ESPN Taps Curtis ’50 Cent’ Jackson to Keep Viewers Watching NBA Finals

EXCLUSIVE: “This is purely strategic,” exclaims Why Not Me? host and La La Land executive producer Mike Jackson of having John Legend as the first guest on his new podcast series. “There’s a method to the madness.”

cleared to descend on the infamous property north of Santa Ynez, Calif., for the shoot in April, according to film permit activity reviewed by SF Gate. “Dialogue, petting zoom, stunt” and the use of helicopters were given the green light.Jackson’s nephew Jaafar Jackson plays the late King of Pop in Antoine Fuqua’s “Michael,” slated for release in April 2025.The property has been associated with lurid claims against Jackson, who died at age 50 in 2009 from an acute drug overdose.Jackson faced 14 charges including seven counts of child molestation and two counts of giving alcohol to a minor in a child sex abuse probe, but was acquitted of all charges in June 2005.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Charles Barkley is blocking Warner Bros. Discovery‘s drive to the net.

Manny Jacinto is now the second star eying a role alongside Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis in the highly anticipated Freaky Friday 2!

Emma Roberts is starring in the new movie Space Cadet and the trailer just dropped!

Rudie Obias editor If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Some of the best MMA fighters in the world are in Connecticut for PFL 4. For the fourth event of the 2024 regular season, the main card pits Russian fighter Valentin Moldavsky (13-3-0) vs.

It may only be the middle of June, but Oscar season planning is in full effect. The Academy Museum recently revealed its honorees for the next Academy Museum Gala and today, The Academy announced the recipients of honorary Oscars at the 2024 Governors Awards.

For only the second time in its 15 year history there is no actor among the honorees for this year’s select group receiving the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Governors Awards. The AMPAS Board Of Governors have chosen to give Academy Honorary Awards to music legend Quincy Jones and veteran Casting Director Juliet Taylor, the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to British writer/director Richard Curtis, and the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award to producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli. The awards ceremony, always a highlight in the very long Oscar season will take place on Sunday November 17, 2024 at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Ovation Hollywood.

Cops are hunting for the people behind a number of graffiti tags which have appeared on a city centre building. Greater Manchester Police is urging anyone who recognises the tags involved to come forward.

Richard Curtis brought Christmas cheer to an unseasonably drizzly day at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival on Tuesday as he presented his first animated feature That Christmas in a Work in Progress session.

Japanese animator and director Kenji Kamiyama made his Annecy debut in the company of Andy Serkis on Tuesday with a 20-minute preview of upcoming anime feature The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim.

The final stage of the 2024 Tour of Britain Women cycling race got under way in Greater Manchester this morning (June 9). The major international race is being hosted in city-region with the biggest names in women's cycling taking part in the event.

An inspirational Scots bride who fulfilled her dying wish of marrying her partner – will be laid to rest in her wedding dress after she lost her cancer battle.

Julia Butters has landed another big role!

Jake Gyllenhaal opened up about his bond with his very famous godmother Jamie Lee Curtis.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Warner Bros. Discovery’s bid to stay in the business of basketball is anything but a slam dunk. The media company has signaled in recent days to the NBA that it would like to discuss the prospect of carving out a small package of game rights to go alongside those already negotiated with Disney, Amazon and NBCUniversal, according to people familiar with the talks.

The King has recognized The Queen.

Tim Chan If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. After an unpredictable playoffs, the 2024 NBA finals matchup is set, with Kyrie Irving and the Boston Celtics taking on Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks in a best-of-seven series. Game 1 of the Celtics vs.

Rudie Obias editor If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. After a month-and-a-half long post-season, the NBA Finals is finally set with superstars Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, Jrue Holiday and Kristaps Porziņģis battling Luka Dončić, Kyrie Irving and Dereck Lively II for a chance to hoist the Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy at the end of a hard-fought series. The NBA Finals 2024 begins with Game 1 between the Boston Celtics and the Dallas Mavericks at TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts on Thursday, June 6 at 8:30 p.m.

William Jackson Harper has had plenty of good years in his acting career. He was Emmy-nominated in 2020 for his acclaimed performance as Chidi Anagonye in NBC’s comedy series The Good Place. In 2009 he became a main cast member on The Electric Company, and that same year was cast in an Off Broadway production of Lynn Nottage’s Ruined, a play that would soon win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.