the campaign detailing the story of Curry’s journey in “Volume One: […]
Transgender actress Laverne Cox has been cast in CBS procedural pilot Doubt as a transgender Ivy League-educated attorney. Cox was nominated for an Emmy last year for her portrayal of a transgender character on Netflix’s Orange Is the New Black.
Count David Letterman among the Williams supporters. Before running a top 10 list of “Other Things Brian Williams Said That May Or May Not Be True” (sample: “Have you met my sisters, Venus and Serena Williams?”), Letterman called Williams smart and “fabulously entertaining.” As for misremembering? “Not that big a deal, I don’t care,” said […]
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