The unity of purpose and human resilience created by the pandemic’s requirements will be on display during the Super Bowl in Bigger Picture, a film segment produced by Budweiser in place of its usual in-game ads and narrated by Rashida Jones.
The clip marks the first time in 37 years Budweiser, a major in-game sponsor…
Super Bowl 55 – or LV, if you’re fond of Roman numerals – now has its two contenders. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will face off against the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday, February 7 at Raymond James Field in Tampa.
The game promises to be one for the ages, and marks the first time a team (Tampa) will be playing in the…
James White, who owned one of Austin’s most popular honky-tonks, the legendary Broken Spoke dance hall, died today from congestive heart failure complications, according to his daughter. He was 81 and died at his South Austin home.
White founded the Broken Spoke on South Lamar Boulevard in 1964, and it soon became a…
The time-honored tradition of players moving from the gridiron to the broadcast booth was active once again today, as Fox NFL Sunday saw three-time Pro Bowl tight end Greg Olsen indicate his next step.
Olsen announced his retirement from the NFL and shared that he will join the Fox NFL broadcast team. The decision was…
The Food Network has scrubbed its latest season of reality series Worst Cooks In America after its champion has been arrested for a child’s murder.
Ariel Robinson, age 29, was charged Tuesday along with her husband, Jerry Robinson, in the death of a 3-year-old girl in South Carolina. They face counts of homicide by…
This week, a very old recording industry tradition took center stage. We’re talking, of course, about the answer song.
Answer records are songs that “answer” a previous recording by a different artist, sometimes directly addressing a specific incident, other times playing off its themes. The novelty has been around…
Walter Bernstein, who was blacklisted by Hollywood in the 1950s but returned to writing on many films, including the Oscar-nominated script for The Front, has died at 101.
Bernstein died Friday night, according to former WGA West president Howard Rodman, who reported it on Twitter.
Bernstein’s credits included the…
A pattern is developing on Friday nights in the television ratings. ABC’s Shark Tank once again topped the evening’s demos, scoring an 0.7 to win the night’s honors.
Also, once again, the WWE Friday Night SmackDown came in second, drawing to an 0.6 on Fox, tying with the 0.6 of Magnum P.I. for the place position.
And…
Users were automatically logged off Facebook Friday night in the middle of sessions, sparking a wave of confusion and inquiries from the affected.
The Downdetector.com website, which tracks outages, said users who reported in overwhelmingly suffered from log-outs, with some minor instances of being unable to reach…
NBC Universal will shut down sports channel NBCSN by the end of the year, with several prominent events – most notably, the National Hockey League to USA Network – sent to other properties.
The move was announced Friday by NBC Universal..
"At the conclusion of 2021, we have decided that the best strategic next step…
Paramount is again moving the release date for A Quiet Place Part II. Now, the horror/thriller sequel will bow wide on September 17, 2021.
The new date is the fourth for the film’s opening. Paramount originally scheduled for opening in US theaters on March 20, 2020, a date made unworkable by the mushrooming of the…
Gregory Sierra, who was a key part of two major 1970s sitcoms as Julio Fuentes on Sanford and Son and Sgt. Miguel “Chano” Amenguale on Barney Miller, has died. He was 83.
Sierra died Jan. 4 in Laguna Woods, California, from cancer, according to a family spokesman. His death just became public today.
Born in New York’s…
