Religion Of Sports Taps Ben Whitla To Be First CMO

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Religion of Sports, the Emmy Award-winning sports media company founded by director and producer Gotham Chopra, American football legend and Hall of Famer Michael Strahan, and seven-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady, has acquired Jiva Maya, a U.K.-based production company formed in 2020 by writer and director Manish Pandey (“Senna,” “Grand Prix Driver,” “Lucky!”).  The deal marks the second company that was brought underneath the ROS umbrella, following the acquisition of Main Event Media earlier this year. The combined company plans to significantly expand its work in global football, cricket, and motorsport, especially Formula 1, for which Pandey is known.

Former Premier League referee Dermot Gallagher admits he understands why referee Simon Hooper did not award Nottingham Forest a first-half penalty during their 2-0 defeat to Manchester United on Sunday afternoon.

Manchester United winger Antony has received praise from Jadon Sancho, David de Gea and Harry Maguire for his performance in the victory over Nottingham Forest.

Bruno Fernandes joked with Keylor Navas that he was only saving his shots after he failed to get on the scoresheet against Nottingham Forest.

Manchester United were seemingly unphased by the last-minute injury to Marcel Sabitzer ahead of their 2-0 win at Nottingham Forest on Sunday.

Diogo Dalot reflected on the 'special' moment of his first Premier League goal and praised teammate Antony after Manchester United's 2-0 win over Nottingham Forest on Saturday.

Manchester United youngster Marc Jurado has been named on the first-team's bench to play Nottingham Forest this weekend.

Manchester United supporters are making it clear that their visit to Nottingham Forest is a must-win match as they aim to qualify for next season's Champions League.

Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are promoting their new film “Air,” telling the story of Nike’s Air Jordans. The film follows a Nike executive that lands a Michael Jordan endorsement, boosting the young athlete’s career and creating a product that revolutionized the sports market. In an interview, Affleck and Damon discussed the first time they met Jordan, with Jordan and Affleck entering a challenge of who was tallest.

Margot Robbie is sharing her initial reaction after reading the Barbie script and was skeptical that the studio would even allow them to make the film.

Ben Affleck is opening up about his love for Jennifer Lopez’s music. The actor was a guest on the SmartLess podcast with Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, and Will Arnett, explaining how «brilliant» his wife’s music is.As soon as Affleck joins the group, Bateman asks, «What songs have been written about you?»"'Dear Ben' and 'Dear Ben Part 2,'" Hayes answers. Affleck says, «The songs that have been written about me have been written by the greatest performer in the history of the world, Jennifer Lopez.

EXCLUSIVE: Broadway casting director Benton Whitley announced today the creation of Whitley Theatrical, a New York City-based casting and producing office for theater, film, and television.

While Ben Affleck and Matt Damon were writing “The Last Duel,” their first screenplay together since their 1997 breakthrough, “Good Will Hunting,” they noticed that something in their winding and usually separate careers had been missing.

EXCLUSIVE: Broadway casting director Duncan Stewart, whose big-name clients include the Tony-winning Hadestown, the new Life of Pi and the acclaimed The Great Comet of 1812, is dissolving his Stewart/Whitley agency after 14 years to head up the new casting arm of global live event company RWS Entertainment Group.

Ben Affleck knows an impressive amount of Spanish. The actor showed off some of his jokes while on the red carpet for his new film, “Air.” The cameras captured the moment as Affleck talked about the gossip program “El gordo y la flaca,” jokingly requesting them to stop making up lies. Ben Affleck talks about Jennifer Lopez’s love of ‘Yellowstone’Ben Affleck’s sweet tribute to Jennifer Lopez at ‘Air’ premiere: ‘You mean the world to me’The program shared the moment in one of their Instagram stories, showing Affleck’s “rant” and the reporter’s laugh.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Critical Role, the company that has adapted its popular and long-running Dungeons & Dragons livestreamed campaigns into animated series “The Legend of Vox Machina” on Prime Video, has made its first acquisition. Metapigeon, Critical Role’s development and production company, acquired podcast “Midst,” described as a semi-improvised audio drama. Financial terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. As part of the acquisition, Metapigeon is teaming with Third Person, the podcast’s three founders who also narrate and produce the series, to continue to expand the “Midst” brand. According to a rep for Critical Role, the podcast’s founders are preferring to remain anonymous.

Good Morning Britain paid tribute to Paul O’Grady on Wednesday's show after the star died at the age of 67, his partner Andre Portasio announced in a statement.The TV star, also known for his drag queen persona Lily Savage, died "unexpectedly but peacefully" on Tuesday evening, a statement shared with the PA news agency via a representative said. Mr Portasio said in his statement: “It is with great sadness that I inform you that Paul has passed away unexpectedly but peacefully yesterday evening. “We ask, at this difficult time, that whilst you celebrate his life you also respect our privacy as we come to terms with this loss.

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez packed on the PDA at the red carpet premiere of his new film, Air, on Monday night. Ben and Jennifer, who rekindled their early 2000s romance and got married last year, attended the red carpet premiere for Ben's new sports film which he both directed and stars in.The couple were seen posing together, and put on some PDA for the cameras as they were seen holding each other close before kissing. Jennifer wore a long-sleeved Antonia Grimaldi dress which had a sheer white top covered in rhinestones with a neon green maxi skirt that perfectly hugged her around her hips and waist.

The last time he was in the UK, it was for his grandmother Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral in September and the reason Prince Harry was in London is, once again, not for a happy reason.

Well, it looks like Adam McKay‘s “Average Height, Average Build” is a go, at least in terms of its cast. Deadline reports that McKay has the two leading men he wants for the project lined up, with Robert Pattinson and Robert Downey Jr. now on board.