From Juan Mata to Vincent Kompany: The footballers who are good at maths

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterA crew member sued Universal Television on Friday, alleging that he was fired from an HBO Max show after coming down with COVID-19.William Pavlu was working as a chief rigging technician on an untitled comedy starring Jean Smart. In the suit, he says he felt ill on the morning of Dec.

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Meadowlark Media, the content company launched by former ESPN president John Skipper and ESPN radio and TV host Dan Le Batard, is bringing on board two high-profile additions ascreative advisers. Writer-producer Michael Schur (The Office, The Good Place, Parks & Recreation) and former ESPN host Jemele Hill will advise Meadowlark on current projects, assist in business development and help create new projects for thecompany.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorJemele Hill and Mike Schur have thrown in with Meadowlark Media, the content studio startup focused on sports creators headed by former ESPN boss John Skipper and ex-ESPN host Dan Le Batard.Earlier this month Skipper exited his post as executive chairman of sports-streaming company DAZN to focus on Meadowlark Media, which he launched in January with Le Batard.

Gleeks across the country will be happy to know that William McKinley High School’s prized glee club New Directions are reuniting.

Haley Bosselman editorThe 32nd Annual GLAAD Media Awards is bringing together the cast of “Glee” for the tenth anniversary of character Santana Lopez (portrayed by the late Naya Rivera) coming out as lesbian.Demi Lovato, who played Santana’s girlfriend on the show, will introduce the special tribute, which will feature “Glee” cast members Jacob Artist, Chris Colfer, Darren Criss, Vanessa Lengies, Jane Lynch, Kevin McHale, Heather Morris, Matthew Morrison, Alex Newell, Amber Riley, Harry Shum

Jana Kramer is talking about the ugly side of marriage. The 37-year-old singer took to Instagram on Tuesday to share an image of herself crying, revealing it was the result of a fight she had with her husband, Mike Caussin.

Following their thunderous 2019 debut Schlagenheim, black midi are back for round two: their sophomore album, Cavalcade is due out May 28th via Rough Trade. The London band — comprised of Geordie Greep, Cameron Picton, and Morgan Simpson — wrote most of the album individually while at home in early 2020 and brought the pieces together at a studio in the Dublin mountains.

Black Midi have announced their second album ‘Cavalcade’, the follow-up to 2019’s acclaimed debut ‘Schlagenheim‘.Ahead of the record, the band have shared proggy lead single ‘John L’, along with chaotic visuals envisaged as “a jet black comedy about what happens to cult leaders when their followers turn on them.”The video was directed by directed by choreographer Nina McNeely, whose previous credits include Rihanna’s ‘Sledgehammer’ and Gaspar Noe’s 2018 horror film Climax.‘Cavalcade’ will be

The 52nd NAACP Image Awards kicked off today with the virtual announcement of their first batch of winners. The awards ceremony will culminate on March 27 with a live simulcast across ViacomCBS Networks which will include BET, CBS, MTV, VH1, MTV2, BET HER and LOGO. Each day in between, the Image Awards will reveal winners from the non-televised award categories. 

Angelique Jackson The 52nd NAACP Image Awards kicked off Monday with its non-televised ceremony, which was presented virtually due to the ongoing pandemic.President Barack Obama’s bestselling memoir “A Promised Land” was among the winners during Monday night’s webcast, earning the outstanding literary work nonfiction prize.ESPN & Netflix’s “The Last Dance,” which centered Michael Jordan and the 1997-1998 Chicago Bulls, picked up the outstanding documentary, television series or special category

A Time To Kill for a new sequel miniseries.The Oscar-winner played defence attorney Jake Brigance in the hit 1996 film, which itself was based on the novel by John Grisham.The rights to the writer’s sequel novel A Time For Mercy have now been acquired by HBO, Deadline reports, with plans to produce an eight to 10-episode miniseries based on it and McConaughey in final negotiations to reprise his role.The original film follows Brigance as he defends a Black man accused of murdering two white men

The course of Matt James’ Bachelor journey seemingly changed after his family visited the season 25 lead and now his brother, John The Scorpio, is giving more insight into their thoughts about the ABC series.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterMatthew McConaughey is attached to star in a series adaptation of the John Grisham novel “A Time for Mercy,” which is currently in development at HBO, Variety has learned from sources.The book, published in 2020, is a followup to Grisham’s books “A Time to Kill” and “Sycamore Row,” all of which center on the character of attorney Jake Brigance. McConaughey previously starred as Brigance in the film adaptation of “A Time to Kill” in 1996.

Working through the pain. Tyler Cameron revealed how his friend and Bachelor star, Matt James, is handling his split from Rachael Kirkconnell after her past racist actions came to light.

straight to your inbox every day for freeManchester United have finally appointed their first-ever football director, with John Murtough taking the reins at Old TraffordMurtough becomes the first official occupant of such a role at United after being promoted from his previous position as the club's head of football development.

John Oliver had it right all along.

Jane Santos knew that God had great plans for her. After starting her career working in local tv shows, she made her way into cinematography to later move to Los Angeles, California, without knowing that she would become one of the world’s most influential voices.“I always said I wanted to do something with my voice, but I didn’t know what,” Santos said in an interview for HOLA! USA.