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In a surprising move, the Toronto Raptors have parted ways with head coach Nick Nurse.
Raptors Vice-Chairman and President, Masai Ujiri, admitted that the decision was a difficult one, considering Nurse’s significant contribution to the team’s historic achievements.
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“The decision to make a change like this is never arrived at easily or taken lightly, especially when it comes to a person who has been an integral part of this franchise’s most historic accomplishments, and who has been a steady leader through some of our team’s most challenging times. As we reflect on Nick’s many successes, we thank him and his family, and wish them the best in future,” Ujiri said in a statement.
Nurse started as an assistant coach in 2013 before being promoted to head coach in 2018. In his first year, he led the Raptors to 58 wins and their first-ever NBA championship. The following season, he was named NBA Coach of the Year after guiding the team to 53 victories.
Throughout his tenure, Nurse had the highest winning percentage in team history and brought home multiple titles, including two Atlantic Division championships, one Eastern Conference title, and the 2019 NBA Championship.
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The Raptors failed to make the playoffs this season after finishing ninth in the East with a 41-41 record and getting eliminated by the Chicago Bulls in the NBA play-in tournament.
While the decision to let go of Nurse may come as a shock to fans, Ujiri is looking forward to resetting and focusing on winning another title.
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Nick Cannon is opening up about what his ex-wife Mariah Carey thinks of his ever-growing family!
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Nick Cannon wants to make it very clear to everyone that he is not a “deadbeat dad.”
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Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Damien Chazelle will preside over the competition jury of the upcoming Venice Film Festival. The U.S. director is a Venice regular, having opened the Lido event on two occasions, in 2016 with “La La Land” and in 2018 with “First Man.” Damien Chazelle, welcoming Venice’s proposal stated: “For ten days each year this city of the arts, of Tintoretto and Titian and Veronese, becomes a city of cinema, and I am humbled and delighted to be invited to lead this year’s jury. I can’t wait to discover a new crop of great films at the 80th Venice Film Festival.”
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Nick Cannon loves a good joke, but not about his marriage to his ex-wife, Mariah Carey. During the Wednesday episode of his new radio show on Amp, the multi-hyphenate fired back at the claim he was the one who messed things up in his marriage to the songstress.«Explain to me how I fumbled Mariah,» Cannon challenged his cohost, Courtney Bee Bledsoe, when she quipped that he botched his marriage to the superstar. Bledsoe clarified that she was just joking, adding, «I just know you're not with her, so that's a fumble.»«Maybe she fumbled me,» Cannon responded, noting he «was there» for Carey throughout their relationship.The host and Carey began dating in the early 2000s, getting hitched in April 2008 after a whirlwind romance of six weeks.
Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent London-based Sideways Film has taken world sales on British director Carey Born’s “Cyborg: A Documentary” about a man who was born color blind and has an antenna embedded in his head to help contend with this condition. Filmed in the U.K., Spain, Denmark, Australia and across the U.S. in New York, Los Angeles, San Jose and New Jersey, the doc about the world’s first officially recognized cyborg premiered last month at the CPH:DOX festival in Copenhagen and was selected by the fest to screen online on its PARA:DOX platform. “Cyborg” centers on “cyborg artist” Neil Harbisson who was born with a rare condition called achromatopsia, which means he sees only in black and white. In 2003 Harbisson had an illegal operation. A so-called “eyeborg” antenna was implanted in the back of his head enabling him to “hear colour” as waves that are translated into sound frequencies and transmitted to his auditory cortex. Since then Harbisson started touring the world talking about being a cyborg.
Ime Udoka as their next head coach, according to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski. Udoka coached the Boston Celtics to the NBA Finals during the 2021-22 season, his first as a head coach. However, he was suspended for the season by the Celtics due to an alleged inappropriate, consensual relationship with another team employee.
Veteran marketing executive Steven Melnick is leaving Disney Television Studios. His position was eliminated during day 1 of Disney’s second wave of layoffs.
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Frank Ocean is no longer set to headline the second weekend of Coachella after a divisive and poorly received performance last Sunday.A rep for the singer released a statement to ET confirming, «Frank Ocean will not be performing at weekend 2 of Coachella.»«After suffering an injury to his leg on festival grounds in the week leading up to weekend 1, Frank Ocean was unable to perform the intended show but was still intent on performing, and in 72 hours, the show was reworked out of necessity.»The rep's statement said that, «on doctor’s advice,» Ocean will not perform again «due to two fractures and a sprain in his left leg.»The statement included remarks from Ocean himself, who commented on his first weekend set, sharing, «It was chaotic. There is some beauty in chaos.
Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Veteran Fremantle executive Amelia Brown has been appointed the new CEO of Fremantle U.K., replacing Simon Andreae who abruptly stepped down from the role earlier this week citing health reasons. Brown, who has been with Fremantle for 20 years, is the former managing director of its U.K. label Thames and has been a key creative on trademark Fremantle hit shows as “Britain’s Got Talent” and “The X Factor.” Fremantle in a statement noted that Brown has also been instrumental in strengthening Thames’ slate of programming and expanding the scripted production outfit into the world of reality television with shows like “Too Hot To Handle” for Netflix and upcoming entertainment show “Mamma Mia! I Have a Dream” for ITV. Her successor as MD of Thames will be announced soon.
BLACKPINK closed out the second night of Coachella 2023’s first weekend, making history as the first Korean group to headline the festival. It follows their debut appearance in 2019, when they were the first female K-pop act to perform at the festival altogether.Prior to BLACKPINK arriving onstage, their set opened with a lengthy light show with drones in the sky.