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Original star Eddie Murphy will reprise his role as as police officer Axel Foley, with Brett Ratner on board to direct.

Someday soon, as professional athletes suit up for their games, their uniform will include a sensor to monitor heart rate, body temperature, physical speed and other physiological measures that affect their performance. That's where early adopters of sports data, like Miami Heat player Shane Battier, believe the trend called analytics is going. In fact, many teams are already using so-called “wearable tech” in practice. In a story titled “Numbers Men,” Armen Keteyian reports on the increasing use of analytics in sports, particularly pro basketball, where a data camera system is now used in every game and every arena, on the next edition of 60 MINUTES SPORTS, airing Wednesday, May 7 at 9:00 PM ET only on SHOWTIME. Watch an excerpt.

Forty-one students from 23 U.S. colleges and universities as well as 10 students from foreign universities have been selected as finalists in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' 41st Student Academy Awards competition.

With Alan Cumming and Michelle Williams currently starring in the Roundabout Theatre Company's revival of 'Cabaret' on the Great White Way, Reel 13 broadcasts Bob Fosse's Oscar-winning movie version. The legendary Broadway director and choreographer brought him and star Liza Minnelli Academy Awards. In fact, the 1972 film still holds the record for most Oscar wins in a single year without winning the 'Best Picture' category, copping eight in all. (The Godfather received that prize.)

ABC News will work closely with ESPN to cover the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil beginning Thursday, June 12. Throughout the tournament ABC News will broadcast from ESPN's studios at the Clube dos Marimbas on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro to provide extensive coverage across all programs and platforms.

ESPN today announced the five television reporters - Julie Foudy, Jeremy Schaap, John Sutcliffe, Bob Woodruff and ESPN Brazil's Rubens Pozzi - for its unprecedented coverage of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil this summer. The reporters will appear on ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC during pre-match, halftime and post-match shows, SportsCenter, ESPN FC, and FIFA World Cup-themed news and information programs, such as World Cup Tonight, throughout the month-long tournament.

Scandal star Kerry Washington and husband Nnamdi Asomugha, former San Francisco 49ers cornerback, have welcomed their first child, according to TMZ.

NBC News President Deborah Turness and NBC News Political Director and Chief White House Correspondent Chuck Todd today announced two key promotions, naming Chris Jansing as NBC News' Senior White House Correspondent and Peter Alexander as National Correspondent.

True Blood begins its ten-episode, seventh and final season SUNDAY, JUNE 22 at 9:00 p.m. Mixing romance, suspense, mystery and humor, the series takes place in a world where vampires and humans co-exist, after vampires have come out of the coffin, thanks to the invention of mass-produced synthetic blood that means they no longer need humans as a nutritional source. Check out a first look below!

Move over spelling bees! Lifetime has ordered eight episodes of the new competition docu-series Child Genius centering on some of America's most extraordinary and gifted children and their families as they prepare for a national intelligence competition. In cooperation with American MENSA, the competition will take place over several weeks this summer and will test America's best young minds on their knowledge of logic, current affairs, history, memory, science, spelling, math and debate. Only one phenomenal kid will shine brighter than the rest and be named Child Genius 2014.

HISTORY's(R) VIKINGS (#Vikings) continues to conquer. The hit drama's season two finale averaged 3.4 million Total Viewers, 1.6 million Adults 25-54, 1.4 million Adults 18-49, 989,000 Men 25-54 and 879,000 million Men 18-49 at 10:00pm last night, according to Nielsen Research.

The Tony nominee will guest star on next week's episode of NBC's long-running drama LAW & ORDER: SVU, BroadwayWorld has confirmed.

Bolstered by the first Game 7 tripleheader in 11 years, 25 one-goal games, 14 overtime games, and a record 10 multi-goal comeback wins, the first round of the 2014 Stanley Cup Playoffs delivered significant viewership or consumption increases across NBC, NBCSN, CNBC, a number of the NBC Sports Regional Networks, and NBC Sports Live Extra, the NBC Sports Group's live streaming product.

ABC News' 'Nightline' drew 1.559 million Total Viewers, 635,000 Adults 25-54 and 490,000 Adults 18-49 for the week of April 21, 2014, according to Nielsen Media Research. The ABC late night program ranked No. 1 in Total Viewers for the 2nd week in a row and 3rd time in the last 4 weeks. 'Nightline' outdrew NBC's 'Late Night with Seth Meyers' by its largest Total Viewer margin ever (+48,000) during a week of original telecasts.

CBS Sports Network has reached an agreement with Minor League Baseball(TM) (MiLB(TM)) to televise 15 games throughout the course of the 2014 season. The schedule features games from the MiLB- affiliated leagues including Triple-A(R) Baseball, and also allows for the opportunity to flex games based on possible appearances by Major League Baseball stars.

TV Land's hit sitcom 'Hot in Cleveland' has been renewed for 24 episodes for a sixth season, it was announced today by Larry W. Jones, President, TV Land. The announcement was made during rehearsal for the series' upcoming landmark 100th episode, entitled 'Win Win,' which tapes this Friday, May 2nd. 'Hot in Cleveland' stars Valerie Bertinelli, Jane Leeves, Wendie Malick and Betty White, and is currently airing its fifth season on Wednesdays at 10pm ET/PT on TV Land.

NBC Sports Group presents 15.5 hours of Kentucky Derby coverage, a record for the event, continuing today, Thursday, May 1 at 4 p.m. ET on NBCSN, and culminating with the 140th running of the Kentucky Derby on NBC, Saturday, May 3. Coverage begins on Saturday at Noon on NBCSN and continues at 4 p.m. ET on NBC.

The Hollywood Reporter has debuted the first brief bonus feature from the DVD edition of Rob Thomas' VERONICA MARS, a project which broke records with its Kickstarter campaign last year. Check out the special feature, going inside the first day of shooting and featuring Kristen Bell and Jason Dohring, below!

According to Deadline, Queen Latifah has signed on to play blues legend Bessie Smith in HBO's upcoming, untitled biopic of the late star. PARIAH's Dee Rees will write and direct.

Hispanic cable network mun2 premieres the highly-anticipated third season of its hit reality series “Larrymania” this Sunday May 4 at 9 p.m/8 p.m. CST . The 14 episode season featuring multi-award winning Latin superstar Larry Hernandez and his fun-loving family takes viewers on more adventures, drama, a non-stop concert tour, a new home and the exclusive access to the birth of baby Dalary.