Peacock Will Honor Female Olympians With Docuseries About ’96 Games

NBCUniversal will air programming from the 2021 Olympic Games across a wide swath of its broadcast, cable and digital properties. The Games take place in Tokyo this year from Friday, July 23 to Sunday, August 8.

Rockstar Games last year, Dan Houser has registered a new UK company called Absurd Ventures in Games LTD.The private limited company was incorporated on June 23. The actual purpose of the business is unknown, but the listing states it is for “Ready-made interactive leisure and entertainment software development.” This suggests it could become a new games studio.VGC has also spotted that in February 2021, Houser also registered two businesses in the US.

Almost two years ago, NRG, a global insights and strategy firm, set out to discover America’s favorite movie and TV franchises.

The first series in the franchise to have an African-American and a woman as its marquee player, NatGeo’s Genius: Aretha is, like the title of its opening episode and the Queen of Soul herself, all about “Respect.”

As celebrities know, it’s so important to wear sunscreen to protect against the sun’s damaging effects on the skin. The American Academy of Dermatology recommends that, regardless of skin type, a broad-spectrum (protects against UVA and UVB rays), water-resistant sunscreen with SPF of at least 30 should be used year-round.

Kid Cudi has spoken about his decision to wear a dress during his appearance on Saturday Night Live back in April.When the rapper served as the musical guest on the US comedy show, he took to the stage for a rendition of ‘Sad People’ wearing a floral dress designed by Off-White’s Virgil Abloh.Speaking on HBO Max’s The Shop: Uninterrupted, Cudi discussed Kurt Cobain’s influence on his outfit choice. “The image of seeing Kurt Cobain in a dress was very rock’n’roll to me,” he said.

From The Sopranos to Boardwalk Empire, when it comes to noir HBO knows how to raise the stakes. Case in point: rebooting Perry Mason with a 21st century lens, but staging the iconic character against the Great Depression in Los Angeles. It’s a complete dusting off and polishing up of the Erle Stanley Gardner-created IP.

Here are Avengers Wanda Maximoff and her beau Vision in an environment we’ve never seen them before: In American suburbia in black and white. It all looks like an episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show, but that’s part of the point in WandaVision.

Lifetime’s biopic Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia stars Danielle Brooks in the story of gospel icon Mahalia Jackson and her journey to becaming one of the most revered singers in American history. She also melded her music to the civil rights movement — she stood with Martin Luther King Jr at the March on Washington where she performed in hopes her music would encourage and inspire racial equality.

EXCLUSIVE: Raoul Bhaneja (Clarice, Blindspot, Grand Army) , Sammi Rotibi (The Obituary of Tunde Johnson, Mars, The Darkest Minds)and Keenan Jolliff (The Americans, The Get Down, Daredevil) will join the mysteries of Peacock’s Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol in recurring roles.

The Apple TV+ original series Dickinson won a Peabody Award for its first season, sparking to creator/writer/executive producer/showrunner Alena Smith’s contemporary take on the coming of age of American poet Emily Dickinson, played by Oscar nominee Hailee Steinfeld.

Peacock will launch a Tokyo Olympics destination on July 15 featuring live coverage of some the games’ biggest events, including gymnastics, track and field and the U.S. men’s basketball team’s pursuit of their fourth straight gold.