NHL Analyst Mike Milbury to ‘Step Away’ From NBC Sports for Remainder of Stanley Cup Playoffs

Yep, festival season is a little weird this year, but if the currently-ongoing Venice Film Festival and just-started Toronto International Film Festival are any indication, the 58th New York Film Festival is going to be just as good, albeit enjoyed from a safe distance.

Paul Kagan, the pioneering media analyst who provided forecasting and financial data about the entertainment industry for nearly 50 years and was among the first to recognize the power and potential of cable television, has died. He was 82.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIn an effort to rally support for the countless music venues impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, hundreds of buildings across the U.S. — from New York’s Empire State Building to Seattle’s Space Needle — were illuminated in red light on Tuesday evening (Sept.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorFive agents formerly with Paradigm have launched a new agency called TBA that represents The War on Drugs, Courtney Barnett, Chvrches, Jose Gonzales, Guided by Voices, Jay Som, Yaeji, Omar Apollo and many other artists.The company, which has offices in New York and Los Angeles, was founded by agents Marshall Betts, Avery McTaggart, Amy Davidman, Ryan Craven, and Devin Landau.

previously announced Angela Bassett, Alicia Garza, Joe Morton, Phylicia Rashad, Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter, Courtney B. Vance, Pauletta Washington, Susan Kelechi Watson and Oprah Winfrey.Coates’ novel was first published in 2015 as a written letter to his teenage son.

Mangrove is set to open the BFI London Film Festival (LFF) later this year.The film, which stars Black Panther‘s Letitia Wright, will tell the story of the Mangrove Nine – a group of Black activists who clashed with London police in 1970 during a protest march, which led to a highly publicised trial.Mangrove forms part of McQueen’s Small Axe anthology series, and will premiere at New York Film Festival before having its European premiere at LFF, later airing on BBC One and Amazon Prime Video

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorFormer NHL player and coach Mike Milbury has been sidelined for the remainder of the Stanley Cup Playoffs after comments he made about women Thursday night on the NBC Sports Network.Mike Milbury, who works as an analyst for the network, was on air during the Washington Capitals-New York Islanders game speaking with co-host Brian Boucher about the success of the NHL’s bubble during the coronavirus pandemic.

NEW YORK -- Former coach and NBC Sports analyst Mike Milbury apologized Friday for saying during a playoff game broadcast that there weren’t women in the NHL bubble to disrupt the players' concentration. The comments were made during Thursday night's game between the New York Islanders and Washington Capitals during a discussion about the environment in the bubble.

Eminem guested on Young M.A‘s debut edition of her new Apple Music 1 show Me Always Radio yesterday (August 19) — listen to the two artists’ discussion on the episode below.The New York rapper launched her new show on the streaming service yesterday, which you can listen back to in full here.

LCD Soundsystem‘s James Murphy has spoken in support of the campaign to save independent music venues in the US during the coronavirus crisis.The National Independent Venue Association are spearheading efforts to get the bipartisan Save Our Stages Act passed, which would create a $10 billion small business association fund to help those small venues that are struggling or being threatened with closure due to the effects of the pandemic.Murphy joined New York Senator Chuck Schumer and a number of

Rebecca Davis editorUniversal Music Group (UMG) has appointed Cindy Gu as head of Astralwerks Asia, the company’s label division focused on electronic and dance music in the region.The label also announced Tuesday its first Asian artist signing: the Indonesian EDM group Weird Genius.

NEW YORK -- Apple Music is launching several new radio shows hosted by A-list musical acts, including Snoop Dogg, Shania Twain and Carrie Underwood. The streaming service announced that it will debut two new radio stations Tuesday: Apple Music Hits, focused on popular songs of the ’80s, ’90s and 2000s, as well as Apple Music Country, dedicated to the country music genre.

NEW YORK -- Lady Gaga is ready to just dance at the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards. MTV announced Thursday that Gaga, who is tied as the most-nominated act alongside Ariana Grande, will perform at the Aug.

Erik Pedersen Managing EditorWelcome back, live sports.It’s been a historic day in Washington but also in Canada, where the first game of the NHL’s coronavirus-delayed Stanley Cup Playoffs is headed into a fifth overtime.

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmCondolences to Escape Artists partner/producer Steve Tisch on the death of his 36-year old daughter, Hilary Anne Tisch, who died Monday. The Tisch family wasn’t specific on cause of death, but in a statement sent to Deadline, noted she had battled depression.

Hilary Tisch, the daughter of the New York Giants’ chairman and co-owner Steve Tisch, has sadly died.