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HBO said today that it will end its live boxing programming at the end of 2018, a final bell at the pay-cable network that made the sport famous with the advent pay-per-view and  by showcasing superstars from Mike Tyson,  Oscar de La Hoya and Sugar Ray Leonard to Floyd Mayweather and Roy Jones Jr. HBO Sports’ first…

Bruce Willis has been set to play legendary boxing trainer Cus D'Amato in Cornerman, the biopic written and directed by Rupert Friend. Friend and Aimée Mullins are producing for Circus Florist Films with Marc Butan and Ara Keshishian producing for MadRiver Pictures. A fall start is eyed. CAA is handling U.S. rights…

With the legalization of marijuana in California, Mike Tyson is ready to do a different kind of boxing — hot boxing, perhaps. The boxing icon and occasional actor broke ground last week to build a 40-acre marijuana farm. The facility, called Tyson Ranch will be located in the desert in California City, 60 miles…

Mike Tyson has joined the cast of Public Disturbance, a prank-comedy pic from Lionsgate toplined by the YouTube troupe the Janoskians. Also booked for the pic are Scream Queens alum Skyler Samuels — who plays a female lead — Bobby Lee, Amber Stevens West, Joey Lawrence and DJ Dillon Francis have also been added to the…

Leave it to professional wrestling to find a way to make the documentary format beautifully absurd. Enter Nine Legends, the latest from Bloodstained Memoirs director David Sinnott that looks at the lives and careers of, yes, nine legends of pro wrestling in their own words. Featuring exclusive interviews with Bill…

UPDATE: I have just been informed that Ip Man 3 (see below) has had its release pushed back and is no longer coming out in December. There is currently no mainland date. Point Break got in under the wire last Friday to become the final Hollywood movie of 2015 to release in the Middle Kingdom. Now that the December…

You'd be hard pressed to find a weirder show on TV than Mike Tyson Mysteries – and I mean that in the best way, as I say in my video review above. The series from Warner Bros Animation and producer Hugh Davidson debuts tonight on Adult Swim. From Round 1 onward, as my video review says, the homage to Hanna Barbera‘s…

Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth, filmed during the ex-champ’s one-man stage show and directed by Spike Lee, premieres November 16. Here’s HBO‘s official trailer: Related: Mike Tyson And Spike Lee On HBO's 'Mike Tyson: Undisputed…

NBC News says the former heavyweight champ-turned-Broadway star will sit down with Matt Lauer in Las Vegas for an interview airing tomorrow morning on Today. Mike Tyson surprised the heck out of the press last week when they showed up for what they thought was a news conference about his return to boxing as a…

HBO has bought TV rights to Mike Tyson's one-man show, Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth. HBO Films will film the show in July for debut on HBO later in the year. The stage production features "Iron Mike" recounting his life's highs and lows in his signature candid style. He opens up about his troubled youth, landmark…

Fox Sports 1 and boxing icon Mike Tyson today announced that their new series Being Mike Tyson will spearhead programming on the newly announced “national multi-sport network”. Tweeted @FoxSports: “The first big name to hit #FS1 this fall – @MikeTyson. The BEING: Mike Tyson series is now in production.” Earlier today…

Dick Wolf, creator of the Law & Order franchise, has weighed in on the controversial upcoming episode of Law & Order: SVU, which guest stars former boxer Mike Tyson in his first acting gig playing someone other than himself. Tyson’s casting has come under attack from advocate groups protesting the involvement of a…