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SPOILER ALERT: The following story contains details from Friday’s Black Bird series finale. When Apple TV+’s six-episode psychological thriller Black Bird reached its conclusion on Friday, one of the criminals at its center was redeemed—the other, condemned. The episode titled “You Promised" finds drug dealer turned…

The mass shooting this week at a Texas school has prompted San Francisco Giants manager Gabe Kapler to invoke his own form of protest. Before the Giants faced the Reds on Friday in Cincinnati, Kapler said he wouldn’t participate in any on-field national anthem ceremonies until he could feel better about the country’s…

EXCLUSIVE: Eric Dane, Zahn McClarnon and Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone have rounded out the cast of Tony Tost's directorial debut National Anthem, from Bron Studios. Sydney Sweeney, Halsey, Paul Walter Hauser, Simon Rex, Toby Huss, Gavin Maddox Bergman, Harriet Sansom Harris and newcomer Derek Hinkey are also on board. The…

EXCLUSIVE: Sydney Sweeney, Halsey, Paul Walter Hauser, Simon Rex, Toby Huss, Gavin Maddox Bergman, Harriet Sansom Harris and newcomer Derek Hinkey are set to star in Tony Tost’s directorial debut National Anthem from Bron Studios. The film is a Page Fifty-Four Pictures and Bron Studios production in association with…

Mark Cuban, a regular on ABC’s Shark Tank and the owner of the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks, could potentially face millions of dollars in government givebacks, thanks to a new Texas state law. The Texas “Star Spangled Banner Protection Act” law went into effect Wednesday, requiring pro teams in the state that take public…

The National Football League’s Week 2 of its schedule again saw teams staying off the field when the national anthem was played, continuing the pattern seen in last week’s openers. However, several teams appeared to be surprised and caught on the field when the song unexpectedly started playing. The New York Jets…

UPDATE, 11:50 PM: In classic Sunday Night Football tradition, it took Donald Trump a couple of days and a weekend full of tweets to finally turn his wrath on the NFL for admitting they "were wrong" not to support players like Colin Kaepernick in the battle against racial injustice. Yet, as Trump sensed a re-election…

AMC has greenlighted National Anthem, an eight-episode musical dramedy anthology series from writer/director Scott Z. Burns (The Report, Contagion), and Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul executive producer Mark Johnson. Oscar and Grammy winning musician T Bone Burnett (Crazy Heart) is attached as the series' music…

Demi Lovato, the multi-platinum singer and songwriter, will sing the National Anthem during the Super Bowl LIV pregame show at Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium on Sunday, February 2, the NFL and Fox announced today. The pregame show, including the Anthem, will be broadcast live worldwide. Christine Sun Kim will sign the…

A long-missing broadcast tradition is being brought back to the airwaves. Nexstar TV, which owns 171 stations across the country, said it will return the national anthem segment to begin the broadcast day this fall. The national anthem used to close the day for most television stations back when TV was not a 24/7…

Gladys Knight promised to “unite and represent our country” with her rendition of the national anthem at the Super Bowl. Consider it mission accomplished. The 74-year-old, Grammy-winning singer delivered a powerful, emotional and respectful version of the Star Spangled Banner to her hometown in the prelude to Super Bow…

Gladys Knight will be singing the national anthem at this year’s Super Bowl LIII. The Grammy-winning Knight will be performing the song in her Atlanta hometown, where the game will be held on Feb. 3 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. The 74-year-old Knight said she will attempt to “unite and represent our country” when…