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The legendary “Iron” Mike Tyson might’ve taken a weird loss to Jake Paul this past November, but that hasn’t diminished interest in the boxing legend’s life story a single bit.
With all the biopic films and series centered around the iconic fighter, the hits just keep on coming, as Netflix has announced it is currently working on a docuseries based on the life and times of one Mike Tyson. According to Deadline, Netflix is prepping to drop a three-part hourlong docuseries that promises to take a deep dive into the highs and lows of Mike Tyson’s life and boxing career. And if you know anything about Mike, you know he’s had quite the eventful life before, during, and after his illustrious boxing career.
Luckily for us, Mike Tyson himself will be a part of the creation of the series and seems more excited than nervous about getting into the nitty-gritty aspects of his personal life for all to indulge in.
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“Having an opportunity to share my story through the reflective lens of my growth and maturity in a multi-part documentary on Netflix will be a challenging journey, yet a very welcoming one,” said Tyson. “Most people are too scared to look at their lives objectively, wanting to paint themselves as the hero of their own story. But if we are truly objective, we know we can never be the hero in our own story. We have to be able to face the man in the mirror, taking the good with the bad to give a full account of our contributions in this life. Netflix is the perfect platform to tell my story because of their global reach.”
We imagine that the “big fight” with Jake Paul will be a part of the series, so we’ll be interested to hear Mike’s take on what was going through his mind while going toe-to-toe with someone decades his junior. It wasn’t pretty, man.
The untitled Mike Tyson docuseries will be directed and executive produced by Floyd Russ and has yet to be given a release date, but we’ll be waiting.
Will you be checking out Netflix’s docuseries on The Champ? Let us know in the comments section below.
The life and times of beloved Swedish DJ/producer Avicii are celebrated in the first official trailer for the upcoming Netflix doc chronicling his life, Avicii – I’m Tim. The nearly two-minute preview of the film due out globally on Dec. 31 opens with an image of Avicii (born Tim Bergling) posted up behind his decks in front of a massive festival crowd as towering pyro flames fill the frame and the audience shouts “AVICII! AVICII!”
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Featuring voiceover narration recorded with the late global superstar before he died in 2018 at age 28 by suicide, the trailer flips through images of Avicii in his youth, landing on a snap of a teenage Tim strumming an acoustic guitar as he explains, “I’ve always loved music. I knew that whatever I wanted to do later in life, I wanted to do something creative.”
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He describes working on his music at home, constantly sending his tracks out in the hope that someone would notice. “In such a small time, he completely killed it,” says fellow global DJ superstar David Guetta. The focus then shifts to a series of pics and video clips of Avicii in the studio with stars including Coldplay’s Chris Martin, Chic’s Nile Rodgers and others, as Martin recalls that it was Avicii’s signature 2011 hit “Levels” that introduced him to Bergling’s music.
“I had that feeling that I get when I really love something,” Martin says about the inescapably catchy, Grammy-nominated house tune that topped the charts in the DJ’s native Sweden and became his signature hit. The trailer also hits on one of the most audacious, and successful, chances Avicii took in his life when he got booed after debuting the genre-busting Aloe Blacc collab “Wake Me Up” at the Ultra Music Festival in 2013 with a live band — including a banjo and two guitars. The song would go on to be his biggest hit, and his only top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, where it reached No. 4 in October 2013 on its way to more than three billion streams.
At the time, Avicii was “really broken about it,” according to the doc, with a voiceover noting that the constant jet-setting touring was “really taking a toll” on Bergling. “I was running after some idea of happiness that wasn’t my own,” Avicii says. “I didn’t like being a persona.”
Avicii struggled as the line between performer and persona got blurred, and in a poignant moment at the end of the sneak preview, the interviewer wonders what his answer would be if someone asked “What’s your story? Who are you?”
Haltingly, Bergling confirms, “I’m… Tim.”
The doc directed by Henrik Burman premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival earlier this year also features interviews with Avicii’s parents, friends, colleagues and fellow artists. Along with the documentary, Netflix will stream Avicii’s final performance at Ushuaïa Ibiza in August of 2016, his final live set before he stopped touring at 26.
Watch the trailer below.
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Mariah Carey will help the NFL kick off its first-ever Christmas Gameday on Netflix on Dec. 25. The streamer announced on Thursday (Dec. 21) that MC will star in the opening segment setting up the day’s two games with a pre-taped performance of her perennial holiday season chart-topper “All I Want For Christmas Is You.” […]
Johnny Ramone’s widow, Linda Cummings-Ramone, has won a legal victory over Joey Ramone‘s brother, Mickey Leigh, in their never-ending feud over control of the pioneering punk band’s legacy.
In a decision made public on Tuesday (Dec. 10), an arbitrator ruled that Leigh’s manager, David Frey, must be terminated as a director on the board of Ramones Productions Inc., the corporate entity that controls the Ramones’ music and other assets.
Ruling that Frey had breached his fiduciary duty to the company, the arbitrator said Leigh’s manager had “fostered a dysfunctional and disruptive relationship” with Cummings-Ramone and had engaged “in conduct that harms the Ramone brand, rather than promoting that brand.”
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“Mr. Frey has repeatedly engaged in disruptive and negative conduct that has been detrimental to RPI and promoting the legacy of the Ramones,” wrote Shira Scheindlin, a former federal district judge, in a ruling privately issued Dec. 5. “Undoubtedly this conduct has prevented RPI from achieving greater financial success. Mr. Frey’s conduct has harmed RPI.”
One of the major missteps cited by the arbitrator was Frey’s failure to seek Cummings-Ramone’s approval for a planned movie based on Leigh’s memoir, I Slept with Joey Ramone — a film project that Netflix announced in 2021 with actor Pete Davidson attached to star in the title role.
Scheindlin said Frey was “well-aware” of his obligation to obtain Cummings-Ramone’s consent “before agreeing to this project” since the movie would almost certainly feature the band’s music — the rights to which are owned by Ramones Productions. The judge also cited an email from Netflix that described the planned movie as not just a Joey biopic, but “the story of the Ramones.”
“Based on the preponderance of the credible evidence, Mr. Frey breached his duty of care, honesty and loyalty, in failing to present the [Netflix] deal to Ms. Cummings-Ramone and/or the Board of RPI for their approval,” the judge wrote.
In a statement to Billboard on Wednesday (Dec. 11), Cummings-Ramone said she was “thrilled” that they “will now finally be able to move forward and create and expand the legacy of the best band ever.”
“Preserving this legacy is not just a responsibility but a deeply personal mission for me,” she said. “I have dedicated my life to honoring and safeguarding the extraordinary contributions my husband and his band have made to music, culture, and the lives of millions around the world.”
An attorney representing both Hyman and Frey did not immediately return a request for comment on Wednesday.
Joey Ramone (real name Jeffrey Ross Hyman) and Johnny Ramone (John William Cummings) were not actually brothers, and they had a notoriously chilly relationship during their decades as bandmates. In the years since the two died in the 2000s, that feud has seemingly continued between Leigh and Cummings-Ramone.
As the executors of Joey’s and Johnny’s respective estates, Leigh and Cummings-Ramone each own half of Ramones Productions. But that partnership has not gone smoothly, with multiple lawsuits and arbitrations over the past decade.
The latest scuffle began in January, when Cummings-Ramone sued Leigh in New York state court, including allegations that he and Frey had “covertly” developed the “unauthorized” biopic. In the lawsuit, Cummings-Ramone said that any “authoritative story of the Ramones” would require her sign-off: “To permit defendants alone to tell the authoritative story of the Ramones would be an injustice to the band and its legacy.”
As one key part of that case, Cummings-Ramone demanded the removal of Frey as a director on the board of Ramones Productions — arguing that his “continued involvement and obfuscation remains a significant hurdle toward resolving even the most straightforward of operational issues.” In May, the judge overseeing the case ordered that issue to be resolved in arbitration before Scheindlin.
In her ruling granting that request, the arbitrator cited statements from Marky Ramone (Marc Bell) that Frey had been “extremely disruptive” and from C. J. Ramone (Christopher Joseph Ward) that “I do not believe he was ever working in the best interest of the Ramones’ legacy.” Scheindlin also cited an email from the company’s former accountant telling Frey: “You have made it impossible to do what needs to be done.”
“While I agree that there are two sides to every story, the overwhelming weight of the evidence establishes that Mr. Frey has fostered a dysfunctional and disruptive relationship with Ms. Cummings-Ramone, former band members, and RPI’s vendors and partners,” Scheindlin wrote in her decision. “This conduct has harmed RPI and its shareholders.”
In one particularly colorful passage, the judge described an incident this past summer in which the New York Mets had offered to let the Queens-based band celebrate its 50th anniversary by having Cummings-Ramone throw out a ceremonial first pitch at an August game. But Frey ultimately refused to grant approval for her to take part under the simpler name “Linda Ramone” — a key point of contention in their various legal wranglings over the years.
In her decision, Scheindlin said Frey had had “no credible basis to refuse to agree to Ms. Cummings-Ramone throwing out the first pitch using the name Linda Ramone” and had cost the band a valuable chance to boost its public profile.
“This was obviously a very high-profile opportunity to celebrate the band’s 50th Anniversary,” the arbitrator wrote in her ruling. “There was no reason to lose this opportunity other than to continue the animosity and dysfunction between the two shareholders and their representatives.”
The ruling, which must be confirmed by a New York judge, resolves only a single issue in the larger lawsuit and leaves other issues to be resolved in court. Leigh has also sued Cummings-Ramone in a separate lawsuit in federal court, accusing her of trademark infringement and other violations; that case also remains pending.
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Telling his story on his terms, Jamie Foxx revealed to the world and his fans in his new Netflix comedy special Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was what exactly was the medical emergency that almost took his life in 2023.
Screaming “I’m back!” while dancing and exciting the crowd, the talented multihyphenate revealed that doctors at the Piedmont Hospital just 400 yards away from the Atlanta theater saved his life.
Before he revealed the answer to the burning question, what was the “mystery illness” that almost ended his story? Foxx said while fighting tears, “Please, Lord, let me get through this.”
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As he promised, he told his story, but using comedy, revealing to the crowd, “April 11, I had a bad headache, and I asked my boy for Aspirin. I realized quickly that when you’re in a medical emergency, your boys don’t know what the f*** to do.”
He revealed that before he could even swallow the Aspirin, he was unconscious for weeks, even joking about some lackluster care he received from one doctor before he got to the root of the issue.
“I don’t remember 20 days,” Foxx told the crowd. His friends told him that one doctor they took him to gave him a cortisone shot and sent him on his way. “What the fuck is that?” Foxx joked. “I don’t know if you can do Yelps for doctors, but that’s half a star.”
But his sister, Deidra Dixon, knew her brother was in serious trouble. “She says, ‘Get him in the car. That ain’t my brother right there,’” Foxx revealed. “She drove around — she didn’t know anything about Piedmont Hospital, but she had a hunch that some angels [were] in there.”
At the hospital, doctors told Dixon her brother was “having a brain bleed that has led to a stroke,” and had they not caught it sooner, he would have died. “My sister knelt down outside the operating room and prayed the whole time,” Foxx continued.
He claims it “was kind of oddly peaceful,” speaking of being unconscious and adding, “I saw the tunnel. I didn’t see the light.” Foxx then joked, “It was hot in that tunnel. Shit, am I going to the wrong place in this motherfucker? Because I looked at the end of the tunnel, and I thought I saw the Devil like, ‘C’mon.’ Or is that Puffy [Sean Combs]?”
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Following his surgery, the doctor told Dixon he “may be able to make a full recovery, but it’s going to be the worst year of his life.” Foxx concurred: “That’s what it was.”
It was after that Dixon and his daughter Corinne Marie Foxx decided it was time to “cut it all off,” keeping all information from hitting the internet. “They didn’t want you to see me like that. And I didn’t want you to see me like that,” Foxx said while visibly choking up. “I want you to see me like this.”
When Foxx woke up at a Chicago rehabilitation center on May 4, he couldn’t understand why he was in a wheelchair and could not understand why he had a stroke because, as he puts it, “Jamie Foxx doesn’t have strokes.”
Foxx also shared an emotional story about his 14-year-old daughter sneaking into his room with her guitar to play songs for him, which helped his high vitals go down, also saving his life.
The comedian also did impressions of Katt Williams, Donald Trump, Denzel Washington, Dave Chappelle, Mike Tyson, and Jay-Z. He addressed conspiracy theories regarding him being a “clone” and made sure to remind folks he is a musical powerhouse as well.
Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was is now streaming on Netflix.
As promised, Jamie Foxx is opening up about the health scare that led to his hospitalization in 2023. In his new Netflix special, Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was…, Foxx details the brain bleed that led to him going off-the-radar for much of the past two years due after an April 2023 health emergency that led to the Oscar-winner’s hospitalization.
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“You have no idea how good this feels. Atlanta, I’m back,” Foxx says tearily in the special that dropped on Tuesday (Dec. 10), according to The Hollywood Reporter. “I was fighting for my life, but I’m here in front of you.” The emotional return to the stage — which has already picked up an early 2025 Golden Globe nomination for best performance in stand-up comedy on television — is described as a mixture of “laughter, music and sobering truth,” as Foxx gets candid with the crowd about his rehab and recovery.
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The special was filmed in Atlanta, which is where Foxx was when he became ill while filming his on-screen reunion with Cameron Diaz in the upcoming Netflix comedy Back in Action. It opens with a montage of videos of fans speculation about what happened to Foxx, with his daughter Corinne coming out first to thank the audience. “This is a special moment for me and my family. It is a blessing to even be here,” she says.
Foxx is emotional at first, wiping away tears, before diving into the red-hot internet rumor mill that revved up after his hospitalization, which was stoked by the lack of accurate information on what had befallen the 56-year-old star. “The internet tried to kill me, though,” he says. “They said I was paralyzed. They said I couldn’t walk. Well, look at me now.”
The tone then reportedly gets serious, as Foxx says that his team still doesn’t know exactly what happened to him on April 11, 2023, explaining that it all began as a very bad headache. “I don’t remember 20 days,” he says, noting that the first doctor he saw dismissed his symptoms, though his sister, Deidra Dixon, sensed something was seriously wrong and drove him around looking for a hospital to treat her brother; that hospital, Piedmont Hospital, is just around the corner from the Atlanta theater where the special was filmed.
A doctor there realized Foxx was having a “brain bleed” that led to a stroke and needed immediate surgery. He recalls that the doctor told Dixon that it was possible the actor would make a full recovery from the stroke, but that he was facing the “worst year of his life.” Foxx says that’s why he retreated from the public, remembering that he woke up on May 4 in a wheelchair with no recollection of what had happened.
“I saw the tunnel. I didn’t see the light,” Foxx says in the special. “It was hot in that tunnel. S–t, am I going to the wrong place in this motherf–ker? Because I looked at the end of the tunnel, and I thought I saw the devil, like, ‘C’mon.’ Or is that Puffy [Combs]?”
Foxx says it was hard to accept the diagnosis at first, but that a psychiatrist helped him focus, which led to what he describes as a deep conversation with God that helped him fight hard to recover by leaning into his humor. He says that his mantra became: “If I can stay funny, I can stay alive.” He also thanks his daughter Corinne for cutting off all access to him during that time, saying his family “didn’t want you to see me like that. And I didn’t want you to see me like that… I want you to see me like this.”
Though he was afraid during the first two weeks of hospitalization that he would die, Foxx gives 14-year-old daughter Anelise credit for sneaking into his hospital room and playing her guitar, a scene she recreates in the special. Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was… is streaming on Netflix now.
Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan teamed up for a holiday classic. In her new Netflix holiday special A Nonsense Christmas, which premiered on Friday (Dec. 6), the 25-year-old pop star invited special guest Roan for a festive duet of Wham!’s “Last Christmas.” Set in a scene evoking the aftermath of a lively holiday house party, […]
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Jamie Foxx’s health scare was the talk of social media for months, as fans and the world wanted to know exactly what was going on with the talented actor/musician that landed him in the hospital. We will find out in the upcoming Netflix special, Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was…‘
It was no secret that Foxx, who will also star in the upcoming Netflix action/comedy film Back In Action alongside Camron Diaz, was doing a stand-up comedy special that would solely focus on his still mysterious health scare, which led many to speculate what happened to the Hollywood icon.
Speaking with the African American Film Critics Association, Foxx promised to tell the world what landed him in the hospital as long as he could “do it in a funny way,” and he has kept that promise.
In the first trailer for the special, that is Foxx’s way of giving back to his fans who have supported him throughout his career and during his health scare, he tells the audience, “If I can stay funny, I can stay alive.”
Netflix describes the special: “Jamie expresses deep gratitude to those who prayed and supported his recovery, turning this performance into a touching thank you to his fans. This comedy event is a celebration of resilience, humor, and the power of community, reminding us all of the healing power of laughter.”
Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was… is directed by Hamish Hamilton. Hamilton also serves as an executive producer along with Foxx, Marcus King, Datari Turner, James Longman, Raj Kapoor, and Katy Mullan.
Foxx’s tentpole Foxxhole Productions and Done + Dusted are also producing. The special premieres on Netflix on December 10. Peep the trailer below.
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Netflix is reporting a knockout in terms of views for its mega-fight between “Iron” Mike Tyson and Jake Paul, which took place live last Friday (November 15). Despite some technical issues experienced by some users, Netflix shared viewing numbers for the event via a press release and boasted over 108 million live viewers from around the world.
The Mike Tyson and Jake Paul fight had its fair share of critics ahead of the bout and Netflix took a lot of the blame but once the ship righted itself, things were smooth even if the main event didn’t go the way many hoped. That said, TVision, which captures viewership data and related insights, reported that 56% of all television viewers in the United States tuned in for the main event.
Netflix also highlighted an early contender for Fight of the Year with Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano running it back a second time with Taylor, the reigning WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, and IBO light-welterweight champion. The bout was brutal with Serrano, a Puerto Rican fighter raised in Brooklyn, N.Y., outpunching Taylor and doing so with a nasty eye injury but ultimately losing in a controversial decision.
To get into the weeds of the numbers, Tyson and Paul captured an estimated average minute audience (AMA) of around 108 million live viewers from around the world, and those eyes stayed on the streaming service through the weekend with over 125 million estimated AMA.
In comparison, the Taylor-Serrano fight averaged around 74 million live viewers around the world and is reportedly the most-watched professional women’s sporting event in United States history. In addition, in the States, their fight garnered 47 million AMA.
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The fight was the top title on Netflix with 46.6 million viewers last weekend. It was also the top-rated title in 78 countries, including the United Kingdom, Canada, Mexico, Italy, and South Africa, among other countries. The fight was also a top 10 title in 91 countries worldwide for the week of November 11-17.
According to Joe Hand Promotions, an estimated 1 million viewers watched the event across 6,000 bars in the United States, which stands as a record for commercial distribution of a combat sports event in the company’s history. And on social media, the fight dominated the top 10 trending topic slots due to the technical issues and the fight itself.
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Monday Night Raw, the long-running live WWE wrestling program featuring some of the promotion’s biggest names, will soon get the Netflix treatment in a live airing happening at the top of next year. During the broadcast, Travis Scott will be on hand to deliver a new theme song at the Intuit Dome for Monday Night Raw according to WWE Chief Content Officer, Triple H.
The news was announced on the second night of ComplexCon during Travis Scott’s closing set, held on the main stage at the Los Angeles Convention Center. As seen on video, Triple H, real name Paul Levesque, came out on stage with a WWE belt in hand and shared that Scott will be bringing the rage with the new Monday Night Raw theme song in the promotion’s first live show via Netflix, which is jumping into the live sports arena with two feet.
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The announcement was made by WWE Chief Content Officer Paul “Triple H” Levesque and Travis Scott on stage from his sold-out concert at ComplexCon in Las Vegas. Scott, who will be at the January 6 Netflix debut, also revealed his new music will serve as the theme song for RAW.
The premiere episode of Monday Night RAW on Netflix will feature some of the biggest names in WWE such as John Cena, Undisputed WWE Champion “The American Nightmare” Cody Rhodes, Roman Reigns, CM Punk, Bianca Belair, in addition to many other Superstars and surprise guests.
This partnership marks a new era for WWE fans, with the much-anticipated debut of live weekly programming with can’t-miss action unfolding 52-weeks a year on Netflix.
Tickets for the Netflix debut of WWE’s Monday Night Raw will go on sale this coming Friday (November 22) at 10 am PT/1 pm ET by way of Ticketmaster.
A presale event launches on Wednesday (November 2) at 10 am PT/1 pm ET. To sign up for an exclusive presale offer, click here. Raw priority passes are also available from the On Location platform, offering exclusive promotions for the biggest fans. Learn more here.
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