Led by host Serena Williams, the ESPYS celebrated a landmark year for women’s sports, with Simone Biles, A’ja Wilson, Caitlin Clark and Dawn Staley among the honorees Thursday.
Category: TV and Streaming
Here’s what you need to know about the NBA’s upcoming 11-year, $76 billion media rights contracts
The NBA’s 11-year, $76 billion contracts will begin with the 2025-26 season. It is the same number of years as the NFL’s most recent deal, which began with the 2023 season.
Column: Do we need movie stars?
Plenty of screen actors these days are successful but we don’t think of them as stars. Why is that, and what’s different from the era of De Niro and Dunaway?
A fresh start for NBC Olympics: No more ‘plausibly live’ for Paris Games this summer
NBC says Mike Tirico will host what are essentially two prime-time Olympics telecasts this summer.
‘Teen Torture, Inc.’ review: In the troubled teen industry, major profits and major allegations of abuse
The documentary “Teen Torture, Inc.” on Max centers on survivors of programs that use “tough love” and abuse as methods to turn around wayward kids.
Column: Paramount’s new president was fired last year as CEO of NBCUniversal after allegations of sexual harassment
Jeff Shell’s firing last year has been conspicuously absent in the reporting so far across numerous outlets about the Paramount-Skydance merger.
Jon Landau, Oscar-winning ‘Titanic’ and ‘Avatar’ producer, dies at 63
Jon Landau, an Oscar-winning producer who worked closely with director James Cameron on three of the biggest blockbusters of all time, “Titanic” and two “Avatar” films, has died. He was 63.
John Belushi’s widow, Judy Belushi-Pisano, dead at 73
Judy Belushi Pisano, who spent years protecting the legacy of her late husband, John Belushi — and was also an actress and producer in her own right — died Friday at the age of 73, following a long battle with cancer.
Column: The best comedy of the year so far is on YouTube, the breath-stealing brilliance of Chicago’s Conner O’Malley
Straying from high-energy exhortations to flop sweat, he’s cheerleading for a future everyone knows will not benefit him. It is a TEDTalk in hell.
‘Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F’ review: The heat is (back) on
The summer movie landscape could use Eddie’s Murphy’s brand of talent and panache. “Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F” on Netflix almost gets there. Almost.