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The Accolade Sports Collection presents a curated selection of five titles from the publisher’s 1990s era. QUbyte Interactive has brought these nostalgic games to modern systems, enabling players to experience 16-bit sports games with updated features.

The anthology reflects Accolade’s approach to sports titles—combining simple gameplay mechanics with attempts at realism, sometimes constrained by technological limits of the period.

The collection includes Hardball, Hardball II, Hoops Shut Up and Jam, Winter Challenge, and Summer Challenge, offering a range of sporting experiences. From isometric baseball to basketball and Olympic-style events, these games demonstrate Accolade’s early exploration of varied sports genres.

The publisher never reached the same status as major companies like EA or Tecmo, yet developed a dedicated fan base among retro gaming enthusiasts. The collection’s lasting appeal remains a nuanced question for contemporary players.

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General Hospital spoilers new weekly promo finds Tracy Quartermaine digging in her heels and refusing to cooperate with law enforcement.

Meanwhile, someone makes a shocking request. Plus, another’s life hangs in the balance this week on the ABC sudser.

General Hospital Spoilers: Tracy Quartermaine Doubles Down on Her Mission

This week’s new General Hospital promo puts Tracy Quartermaine in the interrogation room at the Pcpd. Police Commissioner Anna Devane tries to get her to tell Jason Morgan where Michael Corinthos’ kids are.

She pleads with Tracy to reveal where the children are, and she will let her go. However, Tracy does not look as though she’s ready to cooperate anytime soon. In fact, she appears ready to camp out at the police station for as long as it takes.

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She feels a sense of responsibility to Monica Quartermaine on General Hospital. And she wants to...

Ginny & Georgia star Antonia Gentry was recently seen in the time travel slasher Time Cut, and earlier today we heard that Gentry’s co-star Nikki Roumel stars in the upcoming time travel supernatural thriller You Don’t Belong Here. Now, Deadline has revealed that another Ginny & Georgia cast member has just signed on to star in a genre film… although this one doesn’t involve time travel. Titled Nest, this film is about deadly arachnids, and the Ginny & Georgia cast member who is set to star in it is Felix Mallard.

The feature directorial debut of writer/director Guy Edmonds, who previously co-created and directed the Australian series Spooky Files and ABC’s Hardball, Nest will see Mallard taking on the role of Remy, a new father daunted by the prospect of parenthood and outfitting the family’s new home. With his high-flying wife Grace often away from the house,...

Felix Mallard, best known for his breakout role as Marcus Baker in Ginny & Georgia, is stepping into a darker, more thrilling role. He is set to star in an upcoming creature feature called Nest. Prepare for a wild ride as the actor enters a terrifying home invasion story where the threat isn't humans but a giant female spider!

This will be the first-ever horror-esque project Mallard has starred in. Besides Ginny & Georgia, the young Australian actor has had roles in other TV shows such as Neighbours, Happy Together, Locke & Key and Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist. He also played the role of Roamer in the Netflix teen romantic drama All the Bright Places. His most recent project was starring in the Max romantic drama film Turtles All the Way Down.

Guy Edmonds, who is known for co-creating the Australian children's television series Hardball, is writing the script as well as directing.

Exclusive: Ginny & Georgia breakout Felix Mallard is attached to star in home invasion thriller Nest, about a young family terrorised by a new species of deadly arachnid.

Mallard is attached to star as Remy, a new father daunted by the prospect of parenthood and outfitting the family’s new home. With his high-flying wife Grace often away from the house, Remy must care for baby Zoe, while juggling his own career aspirations and the job of turning their new house into a home. But this house is already occupied…

The film’s antagonist, and matriarch of the ‘nest’, is a giant female spider which, with a mixture of puppetry enhanced by VFX, will be brought to life by effects artist Russell Sharp (Late Night with the Devil) and his team at Sharp FX, together with creature visual effects house Alt.FX (The Pope’s Exorcist).

Architect has launched worldwide sales on...

The year was 2007 and Eddie Murphy, while on an awards season high from his performance in Dreamgirls, released a movie called Norbit to the masses. On paper, it had all the signature ingredients that have made his previous comedies resonate, and yet it was also all so wrong. The movie was a commercial success, but it was met with near-universal dismal reviews, and some out there think it cost Murphy the Oscar that year because it was released before voting closed for the Academy Awards. Whatever its legacy may be today, it's being hilariously rediscovered today and many are taking to Letterboxd to share their not-so-kind reviews of the film.

It's unclear why Letterboxd users are suddenly rediscovering Norbit, but it has been seeing its fair share of reviews within the last few days. The movie is available on Amazon Prime Video, so maybe it was an offbeat spooky season...

John Ashton has passed away. Ashton was a star who played Sergeant John Taggart in the Beverly Hills Cop franchise and recently reprised his role in Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F. He was born on February 22, 1948 in Springfield, Massachusetts and began acting in 1973 after signing onto The Psychopath. He was best known for his performances in the Beverly Hills Cop franchise, and Axel F proved to be one of his final roles.

According to a report by Variety, the actor tragically died at 76 years old on Thursday, September 26, in Colorado. His manager, Alan Somers, confirmed his death. Ashton's representative, Alan Somers, told TMZ that Ashton passed peacefully after a fight with cancer. Somers' full statement reflects Ashton's lasting legacy:

John leaves behind a legacy of love, dedication, and service. His memory will forever be treasured by his wife, children, grandchildren, as well as his brother, sisters, his extended family and all who loved him.

John Ashton, the actor best known as detective John Taggart in the Beverly Hills Cop franchise, has died. He was 76.

Ashton died in his Colorado home on Friday after a battle with cancer, his rep confirmed to TMZ on Sunday.

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Ashton cut his acting teeth in 1973 with an appearance in the film An Eye for an Eye,...

John Ashton, known for his role as John Taggart in the “Beverly Hills Cop” films, died Thursday in Fort Collins, Colo., his manager Alan Somers confirmed to Variety. He was 76.

Ashton played Detective Sergeant John Taggart in the first two installments of the “Beverly Hills Cop” series, released in 1984 and 1987, alongside Eddie Murphy and Judge Reinhold. He reprised his role in 2024’s “Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F,” in which his character is now a police chief.

Ashton’s acting career spanned more than 50 years. His early film credits include “An Eye for an Eye” (1973), “So Evil, My Sister” (1974), “Cat Murkil and the Silks” (1976), “Breaking Away” (1979), “Borderline” (1980) and “Honky Tonk Freeway” (1981). He also guest starred on several television series during the ’70s, including “Emergency!,” “Columbo,” “Police Story,” “Barnaby Jones,” “Police Woman,” “Mash,” “Starsky and Hutch” and “Dallas.”

Ashton portrayed Cliff Nelson, father of Eric Stoltz’s Keith Nelson, in the 1987 teen rom-com “Some Kind of Wonderful,...

Sure, Keanu Reeves might be listed as one of the action connoisseurs in Hollywood today but let’s not forget the time when he had us bawling in the sports drama, Hardball. The film contains probably one of the saddest and most tragic deaths in cinema history, giving viewers a reminder that life is unpredictable.

Hardball (2001) | Credits: Paramount Pictures

Hardball was released twenty-three years ago. While the critics might not have been kind to it, we can’t help but enlist it amongst the underrated gems of Hollywood. As the film celebrates its twenty-third anniversary, let’s take a moment to remember coach Conor whose life was changed by a bunch of little kids, and pay our respects to G-Baby.

Happy Twenty-third to Keanu Reeves’ Hardball G-Baby’s death in Harball | Credits: Paramount Pictures

Hardball was released on September 10, 2001. While the audience fully expected to see Keanu Reeves struggle as...

Keanu Reeves traded his action hero persona for a hockey jersey, signing a one-day contract with the Windsor Spitfires, a junior team in the Ontario Hockey League.

The John Wick actor’s brief stint with the Spitfires wasn’t about showcasing his on-ice skills, but rather to support a charitable cause. Reeves autographed team merchandise that will be auctioned off to benefit the Windsor chapter of the Canadian Mental Health Association.

While best known for his roles in blockbuster films, Reeves has a long-standing connection to hockey. Born in Lebanon but raised in Toronto, the Canadian citizen played the sport as a teenager and even considered a career as a goaltender before turning to acting.

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In a 2013 online Q&a session, Reeves revealed he continued playing recreationally after moving to California. “I became...

Young and the Restless (Y&R) spoilers for Thursday, July 25 suggest fans should brace themselves for some drama ahead.

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One person seeks advice from a mentor, while another plays hardball with their ex, and someone takes a leap of faith. What’s going to happen during Thursday’s show? Time to find out!

Devon Hamilton-Winters Seeks Advice

Y&r spoilers for Thursday, July 25 note that Devon Hamilton-Winters (Bryton James) will turn to Victor Newman (Eric Braeden) for some tips, but does this have to do with business or a personal matter?

Trending! The Young and the Restless Spoilers: Sally’s 3-Step Revenge Plot – See How Adam Pays for Betrayal and Lies

After all, during Wednesday’s show, he’ll ask Abby Newman-Abbott (Melissa Ordway) for her hand in marriage, so is Devon seeking the Moustache’s permission on this, or is he going...

Keanu Reeves has a reputation for being one of the nicest men around. As an actor, he has been a part of several noteworthy films and franchises. Throughout his career, Reeves has won hearts on and off the screen.

The actor lives a very down-to-earth lifestyle, and he is known for his charming personality in real life. His co-stars are always in awe of him. Even those he shared the screen with years ago have nothing but the best things to say about him, including Lori Loughlin.

Loughlin was all praise for Reeves (Source: The Night Before)

Lori Loughlin recalls what an amazing co-star she had in Keanu Reeves

Keanu Reeves is one of the most sought-after actors in the industry at present. The Matrix star has been around for nearly four decades, and he has amassed a huge fanbase. Given his loveable nature, his co-stars also make up a good portion of his fanbase.

The Underdoggs is an R-rated children's sports comedy starring Snoop Dogg as a former NFL player coaching a losing youth football team. The movie combines R-rated humor with twists on the kids sports formula to create a crowd-pleasing film. Director Charles Stone III was drawn to the project because of its portrayal of a Southern California blue-collar Little League and the transformative power of children's actions.

The world of children's sports comedies is getting an R-rated twist with The Underdoggs. The movie centers on Two Js Jennings, a washed-up NFL player who finds himself in hot water after driving recklessly in the streets of LA. Being sentenced to over 300 hours of community service in his hometown of Long Beach, he thinks he finds a way around it by coaching a losing youth football team, and a way to restore his career, only to realize he has a hard road ahead of him.

Everyone loves an underdog story. We love them as much as sports movies and precocious kids. The only other thing we love as much as those is profanity. When you combine those together, you have a tricky project that could be masterful, or it could be a disaster. Luckily, no one can drop an f-bomb quite like Snoop Dogg, and he does that in his latest film, The Underdoggs.

In the great tradition of The Bad News Bears, Little Giants, and Hardball, The Underdoggs stars Snoop as a washed-up former NFL wide receiver who has burned all the bridges in his career. With a chance to redeem himself by coaching a group of pee-wee football players in his hometown of Long Beach, Two Js encounters more than he bargained for, as coaching is much more than just standing around basking in your greatness. Two Js must also deal with all...

Asia Sales Update

Shows featuring Stephen Fry are popular in Asia as sales from Abacus Media Rights and Passion Distribution demonstrate.

Abacus has sold more than 70 hours of scripted and unscripted programming broadcasters across Asia, it was revealed at Singapore’s Asia TV Forum and Market.

Now TV in Hong Kong has acquired factual series “Stephen Fry: Willem and Frieda – Defying the Nazis”; “‘Tis the Season: The Holidays On Screen”; “The Trouble with Kanye”; “Bankrupt Billionaire”; “The Man Who Stole the Scream”; “Backyard Beats,” “The Ghost of Richard Harris”; and Seasons 1-5 of hit scripted series “Line of Duty.”

South Korea’s Kbs Media has picked up “Ningaloo Nyinggulu” from Artemis Productions.

In China, Bilibili, via Haining Jianguo TV and Film Media, has licensed “The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft,” directed by Werner Herzog. China’s Lean In Media has acquired factual titles “Yellowstone Supervolcano”; “Icemen:...

Peacock offers a wide range of documentaries that cater to various interests, including sports, music, filmmaking, and social issues. Notable documentaries available on Peacock include "Hardball: The Girls of Summer," "QT8: Quentin Tarantino: The First Eight," and "Hoop Dreams." Peacock also features acclaimed documentaries like "Being Evel," "Man On Wire," and "Food, Inc." that have received universal acclaim and awards recognition.

Peacock is the over-the-top streaming service from NBC Universal, which means it has a robust library of movies and television shows to entice any viewer, including great Peacock documentaries. While many fans know about the NBC shows that make their way to the streaming service, there is also a huge catalog of Universal movies, as well as movies licensed for the streaming service from other studios. This includes a huge back catalog of documentaries that make for the most engaging, versatile deep dives into what Peacock has to offer.

Hardball's accidental betrayal of the Avengers and Iron Man's plan led to Hulk's brutal defeat of the heroes in the World War Hulk crossover event. Hardball's blackmailed by Senator Woodman, a secret agent of Hydra, to steal a S.P.I.N. bullet, Iron Man's failsafe against the Hulk. Hardball's mistake of swapping the bullet out for a fake projectile resulted in Iron Man's brutal defeat, prolonged World War Hulk, and led to significant destruction in NYC.

Marvel's 2007 World War Hulk crossover event remains one of its best and most iconic, with an enraged Hulk brutally defeating the Avengers, X-Men, Inhuman, Fantastic Four, and pretty much every other major hero on Earth after the Illuminati betrayed him. However, Hulk's intense rampage would have ended much earlier if one Avengers' reject, the Initiative recruit Hardball, had not accidentally sabotaged Iron Man.

Avengers: The Initiative follows a group of recruits brought...

The 2000s were all about recovering from Y2K, wearing low-rise jeans and cargo pants, and listening to mixed CDs, though those eventually got loaded onto the new iPod. On television, reality TV got its beginning with the premiere of Survivor on May 31, 2000, and film franchises like Harry Potter, The Lord of the Rings, and Pirates of the Caribbean ruled the box office.

Movies in the 2000s also had some not-so-great trends, like torture horror (Hostel), raunchy frat boy comedies (Road Trip), and fat suits (The Nutty Professor), but the decade also came with some of the most beloved films of the last 30 years, including The Dark Knight (2008), Mean Girls (2004), and Iron Man (2008), which kicked off the Marvel Cinematic Universe. With all the incredible films released between 2000 and 2009, there are bound to be some that audiences have missed, and now is the perfect time to catch up.

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In fifth grade, we once had a long-term substitute teacher for a science class, and he was a Cool Sub. He let us call him by his first name. He sat on the desk. He brought in a guitar (but never played it). He tossed out candy for the right answers. And most tellingly: he was a White Guy With Dreads. My feelings about him were mixed; I loved the chance for free candy, obviously, but even then I knew something about his persona, his approach to us kids was insincerely calculated, foisted upon us instead of shared organically. Dead Poets Society is a noted, beloved example of this "unorthodox educator inspires kids" subgenre my Cool Sub so wanted to be the protagonist of. This subgenre then took problematic detours into the depiction of overcoming racial and socioeconomic tensions via this hard-working, usually white educator. Films like Dangerous Minds and...

With its list of new releases for July 2023, Prime Video is going to help you stay safe from the oppressive July sun.

Highlighting the Amazon Originals on the TV side this month are two heavy hitters. The first is The Horror of Dolores Roach on July 7. Based on a podcast of the same name, this series could best be described as a modern day Sweeney Todd? Why, you ask? Well you know why. Think about it. Then season 2 of Neil Gaiman adaptation Good Omens premieres on July 28. This season will follow angel Aziraphale (Michael Sheen) and demon Crowley (David Tenant) as they seek to keep the Archangel Gabriel (Jon Hamm) away from both heaven and hell.

There aren’t any Amazon Original movies of note this month and that’s alright as the influx of library titles is more than enough. July 1 sees the arrival of The 40-Year-Old Virgin, No Country for Old Men,...

While summer starts in June, things truly heat up in July, and that includes all the hot new drops on streamers. Amazon’s Prime Video has refreshed its slate of content with over 60 new movies, like Bradley Cooper’s “A Star Is Born” and the 1973 animated adaption of the children’s book “Charlotte’s Web.”

Prime Video kicks off the start of the month with Doug McHenry’s “Jason’s Lyric,” “Father of the Bride,” and “Little Nicky.”

Plus, if you’re a Reese Witherspoon fan, Prime Video sets you up with her very first film and her breakout role as Dani in “Man in the Moon.” And the entire “Legally Blonde” trilogy is also available, for those who bend and snap.

Prime Video is also giving watchers some ultimate film classics like “Free Willy,” ”Gladiator,” and “Dances With Wolves.”

Last but absolutely not least, Season 2 of “Good Omens” will land on...

Amazon originals like season two of The Summer I Turned Pretty and Good Omens, as well as The Horror of Dolores Roach, are just some of the titles hitting Prime Video this July.

Blockbusters like Fast X, 80 for Brady, Till, Knock at the Cabin, Legally Blonde and Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde, Men in Black 1-3, Saving Private Ryan, Scarface and more will also be coming to the streamer this month.

The fourth and final season of Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan sees the titular character, played by John Krasinski, on his most dangerous mission yet, against a foreign and domestic enemy. Two new episodes of the thriller drop on the streamer every Friday until July 14.

Jenny Han’s The Summer I Turned Pretty returns with its second season on July 14 and picks up where season one left off at Cousins Beach. When an unexpected visitor threatens the future...

Prime Video has adapted the one-woman podcast “Empanada Loca” into a new series. “The Horror of Dolores Roach” will begin streaming on the service on July 7. Buckle up, because this one is gruesome. Roach (Justina Machado) returns to a gentrified Washington Heights after a long prison sentence and works as a masseuse in the basement of a friend’s empanada shop. But when her security is threatened, Roach is driven to extremes to survive.

Watch “The Horror of Dolores Roach” trailer:

Season 2 of “Good Omens” also will premiere on Prime Video in July. Arriving July 28, the series focuses on the friendship between Aziraphale (Michael Sheen), a fussy angel and rare-book dealer, and the snarky demon Crowley (David Tennant). While the Apocalypse has been averted, the pair are back living their lives in London, until the archangel Gabriel shows up. The series is based on the novel by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett.

Screen Rant is proud to present an exclusive clip of Paramount and Saban’s new adventure movie, The Secret Kingdom. The film is set to release in theaters and on digital platforms on Friday, June 9th, and follows a pair of siblings' fantastical journey through an unknown land. After their family relocates to a small town, Peter and Verity find themselves in possession of an artifact that transports them to the Below. It is here that they meet Elwyn—the leader of the pangolins and a firm believer that Peter is destined to rule the kingdom and fulfill an ancient prophecy.

Writer-director Matt Drummond is involved in multiple aspects of the creative process, also serving as a producer and special effects supervisor for the film. From live-action to voice actors, The Secret Kingdom has a strong main cast and stars Sam Everingham as Peter and Alyla Browne as Verity. Everingham...

First appearing in an episode of The Sopranos, Michael B. Jordan has been appearing in blockbuster and highly acclaimed films since 2001. It takes a special kind of talent to have the physical ability to lead a sports franchise and the quiet introspection to play in serious dramas, but Jordan pulls it off. His success has been in part thanks to his partnership with another young star, Ryan Coogler, who has directed Jordan in four different films. Jordan used early dramatic film roles to launch himself as one of the preeminent franchise stars in Hollywood.

Jordan’s most critically acclaimed movies have seen the young actor playing protagonists, as well as antagonists. His parts, even when they’re more minuscule, have always had an attitude that makes his characters exciting and surprising to watch. He manages to be both off-putting in his self-confidence and sympathetic at the same time. It’s...

NewsNation is launching an hourlong panel show The Hill, a brand expansion of the Nexstar political website that will be moderated by Leland Vittert.

The Hill will be based in Washington, D.C. and will feature a high-profile guest along with four rotating panelists. They include NewsNation’s political editor Chris Stirewalt, senior political contributor George Will, communications consultant Johanna Maska, and Niall Stanage, associate editor of TheHill.com.

Rob Yarin will serve as executive producer of the show. It will air at 5 Pm Et, going up against Fox News’ panel show The Five, now the most watched cable news show. According to Nielsen, The Five averaged 3.33 million viewers in the first two months of the year, while the current occupant of the slot on NewsNation, Rush Hour, has averaged 132,000.

Vittert will continue to anchor On Balance with Leland Vittert at 7 Pm Et, with the show moving to a new studio in Washington.

It’s just before noon in early February and Michael B. Jordan is settling into a director’s chair on the other end of a Zoom connection. He’s in Mexico City, preparing for one of the biggest nights of his life — the world premiere of his directorial debut, “Creed III” — an event that happens to coincide with Jordan’s 36th birthday.

“I’ve got my first movie premiere for a movie I directed. What bigger celebration can happen?” Jordan asks, thinking ahead to the frenzied fans who will await him on the red carpet later that evening. “It’s kind of crazy. I’m very grateful. I’ve had birthday parties, I’ve done my fair share, but this is something special.”

The Mexico City stop kicked off a promotional tour that has taken Jordan all over the world. There were appearances in Paris, London, New York, Atlanta (where...

Exclusive: Anna Camp (Pitch Perfect) and Justin Bartha (National Treasure) are among the stars set for the upcoming comedy Nuked, which Deena Kashper wrote and is directing, in her feature debut.

The film watches as several couples gather at a luxurious estate for a cannabis-infused birthday dinner party — only to get sudden phone alerts about a nuclear missile headed straight for them. Their stress and panic unfolds into a wake-up call for everyone involved.

Others set for the pic, produced by Tandem Pictures and Hardball Entertainment, include Lucy Punch (Motherland), George Young (Falling for Christmas), Tawny Newsome (Star Trek: Lower Decks), Ignacio Serricchio (Lost in Space), Maulik Pancholy (30 Rock), Stephen Guarino (Eastsiders) and Natasha Leggero (Broke). The film being made with sustainable production practices is currently being shot in Arkansas.

Julie Christeas (Black Bear) is producing for Tandem, with Daryl Freimark (House of Darkness) of Hardball. Bartha is exec...

Narcos: Mexico has picked up two nominations at the International Emmy Awards 2022 and will battle with Lupin, Vigil and South Africa’s Reyka for the coveted Drama Series prize.

The Netflix spin-off smash hit also picked up a nod for Scoot McNairy in the Best Performance By an Actor category, a hot contest that will see him go up against Crime’s Dougray Scott, Swedish drama A Royal Secret’s Sverrir Gudnason and Korea’s Dr Brain’s Lee Sun-Kyun. Scroll down for the full list below.

Other high-profile nominees include the third season of another Netflix hit, Sex Education, which is up for Best Comedy Series alongside Canal+’s On The Verge, HBO Latin America’s Bunker and BBC comedy Dreaming Whilst Black, capping off a fine week for the latter following a series order and A24 picking up U.S. rights.

There was a nod to Jack Thorne...

Chris Matthews was a surprise guest commentator Thursday on “Morning Joe,” and despite analysis of Donald Trump that some viewers appreciated, many more took to social media to decry the move from MSNBC as a faulty rehabilitation effort.

“Get that serial harasser and his s— eating grin off my TV,” one viewer wrote.

The morning news program previewed early Thursday that the embattled former “Hardball With Chris Matthews” host would be a guest. Dialing into the program, Matthews is shown in the clip below discussing the growing legal case against former President Donald Trump.

Look who's back: Chris Matthews returns on Morning Joe today: On Trump's legal jeopardy: "The President's ice cream is melting." pic.twitter.com/DxtEkg7I7Z

— Scott Whitlock (@ScottJW) September 22, 2022

“I think the president’s ice cream cone is melting,” he said, emphasizing that much of Trump’s appeal is the size of his bank account,...

John Reiss is moving from his role as executive producer of Meet the Press to NBC News Now’s seasonal, single-topic show Meet the Press Reports, and he will be succeeded at the Sunday broadcast by David P. Gelles, who is returning to the network after nearly a decade at CNN.

Reiss has been EP of Meet the Press for the past eight years, and will shift to the streaming series that he and Chuck Todd, the moderator of Meet the Press and NBC News political director, launched in 2020. The series will enter its fifth season this fall, with each season running six to eight episodes.

Gelles, who joins the network on Sept. 1, most recently worked for CNN+, where he led the creation of four shows, Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace, The Newscast with Wolf Blitzer, The Source with Kasie Hunt, and Jake Tapper’s Book Club.

Gelles previously was...

Prime Video got off to a fast start this summer with the release of The Boys season 3 on June 3. Now, as we enter the dog days, Prime Video is set to keep the warm weather good times rolling with a new twist on an old classic. That’s right, Amazon’s list of new releases for August 2022 is highlighted by some good old-fashioned baseball.

A League of Their Own, the TV adaptation of Penny Marshall’s 1992 movie, is set to premiere on Aug. 12. Like the movie before it, the series will dramatize the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League which saw women playing America’s pastime while the major leagues were on pause for World War II. Abbi Jacobson (Broad City) co-created the show and will star as catcher Carson Shaw.

Other Prime Video Originals of note this month include season 2 of British comedy The Outlaws on and the Ron Howard-directed Thirteen Lives,...

Prime Video will continue rolling out its summer slate in the month of August, releasing new original series, as well as a mix of suspenseful films, action movies and more.

Amazon’s series version of “A League of Their Own” will debut its eight-episode first season on Aug. 12, introducing new characters and stories set in the historical opening of the All American Girls Professional Baseball League (Aagpbl).

Ron Howard’s “Thirteen Lives” tells the real-life story of how a young boys’ soccer team was rescued from the Thai mountain cave where they got stuck for 10 days along with their coach.

Other new film arrivals include hits from earlier this summer, “The Lost City” starring Sandra Bullock, Daniel Radcliffe, Channing Tatum and Brad Pitt, as well as “Sonic the Hedgehog 2.” Academy Award-nominated film “Licorice Pizza” also arrives on Prime Video this month.

Freevee will also have new arrivals this month.

On election night 2016, former Fox News director Jack Hanick was in Moscow — attending a pro-gop party, where the organizers unveiled a larger-than-life portrait of Donald Trump, with with a piercing blue-eyed gaze, painted on a stark black canvas.

Hanick sat for a video interview at that party, facing the heroic visage of the soon-to-be 45th president — a man who cheated on his third wife with an adult-film star. Hanick used his camera time to criticize an American candidate he insisted had betrayed traditional values: Hillary Clinton.

“Even though Clinton professes to be a Christian,...

March 2022 is a great month for blonde women with cold, dead stares on Hulu.

With its list of new releases for March 2022, Hulu is highlighting two major original series ripped straight from the headlines. The first is The Dropout, which premieres on March 3. This show stars Amanda Seyfried (taking over from the previously cast Kate McKinnon) as Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes. This story about high-level corporate fraud is truly wild, enough so to accommodate several books, podcasts, and even an upcoming film starring Jennifer Lawrence. Hulu is certainly hoping its version is the definitive one.

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The Dropout‘s spiritual counterpart will be The Girl From Plainville, which premieres on March 29. This is another story you might be familiar with. If not, just...

Nominations for this year’s Australian Directors’ Guild (Adg) Awards are shared amongst the likes of Wayne Blair, Shannon Murphy, Daniel Nettheim, Tennika Smith, and Jonathan Brough, who have all scored two nods each.

Murphy is one of two women included in the category for Best Direction in a Feature Film for Babyteeth, joining Unjoo Moon (I Am Woman) in a field that also includes Seth Larney (2067), Maziar Lahooti (Below), and Robert Connolly (The Dry).

She also gets the nod for Best Direction in a TV or SVOD Drama Series episode for Killing Eve, where she will compete against fellow double nominee Nettheim, who features for Halifax: Retribution (Series 1 Episode 7), and is also up for Best Direction in a TV or SVOD Miniseries Episode for Line of Duty (Series 6 Episode 1).

Blair is up for Best Direction in a Feature Documentary with co-director Nel Minchin for Firestarter: The Story of Bangarra,...

The editors behind Nitram, I Met A Girl, The Furnace and June Again will compete for this year’s Ellie Award for Best Editing in Feature Drama, while the television drama category will be a contest between those who cut Wakefield, The Tailings, Jack Irish, Eden and Bump.

The annual awards of the Australian Screen Editors (Ase) will be held in early February with the hope that travel restrictions between states will have eased.

“It’s been a tough two years and we think we all deserve to be together in person to celebrate these fine achievements in editing, and the results of everybody’s hard work during such difficult times,” Ase president Danielle Boesenberg tells If.

In addition to the feature film prize, I Met A Girl editor Melanie Annan will also be in contention for Best Editing in Documentary and Series for Three Songs for Benazir, shared with Christoph Wermke.

French audiences will be treated to the second season of Hardball and film series DisRupted after they were sold to France Télévisions.

Apc Kids negotiated the deal for the titles, both of which are distributed worldwide by the Australian Children’s Television Foundation (Actf), excluding France.

Produced by Northern Pictures in association with Screen Australia, Create Nsw and the Actf, Hardball season two will launch on the network in 2022, following the season one debut on Okoo.

The first season was also sold to the BBC (UK), Nrk (Norway), Rte (Ireland), Tvo (Canada), Tfo (Canada), Tvb (Hong Kong), Rtp (Portugal), Rtv (Slovenia), and Sabc (South Africa).

Aimed at children aged 8-12, the second instalment picks up with life being great since Mikey won ‘Sasi-Wests-Hat’ handball tournament, but things get complicated with the end of primary school fast approaching, the arrival of new classmates who seem more like sporting superstar villains, and an...

Screen Producers Australia (Spa) has unveiled the first finalists for its 2022 awards, which will cover an extended, two-year period due to Covid-19.

Announced today are the nominees in three categories: Animated Series Production of the Year, Children’s Series Production of the Year and Online Series Production of the Year.

The children’s category looks to be particularly competitive, including second seasons of the Emmy-winning Bluey (Ludo Studio) and Hardball (Northern Pictures) and the currently Emmy-nominated First Day (Epic Films), in addition to 100% Wolf: Legend of the Moonstone (Flying Bark Productions), Are You Tougher Than Your Ancestors? (Sticky Pictures/Flying Kite Pictures), Itch (Komixx Entertainment) and The New Legends of Monkey (See-Saw Films).

Flying Bark is also up for the animated series gong for Lego: Monkie Kid, as is Ludo Studio for The Strange Chores with Media World Pictures. Also earning two nominations is Mashup Pictures, with Phenomena and Youth on Strike!

Chris Petrikin has stepped down from his role as executive vice president of global communications and corporate branding at Paramount Pictures. His exit comes on the heels of the announcement this week that ViacomCBS is replacing studio chief Jim Gianopulos with Nickelodeon head Brian Robbins. More executives are expected to follow him out the door during the leadership transition.

Petrikin was closely aligned with Gianopulos, with the pair working together for a decade at 20th Century Fox. After Stacey Snider took over the studio, Petrikin left Fox to form a strategic communications and crisis management consultancy.

Petrikin joined Fox in 2007 from the William Morris Agency to oversee corporate communications, media relations, trade advertising, awards campaigns, special events, and charitable activities. He joined William Morris in 2002 after working as a reporter and editor for several publications, including Variety, Daily Variety, Inside.com, and Inside Magazine.

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Brian Robbins has officially been named president and CEO of Paramount Pictures, replacing Jim Gianopulos as head of the studio behind the “Mission: Impossible” and “Transformers” franchises, and setting up a new era in the oversight of one of Hollywood’s big movie studios.

Robbins will take the reins while continuing in his current post as head of Nickelodeon and as the chief content officer of kids and family for Paramount Plus, the streaming service launched this year by Paramount’s parent company ViacomCBS. Gianopulos will serve in an advisory role at Paramount through the end of the year. The media conglomerate hopes that Robbins, who boasts digital savvy and a long history in kids programming, will help guide it as it looks ahead to a future dominated by streaming giants.

“Paramount is one of ViacomCBS’s crown jewels, delivering some of the most iconic moments in entertainment for more than a century.

After Rachel Maddow signed a new multi-year deal with MSNBC and NBCUniversal, there were reports that she ultimately will scale back her schedule to as little as once-a-week. That would leave the network with the potential loss of the nightly show, with no obvious successor.

In an interview with Deadline after Maddow’s deal was signed, MSNBC president Rashida Jones was asked whether, with the new agreement, Maddow will continue to host her show five nights a week. “Her show will continue as she’s doing it now,” she said. “One of the things we are looking at is she is so interested and excited in doing things in so many different areas within NBCUniversal, so we are figuring out how to juggle all of that, but her show continues on.” As for the longer term, Jones suggests that details are still being worked out.

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Two animated children’s projects and two live-action series will share in $3.2 million of production funding from Screen Australia.

Northern Pictures’ Tom Weekly Versus… and Werner Film Productions’ Surviving Summer are being made for ViacomCBS and Netflix, respectively, while animation offerings 100% Wolf: The Book of Hath from Flying Bark Productions and Kangaroo Beach Summer Special from Cheeky Little Media will both appear on the ABC.

Screen Australia’s head of content Sally Caplan said the funding reflected Screen Australia’s commitment to supporting quality Australian screen stories for young audiences.

“It’s important that Australian kids can see their stories and experiences reflected on screen and families around the country will be in for a treat with these new projects,” she said.

“Northern Pictures are going from strength to strength – building on the success of Hardball, they are now set to bring popular book series Tom Weekly to the screen.

Australia’s leading children’s producers are calling for a 20 per cent children’s sub-quota to be placed on streaming platforms, based on an overall 20 per cent revenue-based local content requirement.

The coalition, which includes production companies behind shows like Bluey, Hardball, Little J and Big Cuz, dirtgirlworld and Mako Mermaids, argues in its submission to the Federal Government’s media reform green paper that such a requirement would create at least 2,000 jobs and more than 60 hours of content.

“Even more importantly, this will ensure current and future generations of Australian children of all ages will see themselves, in all their diverse forms, on their screens alongside the masses of ‘foreign’ English-language content,” the group, which consists of 30 companies and calls itself Australian Children’s Producers (Acp), writes.

Acp agrees with the industry-led proposal that SVOD and AVOD services with at least 500,000 subscribers or $50 million in annual Australian revenue be...

Chris Matthews will return to MSNBC on Tuesday with an appearance on ReidOut, the show hosted by Joy Reid that now occupies the former Hardball timeslot.

The appearance is tied to the released of Matthews’ memoir This Country: My Life in Politics and History.

He wrote on Twitter, “Couldn’t be more excited to talk with @JoyAnnReid tonight on her show @thereidout . Tune in at 7pm Edt. See you then, Joy! #ThisCountry”

Reid wrote, “Guess who’s back and hanging out with me on @thereidout tonight?? My pal and one of the people who gave me a crucial career break way way back in the day, the great @HardballChris, who’s got a fantastic new book out Today: #ThisCountry. See you … and Chris … at 7!!”

It’s been more than a year since Matthews announced his exit and retirement from the network. He apologized after a female Hardball guest, Laura Bassett,...

After an Emmy win and both local and international success with Hardball, Northern Pictures is developing a new children’s project with one of its creators, Guy Edmonds.

Titled Dance Spies, the live-action series follows the exploits of a group of teens in a dance school as they secretly train in the art of espionage. To be the best dance spies they can be, they’ll juggle dance assessments and personal differences with epic espionage and in the field ops.

The project is being co-developed with Canadian production and distribution company Sinking Ship Entertainment.

Edmonds got the idea after watching a multitude of dance series with his two young daughters.

“The more I watched these shows, and I’ve watched a billion of them, something occurred to me… The dance world is ruthless. To be a hero in it you need to be tough as nails, uber disciplined and a top shelf athlete.

Twenty years ago, Michael B. Jordan — who next plays U.S. Navy Seal John Clark in Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse (as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Paramount feature was acquired by Amazon, where it bows April 30) — got his big-screen break in the 2001 Keanu Reeves film Hardball.

Jordan, 34, was just 13 when director Brian Robbins auditioned him to play Jamal, the eldest of a group of Chicago boys who make up a hopeless baseball team.

“I remember him coming in the room and being super charismatic,” says Robbins, 57, director of Good Burger (1997) and ...

Twenty years ago, Michael B. Jordan — who next plays U.S. Navy Seal John Clark in Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse (as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Paramount feature was acquired by Amazon, where it bows April 30) — got his big-screen break in the 2001 Keanu Reeves film Hardball.

Jordan, 34, was just 13 when director Brian Robbins auditioned him to play Jamal, the eldest of a group of Chicago boys who make up a hopeless baseball team.

“I remember him coming in the room and being super charismatic,” says Robbins, 57, director of Good Burger (1997) and ...

During a Friday morning discussion of Prince Philip’s death, “Fox & Friends” host Brian Kilmeade brought up Meghan Markle’s recent interview with Oprah Winfrey, saying the televised sitdown stressed out the late prince.

“There are reports that he was enraged after the interview and the fallout from the interview with Oprah Winfrey,” said Kilmeade, noting that the tell-all came as the 99-year-old prince was in the hospital. “So, here he is trying to recover and then he gets hit with that.”

The Oprah interview, Kilmeade concluded, “definitely added to his stress.”

During the interview, Markle and her husband, Prince Harry, opened up about their decision to step away from Britain’s royal family (Philip is Harry’s grandfather). The pair discussed the racism Markle faced and she revealed she had been suicidal at one point.

Some Twitter users were displeased with Kilmeade’s remarks.

“Jan. 6 was an unarmed peaceful...