Michael Chiklis To Play Red Auerbach In HBO’s 1980s L.A. Lakers Series

Antics on social media appear to have claimed another victim. ESPN and its NBA analyst Paul Pierce have parted ways in the wake of his wild Instagram Live that included pot smoking and scantily clad exotic dancers.

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This is one April Fool’s joke that’s actually a relief: Michael Strahan did not get rid of his “signature” tooth gap. The New York Giants star-turned-TV host fooled the world when he debuted a gap-less smile in this video on March 30. Two days later, he made it sound like it still wasn’t a joke…until the plot twist happened in the video below.

EXCLUSIVE: Newcomer Charithra Chandran has landed the role of Edwina in Season 2 of Bridgerton, Netflix and Shondaland’s hugely popular Regency-era period drama series based on Julia Quinn’s romance novels, I have learned. Rupert Young (Merlin) also has been tapped for a major new role on the series, created by Casper Van Dusen, I hear.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterColin Firth will play Michael Peterson in a series adaptation of “The Staircase,” which has been ordered to series at HBO Max.HBO Max has ordered eight episodes of the limited series, which is based on the docuseries of the same name and various books and reports on the Peterson case. Peterson was accused of murdering his wife, Kathleen, in 2001.

EXCLUSIVE: Brett Cullen (The Joker) will play former NBA star and Lakers head coach Bill Sharman, and Lola Kirke (Mozart in the Jungle) will portray Jerry West’s wife Karen in Adam McKay’s Los Angeles Lakers HBO drama series, based on Jeff Pearlman’s book Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s. McKay’s Hyperobject Industries is producing.

show up in person to the Hollywood event and that appearing via Zoom “will not be an option”. That caused uproar among non-Americans who did not want to fly during the pandemic.

Is the gap gone for good?! That’s what fans of Michael Strahan are wondering after the Good Morning America host, 49, took to Twitter on March 30 and shared a video of himself seemingly getting the iconic gap between his front two teeth filled. “If I post, it’ll be don’t do it. If I ask my friends, it’ll be don’t do it. If I ask my business partner, it’ll be don’t do it,” Michael told his dentist in the video he shared.

EXCLUSIVE: Enrico Colantoni (A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood) is set to play Rudy Giuliani in an episode of The Hot Zone: Anthrax, and Morgan Kelly (Mindhunter) will recur opposite Tony Goldwybn and Daniel Dae Kim in the second installment of Nat Geo’s scientific thriller anthology series.

Sarah Ramos (Parenthood) has been tapped to play Cheryl Pistono, the girlfriend of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, in Adam McKay’s Los Angeles Lakers HBO drama series, based on Jeff Pearlman’s book Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s. McKay’s Hyperobject Industries is producing.

Even if you’re not a sports fan, you’re probably familiar with the Los Angeles Lakers and the team’s “Showtime” era of the ‘80s. That’s when you had players like Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Larry Bird.

Jason Segel has been tapped to play Paul Westhead in Adam McKay’s Los Angeles Lakers HBO drama series, based on Jeff Pearlman’s book Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s. McKay’s Hyperobject Industries is producing.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterJason Segel has been cast as Paul Westhead in the HBO series about the Los Angeles Lakers of the 1980s.The untitled series was ordered at HBO in December 2019.

Bo Burnham (Eighth Grade) has been tapped to play Boston Celtics icon Larry Bird in Adam McKay’s Los Angeles Lakers HBO drama series, based on Jeff Pearlman’s book Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s, Deadline has learned. HBO declined comment.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterBo Burnham has been cast as Boston Celtics star Larry Bird in HBO’s upcoming series about the Los Angeles Lakers of the 1980s.The untitled series was ordered at HBO in December 2019. It is described as chronicling the professional and personal lives of the 1980s Los Angeles Lakers, one of sports’ most revered and dominant dynasties, in what came to be called the Showtime Era.Bird is widely regarded as one of the best basketball players of all time.

Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner reunite in this first look pic from the final season of The Kominsky Method.

Evan Peters has played some pretty unhinged, maniacal characters over the years on “American Horror Story”, and for his next collab with “AHS” co-creator Ryan Murphy he’ll be playing a real-life maniac.

HBO has combined a Victorian drama with sci-fi action to create its genre-bending new series.

EXCLUSIVE: Management firm and production company The Cartel has signed a trio new clients: Into the Badlands and Defiance executive producers Michael Taylor, Why Women Kill consulting producer and Grand Hotel co-EP Curtis Kheel, and Famous In Love actor Niki Koss.

Sally Field is headed to television in HBO’s LA Lakers series, Variety reports.