ESPN Benches Rachel Nichols for NBA Finals Game Coverage After Her Maria Taylor Comments

NEW YORK -- The year 2020 saw welcome growth in racial diversity of LBGTQ characters in films released by major studios, according to a new study by the advocacy group GLAAD.

Jared Leto‘s Joker for The Suicide Squad.Leto’s take on the DC villain was introduced in David Ayer’s Suicide Squad in 2016. However, he failed to make the cut in Gunn’s sequel, which shares some of the same cast.In an interview with the New York Times, Gunn confirmed that he never considered bringing the character back for the film.“I just don’t know why Joker would be in the Suicide Squad,” he said.

A red-carpet match made in heaven. Former Bachelor Matt James and on-again girlfriend Rachael Kirkconnell made their official red carpet debut together at Saturday night’s 2021 ESPYS in New York.

New money, suit and tie — and a 32,000-square-foot estate.  The fairy tale mansion featured in Taylor Swift’s "Blank Space" music video — which has more than 2.8 million views on YouTube — is up for auction with a massive price cut.  Located in Glen Cove, New York, the residence is known as Winfield Hall and is complete with 56 rooms, space for 11 cars, 16 fireplaces, and even comes with an actual clock tower, according to Jam Press.  (Google Maps/Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) Initially

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On the day of the start of the NBA Finals, ESPN’s premiere daily NBA show was missing from its schedule. Instead, according to the New York Post, viewers who tuned in at 3 p.m., ET on Tuesday found the two-man team of Jalen & Jacoby, who are usually The Jump‘s lead-in. A subsequent Jump schedule spot on ESPNH2 at 4 p.m., ET was replaced by the network’s Highly Questionable.

PHOENIX -- ESPN has replaced Rachel Nichols as its sideline reporter for the NBA Finals following a report detailing critical comments she made about Black colleague Maria Taylor.The network announced Tuesday that Malika Andrews would handle that role for the series between the Phoenix Suns and Milwaukee Bucks.Nichols, who is white, has been the sideline reporter for its top national games this season and for last year's NBA Finals.

“Blank Space” music video — which has more than 2.8 million views on YouTube — is up for auction with a massive price cut. Initially asking $20 million, the 12-bedroom, 10-bathroom Long Island property is now asking for a starting bid of only $7 million. In 2015, Swift, now 31, won a MTV VMA award for Best Female Video for “Blank Space.”  In the video, Swift can be seen living in an opulent mansion and playing house with model Sean O’Pry.Located in Glen Cove, New York, the residence is known as

Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton have married. The showbiz power couple applied for a marriage licence last week, and now they are said to have wed on Saturday (03.

New York Times report released on Sunday included portions of a leaked July 2020 conversation by ESPN host Rachel Nichols that has led to internal backlash at the sports network and surfaced long-held frustration for the Black women employed there. The conversation between Nichols and LeBron James’ longtime advisor Adam Mendelsohn was accidentally recorded by Nichols herself when she forgot to turn her video camera off and was transmitted to ESPN’s video servers.

Rachel Nichols, ESPN‘s star anchor who does all things basketball and the NBA as of late, is under fire this weekend after a secret recording was made public.

The New York Times reports that several of the company’s top NBA analysts had considered boycotting this year’s playoffs over how ESPN handled the situation. In July 2020, a tape leaked of a conversation between Nichols, LeBron James’ agent Rich Paul and James’ advisor Adam Mendelsohn.

Disparaging comments made by ESPN host Rachel Nichols and leaked from a recorded phone conversation are reportedly causing an uproar at the sports network.

Courtney Love made an unexpected appearance in Ronan Farrow’s expose on Britney Spears’ conservatorship for The New Yorker, and on Saturday she paid tribute to Spears by covering one of her hits.

So many stars have joined the cast of Elizabeth Banks‘ movie Cocaine Bear!

Former '90s heartthrob, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, has been spotted out in public for the first time in eight years. The actor, best known for his role on "Home Improvement" as Randy Taylor, was photographed in June in Los Angeles walking two small dogs while wearing jeans, a hoodie, and New York Mets hat.

Jordan Moreau Elizabeth Banks’ upcoming movie “Cocaine Bear” has added several A-list cast members.Keri Russell, Ray Liotta, O’Shea Jackson, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Alden Ehrenreich have joined the film about a real-life 175-pound bear who died of an apparent cocaine overdose.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorSpike Lee is marrying two of the great loves of his life: filmmaking and pro hoops.ESPN tapped the Oscar-winner — and notorious New York Knicks superfan — to direct and appear in the broadcast opens for the 2021 NBA Finals on ABC.