Libby Geist is Latest Content Executive to Announce ESPN Departure

Kristen Stewart was the only VIP guest at Chanel’s 2021 Métiers D’art superb show. The A-lister was the sole person invited after French COVID-19 safety precautions allowed only one person.

It’s 1927, and we are inside a Chicago recording studio. A blues singer and her band banter about the music business and its inherent lack of equality.It’s 1964, and we are in Miami, where Malcolm X, Sam Cooke, Jim Brown and Cassius Clay (as he was known for one more day) discuss their roles in society.It’s semi-present day and we’re in a small town in Indiana, where a high school prom is upended by a non-straight pair.

WASHINGTON -- Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows:ABC’s “This Week” — Alex Azar, health and human services secretary; Sens. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Mike Braun, R-Ind.———NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Dr.

Peter Csathy Welcome to my fifth annual “Fearless Five”: the five companies that made the boldest and most audacious entertainment-media-tech moves of the year.This doesn’t mean these companies ultimately will be the most successful. What it does mean is that they were the most fearless and made the biggest, boldest bets in 2020.

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday unveiled the structure of a new regional stay-at-home order due to skyrocketing cases of COVID-19 in California.

Shortly after California Governor Gavin Newsom announced a new Stay-At-Order for the state, he unveliled the first details of the state’s distribution plan. The first batch h of vaccines to be delivered to the state will be divided into three priority groups. The first group includes Acute care workers, those employed in skilled nursing homes, paramedics and those at dialysis centers.

Guy Lodge Film CriticPropped shakily over the lapping waters of Lake Maracaibo in the Caribbean-facing northeast corner of Venezuela, the tiny settlement of Congo Mirador is as tranquil as it is far-flung, but only the most obtuse of passing backpackers would describe it as idyllic.

Jonathan Bennett and his longtime boyfriend, Jaymes Vaughan, have taken a major step in their relationship.Bennett, 39, and Vaughan, 37, announced on Monday, November 30, that they are engaged. According to People, the Celebrity Page host popped the question to the Mean Girls star with an original song.Bennett spoke to Us Weekly exclusively last month about whether the twosome were heading toward marriage.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorNFL football games have long commanded TV’s biggest audiences. But Walt Disney is experimenting with bringing its gridiron broadcasts to some smaller viewer niches.Some of Disney’s biggest TV networks will “mega-cast” a January NFL Wild Card game across ESPN, ABC, Freeform, ESPN Deportes and ESPN2, part of a larger series of efforts the company has tried over the last year to woo different kinds of viewers to professional football.

Ellise Shafer editorLos Angeles County officials have announced a new stay-at-home order to take effect Monday, Nov. 30.The three-week order was announced on Friday, as the county confirmed 4,544 new cases of COVID-19 and 24 new deaths.

Ken Jennings is stepping up to his place behind the podium. Following the death of longtime host Alex Trebek earlier this month,announced on Monday that the show would resume production with a rotating slate of guest hosts.«Alex believed in the importance of and always said that he wanted the show to go on after him,» Executive Producer Mike Richards said in a statement shared to the show's social media.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVThe holiday season just got a lot more festive, dahlings! Mariah Carey’s upcoming Christmas special on Apple TV Plus has been given a Dec. 4 premiere date, along with a companion soundtrack album and new music video for her holiday single “Oh Santa!”The special, entitled “Mariah Carey’s Magical Christmas Special,” centers on a crisis at the North Pole that requires help from Santa’s great friend, Carey.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing Editor“The situation in L.A. is more concerning than it’s ever been,” said Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti on Monday.

Dua Lipa has taken to Instagram to announce the guest appearance of FKA Twigs in the former’s upcoming livestream event, Studio 2054, set to take place on November 27.In a post earlier today (November 17), Lipa shared an in-studio image of the two singers sitting side by side on the floor, alongside a caption that read: “So excited to announce that [FKA Twigs] will be joining us for STUDIO 2054 a very special performance!!!”A post shared by DUA LIPA (@dualipa)Upon the announcement of Studio 2054

first reported by Sports Business Journal.

Peter White Television EditorEXCLUSIVE: Libby Geist, one of the architects of ESPN’s growing documentary business and exec producer of The Last Dance and O.J: Made In America, is leaving the Disney-owned sports network.Deadline understands that Geist, who is Vice President and Executive Producer, ESPN Films and Original Content, will work through to the end of 2020.

Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley.The country duo announced the concert news on Monday, November 16, revealing the tour will feature North America dates beginning as early as summer 2021.“This past year has given us a chance to spend more time writing, producing and being creative,” the pair said in a statement. “But we are itching to get back on the road.

Gerry Cinnamon is set to release a new version of his second album, ‘The Bonny’ – and it includes a new single, ‘Ghost.’The new version of the album, which is described by Cinnamon as the “definitive” edition will also include newly recorded versions of ‘Kampfire Vampire’ and ‘Fickle McSelfish.’‘Ghost’ along with the digital version of ‘The Bonny Definitive’ album will be available for digital download tomorrow (November 13).Both the CD and vinyl releases of the album, which arrive on December