WarnerMedia Plans New Celebrity Golf Match With Charles Barkley, Stephen Curry

Gregg Goldstein Charles Barkley is out to conquer a new arena. The NBA Hall of Famer is exec producing his first scripted series, “The Line,” based on a bestselling exposé of the gambling scandal that nearly destroyed college basketball.RTG Features, the new sister studio to basketball media outfit SLAM, is producing the multi-episode one-hour historical drama, partnering with exec producers Barkley and the company he co-founded, Round Mound Media.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorESPN’s chief said the Disney sports-media division would eliminate 500 positions – 300 employees and 200 posts that are currently unfilled – in a bid to free up resources for streaming, digital and other kinds of video experiences designed for the new ways fans are engaging with sports.ESPN has already made cuts in recent years as traditional ratings and subscriber numbers have fallen, noted ESPN President Jimmy Pitaro in a memo to employees issued Thursday.  “We

Charles Gordon, the Hollywood producer whose credits include 1980s and ’90s hits like “Die Hard” and “A Field of Dreams,” has died at age 73, according to his publicist.Born in a Jewish family in Belzoni, Mississippi, Charles “Chuck” Gordon built a career alongside his brother, Lawrence, built on action films.

Kylie Jenner revealed what her famous family will be doing for Halloween this year — and it is the cutest idea ever.“Since Halloween is ‘canceled,’ we can’t trick or treat or anything. We — me and [my sister] Kim [Kardashian] — decided to do something really special at her house,” the Kylie Cosmetics founder, 23, told James Charles in a YouTube video featuring Halloween makeup posted to his channel on Tuesday, October 27.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: The Originals‘ alum Steven Krueger is returning to the CW for a recurring role on the upcoming third season of Roswell, New Mexico. The role also reunites Krueger with Roswell, New Mexico creator Carina Adly MacKenzie, who was a writer on The Originals.

Prince of Wales as she sought to make her story public, a new documentary claims.

Ken Scrudato It’s actually a bit difficult to fathom now, but when legendary nightclub photographer Steve Eichner was first plying his trade in the ’90s, there was no social media, and barely an Internet with which to generate buzz around a candidly captured celebrity image.“My actual job was to get publicity for the clubs,” Eichner recalls, “which meant photographing celebrities.

In 2016, Stephen Colbert brought his late-night comedy to CBS' sister network Showtime for a live election-night special that featured Colbert, his guests and a live studio audience in New York responding in real time to an outcome that neither Colbert's team, nor the majority of polls, had predicted. Now, four years later, Colbert is returning to Showtime for yet another live, election-night special.

Also Read: Legendary Hockey Broadcaster Mike 'Doc' Emrick to Retire After 47 Years - Watch His Amazing Sign-off (Video)“While we may need a handicap for Chuck, I’m looking forward to playing with Peyton and Stephen and to help raise money for another important cause,” Mickelson said.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorHGTV, known for dozens of programs that focus on home makeovers, is doing some remodeling work on a non-traditional structure: its programming lineup.The next spate of series from the cable network – one of the biggest properties in the stable of parent company Discovery –  will add new elements to the outlet’s usual spate of fix-it shows and flip-your-house programs, including soapy storylines and a new recognition of the nation’s fragile economic state.In  one

Two strange things are going on in the theatrical industrial complex.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorThe election coverage will be from CBS News.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterThe entertainment industry has turned its focus on Albany, N.Y., over the last week, as it escalates the pressure on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to allow movie theaters to reopen.Inside the Capitol, Assemblywoman Patricia Fahy has also been rallying support for the industry.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorNBC News will move forward with an 8 p.m.

NEW YORK -- YES Network broadcaster Jack Curry missed the New York Yankees’ postseason after contracting COVID-19.Curry tweeted a video on Sunday and said he had recovered and would have returned to work for the AL Championship Series starting Sunday had the Yankees advanced.Curry said he tested positive following the regular season, which ended Sept.

“Animaniacs” are making a comeback.

Ellise Shafer editorA first look at Hulu’s upcoming Steven Spielberg-produced “Animaniacs” reboot is here.The teaser clip was revealed during Sunday’s “Animaniacs” cast and producer panel at New York Comic Con, and features an animated Spielberg introducing Yakko, Wakko and Dot within the world of “Jurassic Park.” The clip begins with animated versions of “Jurassic Park’s” Alan Grant and Ellie Sattler stumbling upon the Warner brothers and sister during an expedition.“Alan, this species of