Jeremy Roenick Claims NBC Firing Was Anti-Straight Discrimination

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterWith the release calendar in tatters, and hopes vanishing for a nationwide reopening any time soon, the movie theater industry is increasingly looking to Congress for billions in aid.The industry has put its energy in recent weeks into lobbying for the “RESTART Act,” which would extend hundreds of billions of dollars in loans for businesses that have been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic.“It would be a lifeline for us,” said Bobbie Bagby, executive vice

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: Amazon’s multiple Emmy-winning digital drama series The Bay has resumed production on its sixth season, brought to a halt earlier this year amid the coronavirus pandemic.The series, along with virtually the entire TV and film industry, shut down production in mid-March due to the virus outbreak. Producer LANY Entertainment tells Deadline the series has resumed shooting at a secure location outside Los Angeles County.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterA judge on Tuesday allowed Eko to proceed with its patent infringement lawsuit against Quibi, though she dismissed three of Eko’s nine claims against the streaming startup.U.S. District Judge Christina A.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterDaredevil Actor Peter Shinkoda took a stand on Sunday during #SaveDaredevilCon as he claimed that former head of Marvel Television Jeph Loeb said anti-Asian comments during the production of the series.Shinkoda plays, Nobu Yoshioka who is part of the Hand in the series.

Yet another chapter in the ugly custody battle between Jeremy Renner and his ex-wife, Sonni Pacheco. 

Who fired J.R.? It was NBC. Why? Because of discrimination, the former NHL star claims.

Wack 100 has Nick Cannon’s back amid his ViacomCBS firing for anti-Semitic comments. In case you missed it, Nick Cannon found himself as a target of cancel culture due to an interview between himself and Professor Griff, formerly of Public Enemy.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerHockey analyst Jeremy Roenick filed suit Friday in Manhattan Supreme Court against NBC Sports, saying he was wrongfully dismissed for making a comment about a desired “threesome” with an on-air partner while other commentators said equally racy remarks and went unpunished.Roenick, age 50, said the network applied a different standard to his remarks than those by skating commentators Johnny Weir and Tara Lipinski in a different video.

Dec. 19 episode of Barstool Sports’ Spittin’ Chiclets podcast, where he joked about wanting to have a threesome with his wife and Kathryn Tappen, another NBC Sports host.

50 Cent, 45, is responding to Nick Cannon‘s shocking firing from MTV’s Wild ‘N Out by posting a trolling message to his Instagram! The rapper shared a snapshot of an article announcing the news that ViacomCBS let go of 39-year-old Nick from the show after he made some “anti-semitic” comments on a June episode of his podcast/YouTube series, titled Cannon’s Class, and added his own eye-catching message in the caption.