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All eyes will be on Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics as she returns to the ice early Thursday for the Women’s Singles Free Skate. The 15-year-old Valieva dominated Tuesday’s competition under the cloud of a doping scandal that has only grown in the days since as experts and…

Disney/Marvel’s Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness tops RelishMix’s annual Super Bowl trailer social media impact report with a great 93.12 million views in the 24 hours following Sunday’s NFL title game. RelishMix annually has taken a holistic view of the 24-hour viral effect for trailers airing ads on Super…

Editor's Note: The Deadline Watchlist is a feature spotlighting small screen specials, events and can't-miss episodes of ongoing series each week. 1. Beijing Olympics Closing Ceremony: After 17 days of competition and controversy, the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics come to an end at the same venue where they officially…

“I don’t want to die on TV. I want to die on the golf course or somewhere fishing. I don’t want to be sitting inside over [by] fat-ass Shaq [waiting] to drop dead,” said NBA Hall-of-Famer Charles Barkley of his tenure on TNT’s Emmy-winning Inside the NBA. Barkley made the statement on a call with reporters today ahead…

“It seems like when we have something high-profile, like the Super Bowl or the Emmys, the rules just don't seem to matter any more," said Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn at a board meeting on Tuesday. The context: While the state of California will lift its Covid indoor mask-wearing requirement for…

The Showtime Lakers will take center stage in HBO’s upcoming series Winning Time: The Rise of The Lakers Dynasty, but that’s the extent of their involvement. During the series’ CTAM session on Tuesday series co-creator Max Borenstein addressed reports about the lack of cooperation from the Lakers themselves and the…

EXCLUSIVE: NBCUniversal, amazingly, is now in its fifth decade of carrying the Olympic Games. With this month’s Beijing Winter Olympics, though, all of that accumulated institutional knowledge is colliding with a media landscape in massive flux. The company is taking some bold strategic swings with Beijing, even…

UPDATED, 9:16 AM: The final numbers are in and Super Bowl LVI was a big winner for more than just the Los Angeles Rams. NBC and the NFL are likely doing cartwheels in the end zone with Sunday’s championship game delivering a whopping 112.3 million viewers across NBC, Telemundo, Peacock, NBC Sports Digital, NFL Digital…

Two days after Super Bowl LVI and two weeks after Tom Brady’s retirement comes word of a new docuseries about the GOAT quarterback’s years with the New England Patriots. Apple TV+ has ordered The Dynasty, a 10-part docuseries about the NFL team’s amazing run of success. The project from Brian Grazer and Ron Howard's Im…

Alex Honnold, the world-renowned rock climber documented in the Oscar-winning film Free Solo, is up to some more death-defying adventures. The two-part virtual reality “experience” Alex Honnold: The Soloist VR, set for release March 3, follows the California native on solo ascents on two continents, "in some of the…

The Hollywood sign is getting a facelift today, with the iconic letters being altered to read “Rams House.” The move is meant to celebrate the Rams’ Super Bowl LVI victory over the Cincinnati Bengals last night. Crews began the work Monday morning to transform the sign. It will remain altered through Wednesday, L.A…

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti was among the tens of thousands at SoFi Stadium on Sunday who decided to doff their masks. A shot of the mayor maskless in his Rams gear at the game began circulating online on Sunday afternoon, prompting criticism from many who pointing out that L.A. County’s mask mandate for outdoor…