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UPDATE, Friday: Kaskade, one of the most widely recognized and successful DJs around the globe, will step in for DJ Tiësto this Sunday as the Super Bowl‘s first in-game DJ.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent With France on its highest level of security alert amid geopolitical turmoil in Ukraine and the Middle East, organizers behind the Paris Olympics are still going ahead with ambitious plans to host the opening ceremony along the Seine river on July 26. Emmanuel Macron, the president of France, said on Monday in an interview with French outlets BFM TV and RMC that the opening ceremony could relocate to an indoor location “depending on our analysis of the context.” “We have fallback scenarios.

NBCUniversal is adding a set of features to Peacock as it gets set for the streaming outlet’s live coverage of the Paris Olympics this summer.

Selome Hailu The History Channel has expanded its partnership with the SpringHill Company, the production company founded by LeBron James and Maverick Carter, by ordering three new documentary projects. The first title is “Triumph: Jesse Owens and the Berlin Olympics” (working title), which will tell the story of the the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, which was shadowed by Hitler’s white supremacist agenda, when Black track and field athlete Jesse Owens made history by winning four gold medals.

fan on X wrote.“Who is Mary Lou Retton? Scott Hamilton is wincing somewhere right now

Comcast hosted about 300 at its Philadelphia headquarters Tuesday to highlight the technology side of its business, one that’s less covered than entertainment but sets it apart from media rivals, and gives its content an attractive home.

EXCLUSIVE: In an arguable first for a Disney+ movie, Disney is contemplating a theatrical release for the Daisy Ridley starring, Joachim Rønning directed feature take of Glenn Stout’s Young Woman and the Sea after the picture scored quite well.

Shawn Barber has tragically passed away at the young age of 29.

Let’s get this out of the way: The game is not on broadcast TV.* It’s not even on cable.

Olympian Mary Lou Retton is doing an interview with Today co-host Hoda Kotb on Monday, her first since being released last year from the hospital.

Holly Ramsay has got a matching tattoo to that of her boyfriend, olympic swimmer Adam Peaty, as their relationship goes from strength to strength. Just a day after Adam, 29, unveiled a 'H' tattoo on his chest in tribute to his girlfriend of just less than a year, Holly took to Instagram to show off an 'A' inking behind her ear. She shared a close-up snap of Adam's tattoo, alongside a picture of her own, to her Instagram stories as she tagged her beau.

There are few producers in live television with the kind of career Don Mischer has had in television, a career spanning six decades and just about every major event from the Oscars to the Olympics to Obama and all in between. Just a sampling of his credits include the Opening Ceremonies of both the 1996 Summer Olympics and 2002 Winter Olympics; the Super Bowl Halftime Shows with Michael Jackson, Prince, Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney and Bruce Springsteen; the Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial; Motown 25; the Democratic National Convention; the 100th anniversary of Carnegie Hall; the Academy Awards and Emmy Awards; and so many many other events in our lives.

George Clooney‘s new movie The Boys in the Boat, which he directed and does not star in, has been released in theaters everywhere.

George Clooney and Amal Clooney hit the red carpet on a rainy Sunday (December 3) at the premiere of his new movie The Boys in the Boat held at Curzon Cinema Mayfair in London.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Megan Thee Stallion joins a parade of celebrities helping NBCUniversal to tout its looming coverage of the 2024 Paris Olympics. In a promo that debuted during NBC’s annual telecast of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, the three-time Grammy-winning recording artist performs at the Palace of Versailles, the site of the equestrian competition at the next athletic extravaganza.

Ben Croll The push for greater studio capacity and more ambitious large-scale facilities — both in the Paris region and throughout the country — is a key element of the France 2030 plan. As it stands, France is on track to offer more than two dozen studios by 2024, with flagship developments including the TSF Backlot 77. That sprawling installation, built on the site of a one-time airbase 38 miles east of Paris, will offer Parisian street facades and a number of standing sets encompassing different neighborhoods and architectural styles.

Can underdogs overcome the odds? The question is asked time and time again, yet many of these stories remain lost to history. George Clooney directs “The Boys in the Boat” — a look at the University of Washington’s 1936 rowing team.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Most contests in the 2024 Summer Olympics set for Paris, France, won’t start until next summer. NBC has been running one race for months.

Olympic gold-winning US gymnast Mary Lou Retton is currently battling a rare form of pneumonia in intensive care.The 55-year-old retired sportsperson's daughter, McKenna Kelley, shared that her mum is currently "fighting for her life" and "unable to breathe on her own" in hospital. She's also launched a fundraiser to help pay for Mary Lou's medical treatment because she doesn't have life insurance. McKenna posted on fundraising site Spotfund, "My amazing mom, Mary Lou, has a very rare form of pneumonia and is fighting for her life.

Fans are convinced that Holly Ramsay, the daughter of TV chef Gordon Ramsay, is 'engaged' to her Olympic swimmer boyfriend, Adam Peaty.The assumptions come after Holly, 23, posed a snap to Instagram, in which she is holding up her left hand, which has a ring on the wedding finger. Holly shared three snaps as she promoted her new skincare range, wearing a grey dressing gown and minimal makeup as her blonde hair hung down her back. She could be seen applying a product to her face with her left hand that bore the ring, whilst she flashed a sweet smile at the camera.

Jesse Owens’ remarkable accomplishments at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin are unimpeachable: a record four gold medals won under the eye of Adolf Hitler, who was no doubt humiliated and infuriated by the black man’s achievements on his turf.But according to a new book, one of those medals — for the 4x100m relay — almost went to Marty Glickman, the man who was the voice of New York sports for decades.In “Marty Glickman: The Life of an American Jewish Sports Legend” (NYU Press), author Jeffrey S. Gurock explains how Glickman, then an 18-year-old student at Syracuse University, was scheduled to run the relay but was inexplicably pulled from the four-man team — along with fellow Jewish teammate Sam Stoller— and replaced with Owens and Ralph Metcalfe.Glickman had no doubt what had happened.

George Clooney‘s The Boys in the Boat is getting a first look!

A new release of Queen’s 1981 compilation album, Greatest Hits, is axing one of the project’s most popular tracks.

Dolly Parton has unveiled the latest single from her upcoming Rockstar album, covering a classic from The Beatles — featuring the band’s two surviving members.

Dolly Parton is giving fans a taste of her upcoming rock album by releasing two iconic Queen covers included on the project.

Next year at this time, the 2024 Summer Olympic Games will be held in Paris.NBCUniversal has the coverage rights, and it’s revving up awareness in a collaboration with global icon Dolly Parton’s new video.

As Oscar De La Hoya revisits his controversial past in The Golden Boy, he has his current girlfriend, Holly Sonders, by his side.

The U.S. Women’s Soccer team’s journey to a possible third World Cup title will be documented in a multi-episode docuseries set to launch globally on the streaming network this fall. The series is currently in production in New Zealand and Australia following the team as they compete for the 2023 World Cup.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor NBCUniversal is, for a quick moment, taking “Live, from New York” to a lounge found in a beach-side resort in France. Fresh episodes of “Saturday Night Live” have been in short supply in the U.S. due to the Hollywood writers strike, but NBC’s late-night mainstay could generate some interest on Wednesday at the Cannes Lions advertising festival. In a showcase led by NBC News’ Willie Geist, “SNL” executive producer Lorne Michaels will hold forth with cast members Bowen Yang, Chloe Fineman, Mikey Day and Ego Nwodim as part of a broader bid by NBCUniversal to get Madison Avenue to align itself with the program at it nears its 50th season in the fall of 2024.

Astrud Gilberto, known for her sultry song “The Girl From Ipanema,” passed away at 83. Gilberto, which popularized Brazilian bossa nova in the United States in the 1960s, has over four decades of musical and recording career.Despite working with celebrated musicians like Gil Evans, Stanley Turrentine, James Last, and George Michael, “The Girl From Ipanema,” written by Antonio Carlos Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes, is her biggest success.Gilberto was married to João Gilberto, known as the father of the bossa nova.