Maria Taylor Joins NBC Sports After ESPN Exit, Makes Early Olympics Appearance

Love Island fans joked they had forgot the Hideaway even existed on Thursday after Kaz Kamwi and Tyler Cruickshank enjoyed a night away after going exclusive. On Wednesday, fans were left cringing as Faye Winter, Liberty Poole, Chloe Burrows and Millie Court all appeared to have sex with their boys on the same night after making a pact in the villa.

Allyson Felix just solidified her place in Olympics history: the 35-year-old is officially the most decorated woman in track, winning her 11th medal and seventh gold on Saturday, Aug. 7 at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

after the revelation of a sexual affair last year, has been advising the royal family of Qatar on investments in the film business, an individual with knowledge of the situation told TheWrap on Thursday. The former Universal vice chairman has traveled to the Middle East petrostate multiple times in the past year as they have wooed Meyer for his contacts and knowledge of the film industry.

Edinburgh on Friday afternoon, with the Craig Murray Justice campaign group saying his conviction "sets a dangerous legal precedent for freedom of speech and equality before the law ". The 62-year-old's offending blog posts contained details which, if pieced together, could lead readers to identify women who made allegations against the former First Minister, who was acquitted of all 13 charges including sexual assault and attempted rape in May last year.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorTV ratings have fallen, top athletes have dropped out and live crowds aren’t around to cheer, but executives at Comcast still believe in the power of broadcasting the Olympics.“We’ve had some bad luck,” acknowledged Jeff Shell, chief executive of Comcast’s NBCUniversal, which has the rights to telecast the sports extravaganza, during a call with investors on Thursday.

EXCLUSIVE: Aloft Strategic Communications has hired Rebecca Taylor as a partner. The boutique firm was founded by veteran publicist Michael Donkis in April.

Maura Higgins finally confirmed she was dating Strictly Come Dancing pro Giovanni Pernice earlier this month and although they’ve been kept apart as Maura begins her debut hosting role on Glow Up Ireland while Giovanni concludes his UK tour with fellow dancer Anton Du Beke, they’re clearly still going strong if their flirty Instagram comments are anything to go by.After Giovanni posted a smouldering snap on the ‘gram, Maura couldn’t help but comment, “My man is FINE

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorNBCUniversal hopes its broadcast of the Tokyo Olympics gives American viewers a grand sports spectacle they can watch at any time they like.

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Taylor Swift by bringing a towel adorned with the star's lyrics to the Tokyo Olympics — a good luck charm that made Weyant "Fearless" prior to her silver-medal winning performance Saturday.The 19-year-old Weyant — who won a silver medal for her performance in the 400 Meter Individual Medley — has been a TSwift fan since she was little."I have this Taylor Swift towel that I've brought to every single swim meet since I was 9 years old," Weyant said in an NBC Video Saturday.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorNBCUniversal’s Olympics coverage is putting a spotlight not only on the world’s top athletes, but on the way American viewers are choosing to watch them.In decades past, fans of swimming competitions and gymnastic feats would tune in to a single network showing the Summer Olympics, and giant audiences would follow. In recent years, however, as U.S.

Two days after it was announced she was parting ways with ESPN, the network’s former NBA Finals pregame and halftime host made her debut on NBC, doing Olympics coverage, no less.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorMany advertisers plan to interrupt the Olympics with their commercials. Comcast will interrupt its commercials with the Olympics.The cable-and-entertainment giant has a group of ads ready to run in the Tokyo Olympics that, if all goes well, will include footage from this year’s Games that viewers may have seen just a few hours beforehand.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorKanye West premiered his long-delayed studio album “Donda” at a listening event at Atlanta’s Mercedes Benz Stadium on Thursday that was broadcast live on Apple Music.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorThe people putting 7,000 hours of Olympics coverage on screen for NBC are facing some Olympic challenges all their own.The coronavirus pandemic crimped the ability of producers at NBC Sports to get footage of members of Team USA and other competitors as they went through their training. NBC’s video profiles of the athletes usually take months to put together and are one of the signature elements of the company’s Olympics effort.

ESPN said Wednesday that it is parting ways NBA Countdown and NBA Finals host Maria Taylor after failing to come to terms on a contract extension. The news comes a day after what has turned out to be Taylor’s final assignment: covering the deciding Game 6 of the NBA Finals won by the Milwaukee Bucks.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorESPN and Maria Taylor, an up-and-coming on-air personality, have parted ways in the wake of an internal controversy that spilled into the public arena and drew new scrutiny of diversity policies at the Disney-owned sports-media giant.“There is no doubt we will miss Maria, but we remain determined to continue to build a deep and skilled talent roster that thoroughly reflects the athletes we cover and the fans we serve” said Jimmy Pitaro, ESPN’s chairman, in a

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