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Kevin Plank returns as Under Armour CEO, Mohamed El-Erian named board chair

Kevin Plank, founder of Under Armour, during a CNBC interview on "Mad Money" on Feb. 28, 2018.Scott Mlyn | CNBCUnder Armour announced on Wednesday that CEO Stephanie Linnartz is stepping down from her role just over a year after she started, and founder Kevin Plank will return as the brand's chief executive.Linnartz took over as Under Armour's CEO in February 2023 after spending nearly 30 years at Marriott International, most recently as its president. Plank, who founded Under Armour in 1996, stepped down as CEO about…

Wall Street isn’t happy Kevin Plank is returning as Under Armour CEO

The interior of an Under Armour store is seen on November 03, 2021 in Houston, Texas.Brandon Bell | Getty ImagesWall Street is not pleased that Under Armour founder Kevin Plank is returning as its CEO. Shares of the athletic apparel company plunged about 12% on Thursday after the retailer announced late Wednesday that CEO Stephanie Linnartz would be stepping down after barely a year on the job and Plank would replace her on April 1. Following the announcement, both Williams Trading and Evercore ISI downgraded Under Armour…

Netflix will stream the Mark Twain Prize honoring Kevin Hart on May 11

is the new streaming home of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor as part of a multiyear deal. This year's prize is going to Kevin Hart, who is being honored for his "extraordinary contributions to the genre and his impressive achievements across comedy, film and television." The likes of Dave Chappelle, Jimmy Fallon, Tiffany Haddish, Regina Hall, Chelsea Handler, Nelly, Chris Rock and Jerry Seinfeld are set to pay tribute to Hart (and perhaps roast him a bit) at the ceremony. For what it's worth, Hart with Netflix…

High & Low: John Galliano review – Kevin Macdonald’s candid look at the fashion designer’s implosion | Documentary films

There’s an argument to be made that we have heard everything we ever need to hear from John Galliano, the subject of this knotty, complex documentary portrait. That after the formerly celebrated and adored British fashion designer was filmed, booze-sodden, bitter and spewing an antisemitic tirade at strangers from his preferred corner seat in La Perle, his local bar in Paris, his legacy should have been buried and the attention of the fashion world should have moved on to other, less radioactively compromised figures.…

Kevin O’Leary suggests he will buy TikTok if proposed ban advances

“Shark Tank” investor Kevin O’Leary suggested that he will buy social media platform TikTok if a proposed ban goes ahead Friday. “Not going to get banned, ‘cause I’m gonna buy it,” O’Leary said on Fox News’ “The Story” in an interview with anchor Gillian Turner. “Somebody’s going to buy it, it won’t be Meta and it won’t be Google, ‘cause…regulator stop that.” On Tuesday, a bipartisan House bill that would ban the popular app if its China-based parent company ByteDance doesn’t divest from it was unveiled.…

‘You cannot get close to’ Kevin de León at his high-security election party

I heard the crowd inside Hecho En Mexico roar just past 11 p.m. as Los Angeles City Councilmember Kevin de León’s face flashed on the televisions inside the El Sereno restaurant. It was his Super Tuesday viewing party, and supporters were cheering their man’s comeback for the ages.Written off as political dead meat nearly 18 months ago, when a secretly recorded conversation was released that featured him and three other L.A. political bigwigs engaging in bigoted, conspiratorial rants, De León was in first place in his…

‘When It’s Your Movie You Get To Pick Who You Hang Out With’: Kevin Costner Shares Sweet Post After Revealing His Kid Is…

When it comes to the best westerns in modern moviemaking, actor/director Kevin Costner is one of the titans that casts a pretty large genre shadow. The 2024 movie schedule is only going to build that image up even greater, thanks to his new epic film series Horizon: An American Saga. That task is now apparently more of a family business, as Costner revealed in a sweet post on social media that his own son is a part of Horizon's stacked cast. Taking to his personal Instagram, Kevin Costner showed off a section of footage…

Comics Creators Hit Out Against Indie Pub Ghosting Them

Freelance comic book writers and artists have accused publisher Scout Comics of not paying them for their work, in some cases not doing so (or communicating with them) for a year or more. Prepping the Sandworm Scenes in Dune: Part TwoIt all started when Jarred Luján, co-creator of the 2023 one-shot All the Devil Are Here, took to social media to claim he “got screwed” by Scout, and advised newer creators stay away from the company. In his Twitter thread, he alleges he hasn’t been paid for his work in “over a year,”and…

Kevin Conroy’s Batman Will Reunite With Mark Hamill’s Joker One Last Time

Image: WB AnimationThe era-defining, iconic Batman and Joker pairing of Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill will square off one more time in Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths - Part Three.Are Fans Tired of Marvel and DC? Superhero Fatigue at NYCC 2023It was previously announced that the upcoming DC animated film would be the last to feature the late Conroy as Batman, and IGN has now confirmed that Hamill will be reprising the role of the Joker for a fitting farewell. Hamill had said he wouldn’t voice the role without

After Kevin Costner’s Horizon Trailer Dropped, Of Course Fans Have All The Yellowstone Comments

With Kevin Costner’s Horizon: An American Saga on the list of 2024 movie releases, the final episodes of Yellowstone slated on the 2024 TV schedule, and the alleged drama surrounding the two projects, they are constantly being spoken about together. Along with all the discussion about Costner’s involvement in them, they’re also both Westerns. So, now that the first trailer for Horizon has dropped, fans can’t stop comparing it to Yellowstone and its prequel series 1883.After seeing the first trailer for Horizon, it became…