IndyCar inks new NBC Sports deal, 2 races to run on Peacock

an on-set giardia outbreak shuttered productions for months. Earlier this month, TheWrap exclusively reported that “Ultimate Slip N’ Slide” would not air this summer.

Gravitas Ventures has acquired North American rights to Last Night in Rozzie, a Boston-set drama starring Neil Brown Jr, Nicky Whelan, Jeremy Sisto and Kevin Chapman. Sean Gannet directed the pic, which will now get a day-and-date release beginning September 17.

A man has been arrested in connection with the hit-and-run of American actress Lisa Banes who passed away back in June.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle considered moving to New Zealand on their 2018 visit to the country. According to The Queen's representative in New Zealand, Governor general Patsy Reddy, a year before splitting from royal duties to move to the US, they had considered elsewhere as their main stay.

Simone Biles, Sunisa Lee, and the rest of Team USA gymnasts are enjoying the magic of New York City after coming back from the Tokyo Olympics.A post shared by grace mccallum (@grace.mccallum)On Wednesday, the Olympians visited Times Square blending among the sea of tourists unaware of their precedence.

Prince Harry and Meghan discussed moving to the South Pacific country during their 2018 visit, more than a year before the couple stepped back from royal duties and moved to the United States.Governor-General Patsy Reddy also told The Associated Press in an interview she believes the British monarch should remain New Zealand's head of state and described the hand-typed letters she sends to Queen Elizabeth II.Reddy, 67, will leave her largely ceremonial role representing the queen in New Zealand

The 59th edition of New York Film Festival is taking shape and today Film at Lincoln Center announced Pedro Almodóvar’s latest drama “Parallel Mothers“ starring Penélope Cruz, as the Closing Night selection of the festival. “Parallel Mothers” will make its North American premiere on October 8 at Alice Tully Hall.

Venice Film Festival as the event’s opening night film, but its debut at NYFF will mark its North American premiere. It will screen on Oct.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaPedro Almodóvar’s “Parallel Mothers” has been tapped as the closing night selection of the 59th New York Film Festival. The melodrama, which reunites the Spanish auteur with one of his greatest cinematic muses, Penélope Cruz, will make its North American premiere October 8 at Alice Tully Hall.

A huge new announcement was made about vaccine proof in New York City.

Jordan Moreau New York City will require proof of vaccination for people going to indoor activities like restaurants, gym and performances, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Tuesday.The program will launch August 16 and will be enforced beginning September 13.

Bruce Springsteen has turned down the opportunity to have a service station in his hometown of New Jersey named after him.As Consequence Of Sound reports, the US state is honouring a number of its famous residents along the Garden State Parkway as part of Governor Phil Murphy’s plan to expand the NJ Hall Of Fame.Among those to have received the special nod include Jon Bon Jovi, Whitney Houston and late Sopranos actor James Gandolfini.

NEW YORK -- Mena Suvari wants to explain her reasoning for writing about Kevin Spacey on the set of their 1999 film “American Beauty" in her new book “The Great Peace" (Hachette).Spacey won an Oscar for his role in the film as Lester Burnham, a suburban husband and father in the midst of a midlife crisis, who becomes fixated on his daughter’s best friend, Angela, played by Suvari.On the day of filming a scene where Lester and Angela lie on a sofa together, Suvari writes that at set, Spacey took

FX has ordered new installments in the New York Times Presents franchise, which is behind such acclaimed documentaries as Framing Britney Spears.

NEW YORK -- An estimated 17 million people in the United States watched the opening ceremony for the Tokyo Olympics held in a largely empty stadium, down 36% from the kickoff to the Rio de Janeiro Games five years ago.The 17 million includes people who watched the ceremony live on NBC or online when it aired Friday morning and those who saw an edited version on NBC in prime time that night, the Nielsen company said Sunday.NBC was unable to break down how many people watched live and how many saw

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorThe people putting 7,000 hours of Olympics coverage on screen for NBC are facing some Olympic challenges all their own.The coronavirus pandemic crimped the ability of producers at NBC Sports to get footage of members of Team USA and other competitors as they went through their training. NBC’s video profiles of the athletes usually take months to put together and are one of the signature elements of the company’s Olympics effort.