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Disney+ has ordered 10 episodes of Becoming, a docuseries which focuses on the upbringing of world-class entertainers, musicians and athletes, from LeBron James and his Springhill Entertainment, ESPN Films, Spoke Studios and ITV America. Becoming, originally created for Disney XD by ESPN Films, was spawned from the Bec…

EXCLUSIVE: Uninterrupted, the media company founded by LeBron James and Maverick Carter, is re-teaming with DAZN to produce a docuseries about boxers Canelo Alvarez and Sergey Kovalev. The new installment in DAZN’s 40 Days franchise showcases the fighters before their bout in Las Vegas. The first of the show’s three…

Tibetan rights activists protested tonight alongside Hong Kong democracy activists at the Brooklyn Nets vs Toronto Raptors game at the Barclay Center in Brooklyn. The protesters said their aim was to draw attention to the issue of China's occupation of Tibet and to send a message to the NBA, along with Nets' owner…

A string of events this month related to China and ongoing protests in Hong Kong has tarnished major U.S. brands from the NBA to Apple to Activision Blizzard. While Hollywood usually finds itself in the thick of such controversies, it has managed this time to mostly avoid major reputational damage, at least for now. Vi…

Commissioner Adam Silver is trying to change the narrative surrounding the National Basketball Association’s dealings with China. Silver said Thursday at a conference in New York that Chinese officials asked him initially to fire Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey, who got into hot water for tweeting “Fight…

The latest episode of South Park again touched on China – this time by taking a swipe at LeBron James’ comments about the controversy that has dogged the NBA. The episode, called “Let Them Eat Goo,” takes aim at the plant-based food craze, as lunches at South Park Elementary are replaced with faux meat. Cartman yells…

They burned LeBron James’s jersey in Hong Kong this week after the NBA superstar seemed to throw his support to that country’s rulers over the street protesters lobbying for freedom. Trevor Noah noted that if the National Basketball Assn. kept statistics on jersey-burning, Lebron would dominate that category, as his…

LeBron James has slammed NBA team owners for treating players with a "slave mentality" and weathered Fox New host Laura Ingraham's bellow that the L.A. Laker and other pro athletes should "shut up and dribble" when it comes to social and political topics. Not so much for Houston Rockets GM Daryl Morey it seems. Turns…

There was a real-world vibe on LeBron James and Maverick Carter’s Uninterrupted talk show The Shop today as California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill that gives the state’s college student-athletes the ability to benefit financially from their name, image and likeness. The Fair Pay to Play Act (SB 206) is the first…

Uninterrupted, the athlete-focused entertainment brand created by LeBron James and Maverick Carter, is expanding outside the U.S. for the first time, teaming with Grammy-winning rapper, uber-sports fan and Toronto native Drake to launch Uninterrupted Canada. The new venture will be led by CEO Scott Moore, most…

Anthony Davis isn’t buying in to the notion that he’s a long-term pillar for the Los Angeles Lakers. Davis, who is signed with the basketball team only through this year, told the Chicago Tribune in an interview Saturday that he’d be interested in exploring something with the city’s Bulls team. "I mean, (this is)…

EXCLUSIVE: Malcolm D. Lee is taking over the directing reins on Warner Bros./SpringHill Entertainment’s Space Jam 2 from Terence Nance. We hear that Nance’s departure from the project was amicable, and essentially the filmmaker and the studio/producers had different takes on the creative vision for Space Jam 2. Lee’s…