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Roger Goodell Is Renegotiating NFL Rights With All the Media Players—And Everyone Thinks He’ll Win Big

Roger Goodell Is Renegotiating NFL Rights With All the Media Players—And Everyone Thinks He’ll Win Big

Published by Sam Flores

From NFL headquarters in New York, Goodell tells me that it was 10 years of conversations with Amazon (and team owners) before the streamer landed its Thursday-night package. That package had previously been held by Fox, CBS, and NBC, who all opted not to pursue it because they had strength in their Sunday packages. “I think streamers bring innovation, they bring technology,” Goodell says. “They bring an important platform. From YouTube we’ve learned a lot. The importance of creators and influencers, how they’ve done that. They took over Sunday Ticket, which is a package that we thought could have a lot more innovation, and they’ve done an amazing job with it.” Goodell, who has not visited Australia before, will make three trips in six months Down Under ahead of the first-ever game in Melbourne between the Los Angeles Rams and the San Francisco 49ers in September. When he isn’t negotiating deals and at games, he finds solace in his “man cave” at his New York home. “Everyone got a look at my man cave back …

Roger Sweet, the toymaker behind ‘He-Man,’ dies at 91

Roger Sweet, the toymaker behind ‘He-Man,’ dies at 91

Published by Sam Flores

Roger Sweet, the toymaker who designed the brawny superhero He-Man, has died. He was 91. Mattel, Sweet’s longtime employer and the toy company behind the Masters of the Universe characters, confirmed his Tuesday death to The Times. No additional details were immediately available. “Roger played a pivotal role in the early development of Masters of the Universe, helping introduce iconic characters like He-Man and Skeletor to the world and inspiring generations of fans to find their inner power,” Mattel said in a statement. “His legacy endures in the characters he helped bring to life and the imaginations he ignited.” Sweet’s death comes after his wife, Marlene, launched a GoFundMe page in February to help support his move into a memory care facility after he was diagnosed with dementia. The fund raised more than $90,000 as of Thursday, with the help of some die-hard “He-Man” fans. Sweet was born April 4, 1935, in Ohio. He attended the Institute of Design in Chicago and moved to California in 1972, where he took a role as a toy …

Braiding together our sacred union, from Roger Williams to Minneapolis

Braiding together our sacred union, from Roger Williams to Minneapolis

Published by Sam Flores

This commentary was originally delivered at Washington National Cathedral on Feb. 24, 2026. (RNS) — There was a snowstorm the night Roger Williams fled Salem. He was sick and alone, a Puritan minister cast out by the Puritan theocracy for his diverse opinions. He stuffed his pockets full of corn paste and headed south into the forest. The snow drifts were piled above his head. Rough men with murderous eyes were close behind. He survived because native tribes sheltered him. Who were these people who saw a man by the side of the road and stopped to take him in? What beliefs inspired them? What names of God guided them? What rituals gave them comfort? Roger Williams hungered to know. This is why he had defied the Puritan magisterium. Of course there were an expanse of cosmologies in God’s expansive cosmos. That journey marked him forever. As he shaped the state of Rhode Island, he built it on the foundation that people of “other worships” could be “peacable and quiet Subjects, loving and helpful neighbours, …

Malaysian comedian Nigel Ng, aka Uncle Roger, expecting first child with wife Sabrina Ahmed

Malaysian comedian Nigel Ng, aka Uncle Roger, expecting first child with wife Sabrina Ahmed

Published by Sam Flores

Popular Malaysian comedian Nigel Ng, aka Uncle Roger, took to his social media pages on Friday (Feb 20) morning to announce that he and his wife, lawyer Sabrina Ahmed, are expecting their first child. The post, which also doubled as a festive greeting for Chinese New Year and the start of Ramadan, featured Ng and Ahmed in festive Chinese outfits, along with a sonogram of the baby. “New nephew coming soon! Happy Lunar New Year and Ramadan Mubarak,” wrote Ng, referencing how his Uncle Roger character calls his audience his “nieces and nephews”. Source link

‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit’ Animator Was 91

‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit’ Animator Was 91

Published by Daniella Wilson

Jane Baer, whose half-century in animation including work on such films as Sleeping Beauty, The Rescuers and Who Framed Roger Rabbit, has died. She was 91. Baer died Monday in her sleep at her home in Van Nuys, a spokesperson for Walt Disney Animation announced. In 1984, she and second husband Dale Baer launched Baer Animation, and she supervised the Toontown sequences and the character Benny the Cab for the landmark Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988). Under her supervision, Baer Animation expanded to become one of the few, fully self-contained and independent animation facilities in the U.S., with departments for every facet of animation production, including digital ink and paint, compositing, recording and effects. She oversaw a staff ranging from 50 to 100-plus artists and personnel, based on the production. Baer also expanded with Baer Animation Camera Services, which shot major portions of Disney’s The Little Mermaid (1989) and The Prince and the Pauper (1990), plus Rover Dangerfield (1991), FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992), The Swan Princess (1994) and a variety of projects for Warner …

Megyn Kelly invokes Roger Ailes to defend Trump’s “smile more” attack

Megyn Kelly invokes Roger Ailes to defend Trump’s “smile more” attack

Published by Sam Flores

Megyn Kelly is drawing renewed scrutiny after defending President Donald Trump’s comment telling CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins she should “smile,” and invoking advice she said she received from the late Fox News executive Roger Ailes. Trump’s remark, made during an exchange over newly released Epstein-related documents, drew widespread criticism as sexist and dismissive of Collins’ role as a journalist. Rather than distance herself from the comment, Kelly defended it on her SiriusXM show during an interview with Vice President JD Vance, saying she had offered Collins similar advice in the past and that Ailes “used to tell us that.” Vance: There was a moment in the Oval Office, I wasn’t even in there, but Trump was talking to Kaitlan Collins. Trump says, ‘Why don’t you ever smile?’ And it’s actually, like, so perceptive. Have some fun. pic.twitter.com/UGv5QPehg9 — FactPost (@factpostnews) February 4, 2026 Kelly’s reference to Ailes immediately sparked backlash from media critics and social media users, given Ailes’ legacy. Ailes was forced out of Fox News in 2016 amid numerous sexual harassment allegations, including …

Roger Allers death: The Lion King co-director dies aged 76 as Bob Iger pays tribute

Roger Allers death: The Lion King co-director dies aged 76 as Bob Iger pays tribute

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Roger Allers, the Disney filmmaker behind hits including The Lion King and Aladdin, has died aged 76. A cause of death was not immediately made clear. Allers’ death was confirmed by his frequent collaborator, Dave Bossert, who shared the news on social media. “I am deeply saddened by the news that our friend Roger Allers has passed on to his next journey,” he wrote in a Facebook post. “Roger was an extraordinarily gifted artist and filmmaker, a true pillar of the Disney Animation renaissance.” Disney CEO Bob Iger has also paid tribute to Allers, saying in a statement: “Roger Allers was a creative visionary whose many contributions to Disney will live on for generations to come. He understood the power of great storytelling — how unforgettable characters, emotion, and music can come together to create something timeless. “His work helped define …

Roger Ewing Dead: ‘Gunsmoke’ Actor Was 83

Roger Ewing Dead: ‘Gunsmoke’ Actor Was 83

Published by Daniella Wilson

Roger Ewing, the long and lean actor who portrayed the deputy marshal and handyman Thad Greenwood for two seasons on Gunsmoke in the 1960s, has died. He was 83. A longtime resident of Morro Bay, California, Ewing died Dec. 18, his family reported. The 6-foot-4 Ewing, then 23, first showed up on CBS’ Gunsmoke as a character named Ben Lukens on an episode that aired in February 1965, then was introduced to viewers as Thad the following October on the third installment of season 11. A deputy and son of an elderly Oklahoma sheriff (Paul Fix), Thad arrives in Dodge City pursuing four vandals who had caused his dad to have a fatal heart attack but learns his warrant isn’t executable in Dodge. After all four are either killed or captured for stealing cattle, Marshal Matt Dillon (James Arness) asks Thad to stick around as a deputy. “With Thad’s family gone, Matt, Kitty [Amanda Blake], Doc [Milburn Stone] and Festus [Ken Curtis] sort of adopted him,” he once said. “Anything that needed to be done, …