Olympic Games Ceremonies Wizard Marco Balich on Partnering With Banijay to ‘Challenge’ Global Live Entertainment Operators (EXCLUSIVE)

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Celebrity chef David Chang has signed a production deal with Brent Montgomery and Jimmy Kimmel’s Wheelhouse. Previously under a production agreement with Vox Media, Chang’s banner, Majordomo Media, has set a pact with Wheelhouse, a producer on Chang’s latest Hulu series, “Secret Chef,” to exclusively develop and produce unscripted programming across food, home and lifestyle, among other genres. Wheelhouse and Chang are also focused on creating original content and developing new talent for his new FAST channel, MajordomoTV, co-developed with LG Electronics.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music Over the past weekend, the Weeknd broke London Stadium’s record for highest attendance with his two-night stand at the venue on Friday and Saturday, which drew 160,000 people to his “After Hours Til Dawn Tour.” The tour also holds the record for highest single-night attendance for any show at the stadium with 80,000 fans. According to promoter Live Nation, the tour has already sold more than 2 million tickets for its European and forthcoming South America and Mexico dates — and 200,000 for both England and France. The sold-out 2022 North American leg of the stadium tour grossed more than $148 million dollars. The global tour has now grossed over $350 million dollars to date.

fan favorites Kenny and Armando are not on the same page when it comes to their future together. In this exclusive clip from the season premiere of on Monday, the couple has a tense conversation about Armando wanting another child although Kenny is not on board given his age.Kenny and Armando have a 26-year age difference and Kenny previously expressed his reluctance to have a baby given that he's 60 years old and has already raised four children.

Love Island viewers are convinced they've managed to rumble Tyrique Hyde's secret "game plan" in the villa as the dramatics continued to unfold after Casa Amor during the latest instalment. As Ella Thomas was left feeling really upset after an angry Tyrique blasted her for bringing bombshell Ouzy See back with her, Tyrique decided to cut his losses. Hurt by the Glasgow Islander's actions, the football player decided to pull Kady McDermott for a chat and use the opportunity to get to know her instead.

Just over a year after she tied the knot, Pixie Lott has revealed that she and husband Oliver Cheshire are expecting their first child together.The 32 year old singer, who recently debuted her huge hair transformation on Instagram, announced that she is expecting her first child with husband Oliver in a personal essay for British Vogue. Writing for the publication, the Mama Do singer and The Voice Kids coach revealed that she’d passed the 28-week mark at the beginning of the month - shortly before she and 35 year old Oliver celebrated their first wedding anniversary together on 6 June.

True Detective EP Richard Brown’s Passenger has struck a first-look deal with Patrick Daly’s Caledonia Productions.

Adidas is partnering with nu-metal titans Korn for a fall capsule collection, according to an internal document from the brand viewed by Complex. According to that publication’s report, Adidas X Korn will comprise two sneaker lines — the Campus 00s ($130) and the Supermodified ($140) — as well as two black graphic T-shirts ($50 and $60, respectively); two tracksuits, tops and bottoms sold separately for $100/$80 (black and white) and $180/$120 (purple with sequins); and a black-and-white hoodie for $120.

Bringing artistic expression, sleek sneaker design, and turbocharged horsepower together, livestream shopping platform NTWRK teamed up with Dodge and rapper Tee Grizzley on a one-of-a-kind sneaker helmed by handmade sneaker artist Dexter The Creator.

and hosted the popular newsmagazine show “20/20” for 15 years. She also hosted “America’s Most Wanted” on Fox TV and helmed “A&E Investigates,” a series of documentaries that air on Hulu.

Naman Ramachandran LGBTQ+ activist Moud Goba will be honored with the 2023 BET International Global Good Award. The award is BET International’s recognition of public figures who use their platform for social responsibility and goodness while demonstrating a commitment to the welfare of the global Black community. Past honorees include artist and philanthropist Akon and Kenyan mental health advocate Sitawa Wafula. Zimbabwe-born Goba has spent the past 20 years working with several U.K.-based grassroots organizations focused on fostering LGBTQ+ safe spaces and refugee integration in society. Goba works as national manager for Micro Rainbow, an initiative that provides safe shelters for LGBTQ+ asylum seekers and refugees and her role there earned her a place on the 2022 BBC 100 Women list.

French police have searched the 2024 Paris Olympic Games organizers’ headquarters as part of an investigation into corruption over contracts.

Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs’ Candle Media has struck a partnership with TikTok, with an initial focus on Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine to uncover underrepresented independent authors and literary material from the #BookTok community.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent The headquarters of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games are currently being raided by French judicial police. The raids could be part of two preliminary investigations launched in 2017 and 2022 on charges of suspected illegal conflict of interests and favoritism, according to BFM TV. The searches are taking place at several sites, including organization committee and at Solideo, the public institution in charge of spearheading the constructions and renovations tied to the Olympic and Paralympic Games, according to the news org AFP. Paris 2024 confirmed the raids to local outlets including RMC Sport which leaked an internal memo saying that they were “fully collaborating with police to facilitate their investigation. The teams of the judicial police will be on the ground at least today to collect documents,” the letter continued.

Tom Cruise gets a little starstruck. The movie superstar recently went to a Janet Jackson concert, and couldn't contain his excitement about getting to see the songstress perform live.Cruise spoke with ET's Nischelle Turner on Sunday in Rome, at the world premiere of his new action blockbuster,, at the Auditorium della Conciliazione, and he spoke with ET's Nischelle Turner about what he does in the rare instance in which he takes some time off.Specifically, how he took in Jackson's concert last month.«That was a moment, yeah, that was my night off.

Naman Ramachandran “Dangal” filmmaker Nitesh Tiwari’s “Bawaal,” starring Varun Dhawan (“Bhediya”) and Jahnvi Kapoor (“Mili”), will get a direct-to-digital global premiere on Amazon’s Prime Video, the streamer has confirmed. The love story is produced by Sajid Nadiadwala’s banner Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment in collaboration with Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari and Nitesh Tiwari’s Earthsky Pictures. Tiwari’s “Dangal” (2016) remains the highest grossing Indian film of all time with $247 million. Manish Menghani, director of content licensing at Prime Video, India, said: “Prime Video is absolutely delighted with the opportunity to take one of the country’s most renowned directors, Nitesh Tiwari’s labor of love ‘Bawaal’ to audiences in more than 200 countries and territories with a worldwide launch. ‘Bawaal’ is an extraordinary story with universal appeal, powered by brilliant performances by Varun and Jahnvi. Set in the heartland of India, the gripping narrative takes viewers on a never-seen-before journey through Europe. We believe that a film that is rooted in India but has a global appeal deserves to reach customers not just in India, but all across the world.”

Ja Morant, the Memphis Grizzlies’ guard who is among the NBA’s most dynamic players, has been suspended without pay by the league for 25 games after repeatedly brandishing a gun on social media. Pro rated, the suspension will cost Morant $10.2 million of his $33.5 million annual salary. It will also cost the Grizzlies, who came in second in the Western Conference last year, their best player for a good chunk of the 82-game season.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer “Wild Kingdom” is roaring its way back onto NBC more than 60 years after it first debuted on the broadcast network. The iconic wildlife show will return to the Comcast-owned broadcaster this fall in a new iteration produced by Hearst Media Production Group in partnership with the original show’s sponsor, Mutual of Omaha. Titled “Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom: Protecting the Wild,” the new version will be hosted by wildlife expert and “Wild Kingdom” alum Peter Gros, who first appeared on a version of the series in 1985 alongside then-host Jim Fowler. Fowler was the second expert to host “Wild Kingdom,” taking over for the show’s original narrator, zoologist Marlin Perkins, after acting as Perkins’ sidekick from the start.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief The International Olympic Committee said on Thursday that Swiss-based, Chinese-owned Infront Sports & Media would handle broadcast right sales in much of Asia for the next series of Summer and Winter games. The deal covers 22 territories including Afghanistan, Brunei, Cambodia, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Vietnam – but not China, Japan or South Korea, and runs 2026-2032. That means it will cover the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics and the Los Angeles 2028 and Brisbane 2032 Summer games. The 2030 Winter Olympics, which have yet to be allocated a host, and all Youth Olympic Games during this period will also be covered.

EXCLUSIVE: Power Book II: Ghost star Woody McClain has signed a publishing deal with the Black-owned comic book publisher Godhood Comics to bring to life The Brotherhood comic series. McClain created the series set to be released later this year and also co-writes alongside DC Comics Milestone Initiative breakout writer Dorado Quick.

Banijay has moved into the live events space by acquiring a majority stake in the company that claims to have “organized the highest number of Olympic Games ceremonies.”