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The Washington Commanders, an NFL team with a heritage of success but a more recent history of unchecked scandal and mismanagement, has been sold to an investor group for $6 billion. The transaction, which was first reported by Deadline sister publication Sportico and later by other media outlets…

Peter Bart and Mike Fleming Jr. worked together for two decades at Daily Variety. In this occasional column, two old friends get together and grind their axes, mostly on the movie business. MIKE FLEMING JR: We are seeing a lot of narrative limited series based on ventures where things went wrong — Theranos, WeWork…

Tonight’s 10th and final episode of HBO's Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty begins with the kind of adversity the team and owner Jerry Buss have overcome all through this charmed '79-'80 NBA season. In the final moments of Game 5 of the finals, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar launches his patented sky hook, only to…

The City of Angels no longer has any teams in this year’s NBA playoffs, but there is still some old-skool showtime to be had on the small screen this week. Which then begs the question, what is the show you have to watch? No surprise, or maybe actually a big surprise, the answer is in my video review above. Speaking…

EXCLUSIVE: Two years removed from his debut film Shithouse winning the top prize at SXSW the year that fest became the first one canceled by the Covid pandemic, writer-director Cooper Raiff finally will get his moment to take a bow in Austin. Apple, which acquired Raiff's Sundance Audience Award-winning follow-up Cha C…

Magic Johnson addressed the controversy over photos he shared Sunday of himself at the NFC Championship game alongside, among others, California Governor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti. They were all maskless. The images caused an uproar in the community due to a strict local order set by Los Angeles…

Toward the end of a riveting NFC Championship game at SoFi stadium in Inglewood yesterday, the camera singled out a number of famous names in attendance. They included Leo DiCaprio, Jessica Alba, Magic Johnson and California Governor Gavin Newsom. None of them was wearing a mask. Johnson later tweeted a series of…

The Los Angeles Rams will officially face off against Cincinnati Bengals at Super Bowl LVI in a true home game on Sunday, Feb. 13, and Hollywood is reacting to the news. Governor Gavin Newsom celebrated the big win via Twitter. “Congrats to the NFC champion @RamsNFL– California is well represented in #SuperBowlLVI…

The reeling Los Angeles Lakers received a blast from the past on Saturday night. Lakers legend Earvin “Magic” Johnson blistered the team in a Twitter post following a 37-point loss to the Denver Nuggets. "We as Lakers fans can accept being outplayed, but we deserve more than a lack of effort and no sense of urgency," J…

Apple TV+ has scored rights to a four-part docuseries about NBA legend Magic Johnson. The streamer beat out a number of rivals to secure the series, which comes from non-fiction studio XTR and A New Slate Ventures, the fund behind Lee Daniels’ The United States vs. Billie Holiday. The project, which first emerged last…

ESPN host and NBA commentator Stephen A. Smith will host a one hour primetime special, After the Dance with Stephen A. Smith: A SportsCenter Special, on Tuesday, May 19 at 8 PM ET on ABC.  The outspoken Smith will be joined by basketball Hall of Famer Magic Johnson and several other NBA legends to discuss their…

Jennifer Hudson turned in an emotional tribute to late Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant Sunday at the NBA All-Star Game in Chicago. The award-winning singer and actress sang the classic “For All We Know” just before the game got underway. As images of Bryant and his daughter Gianna played on a screen behind her…