HBO’s upcoming documentary series on Shaquille O’Neal has been given a Nov. 23 premiere date, Variety has learned.
The four-part docuseries will span four weeks, with new episodes airing each Wednesday at 9 p.m. Et/Pt on HBO. Viewers will also be able to stream on HBO Max.
Hailing from director Robert Alexander, “Shaq” details the life of the legendary Lakers champion O’Neal from sports phenom to cultural figure. Per HBO, the doc “chronicles Shaq’s ascent to superstardom, as a dominant force who won four NBA championships, league Mvp honors, and changed the game. It also encompasses his life off the court, from his upbringing in a military family to his deepest personal relationships and prosperous broadcasting and business careers.”
“We kept this documentary real from the start, and I do feel like it is the most honest look into my life and career up until this point.
The four-part docuseries will span four weeks, with new episodes airing each Wednesday at 9 p.m. Et/Pt on HBO. Viewers will also be able to stream on HBO Max.
Hailing from director Robert Alexander, “Shaq” details the life of the legendary Lakers champion O’Neal from sports phenom to cultural figure. Per HBO, the doc “chronicles Shaq’s ascent to superstardom, as a dominant force who won four NBA championships, league Mvp honors, and changed the game. It also encompasses his life off the court, from his upbringing in a military family to his deepest personal relationships and prosperous broadcasting and business careers.”
“We kept this documentary real from the start, and I do feel like it is the most honest look into my life and career up until this point.
- 10/20/2022
- by BreAnna Bell
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Robert Alexander and his company Hardware Studio have signed with CAA for representation.
Alexander is an Emmy Award-winning director and producer who works in documentary and narrative, and leads a number of production teams at the executive level. He is the CEO of Hardware Studio, a full-service company that produces documentary, narrative, and premium photography content. He founded the company alongside Katy Murakami.
Alexander is the director of HBO’s The Shop, where he works alongside LeBron James and Maverick Carter. He also directed and produced A Man Named Scott, the Kid Cudi documentary for Amazon.
He also has numerous consulting-producer credits, including Jagged, Listening to Kenny G, and Don’t Try to Understand It: A Year in the Life of Earl “Dmx” Simmons.
Alexander is an Emmy Award-winning director and producer who works in documentary and narrative, and leads a number of production teams at the executive level. He is the CEO of Hardware Studio, a full-service company that produces documentary, narrative, and premium photography content. He founded the company alongside Katy Murakami.
Alexander is the director of HBO’s The Shop, where he works alongside LeBron James and Maverick Carter. He also directed and produced A Man Named Scott, the Kid Cudi documentary for Amazon.
He also has numerous consulting-producer credits, including Jagged, Listening to Kenny G, and Don’t Try to Understand It: A Year in the Life of Earl “Dmx” Simmons.
- 8/17/2022
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
The 2021 summer film festival season is continuing forward, slightly off-kilter, with Tribeca in June and Cannes in July, before the fall season takes off with in Venice, Telluride, Toronto and New York. The American Film Institute’s AFI Docs 2021 (June 22-27), which is skewed toward the virtual, (much like the lockdown iteration of 2020), will screen 77 Films from 23 countries, opening with Garrett Bradley’s “Naomi Osaka”, a world premiere of the upcoming mini-series about the tennis champion, and closing with Isabel Bethencourt and Parker Hill’s Sundance 2021 premiere “Cusp.” Morgan Neville’s Tribeca 2021 debut “Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain” as the centerpiece gala.
Like last year, all the films will be available to view online at Docs.AFI.com, plus in-person screenings at the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center in Silver Spring, Maryland. Select films will be available with closed captioning and descriptive audio. 52 percent of the films are directed by women,...
Like last year, all the films will be available to view online at Docs.AFI.com, plus in-person screenings at the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center in Silver Spring, Maryland. Select films will be available with closed captioning and descriptive audio. 52 percent of the films are directed by women,...
- 5/26/2021
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
The 2021 summer film festival season is continuing forward, slightly off-kilter, with Tribeca in June and Cannes in July, before the fall season takes off with in Venice, Telluride, Toronto and New York. The American Film Institute’s AFI Docs 2021 (June 22-27), which is skewed toward the virtual, (much like the lockdown iteration of 2020), will screen 77 Films from 23 countries, opening with Garrett Bradley’s “Naomi Osaka”, a world premiere of the upcoming mini-series about the tennis champion, and closing with Isabel Bethencourt and Parker Hill’s Sundance 2021 premiere “Cusp.” Morgan Neville’s Tribeca 2021 debut “Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain” as the centerpiece gala.
Like last year, all the films will be available to view online at Docs.AFI.com, plus in-person screenings at the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center in Silver Spring, Maryland. Select films will be available with closed captioning and descriptive audio. 52 percent of the films are directed by women,...
Like last year, all the films will be available to view online at Docs.AFI.com, plus in-person screenings at the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center in Silver Spring, Maryland. Select films will be available with closed captioning and descriptive audio. 52 percent of the films are directed by women,...
- 5/26/2021
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
The American Film Institute has announced the slate for its hybrid 2021 edition from June 22-27. Titles include the centerpiece screening of Morgan Neville’s “Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain,” while Garrett Bradley’s “Naomi Osaka” will open the festival and “Cusp” is the closing night selection.
Held in Silver Spring, MD and on docs.afi.com, the lineup features 77 films from 23 countries, including four world premieres. The festival’s programming will feature 52% of the films directed by women, 40% by Bipoc directors and 18% by LGBTQ directors.
“We are living in the Golden Age of documentary film,” said Sarah Harris, AFI Festivals Director of Programming. “At AFI Docs, we are proud to celebrate excellence in the films of 2021 – connecting audiences across the nation, engaging them in lively conversation and inspiring them with both the unprecedented challenges and the breathtaking beauty of the world around us.”
Other titles in the features section...
Held in Silver Spring, MD and on docs.afi.com, the lineup features 77 films from 23 countries, including four world premieres. The festival’s programming will feature 52% of the films directed by women, 40% by Bipoc directors and 18% by LGBTQ directors.
“We are living in the Golden Age of documentary film,” said Sarah Harris, AFI Festivals Director of Programming. “At AFI Docs, we are proud to celebrate excellence in the films of 2021 – connecting audiences across the nation, engaging them in lively conversation and inspiring them with both the unprecedented challenges and the breathtaking beauty of the world around us.”
Other titles in the features section...
- 5/26/2021
- by Pat Saperstein
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Peacock is teaming with LeBron James and Maverick Carter’s Uninterrupted on Golden, a docuseries about women’s gymnasts vying for a spot on the U.S. team heading to the Tokyo Olympics.
The six-episode series tracks five hopefuls competing for four spots on the U.S. Olympic team. A premiere date has not yet been confirmed for the show, which is part of a broad array of live and on-demand Tokyo programming heading to NBCUniversal platforms.
Golden features Laurie Hernandez, Morgan Hurd, Sunisa Lee, Konnor McClain, and MyKayla Skinner. A major theme will be the coronavirus pandemic, which forced the postponement of the Games from 2020 to 2021 and also dramatically altered athletes’ preparations and training.
Each hour-long episode of Golden will center on one of the individual gymnasts, with storylines of the other competitors woven into the narrative. Hernandez is known to Olympic viewers for winning a gold medal...
The six-episode series tracks five hopefuls competing for four spots on the U.S. Olympic team. A premiere date has not yet been confirmed for the show, which is part of a broad array of live and on-demand Tokyo programming heading to NBCUniversal platforms.
Golden features Laurie Hernandez, Morgan Hurd, Sunisa Lee, Konnor McClain, and MyKayla Skinner. A major theme will be the coronavirus pandemic, which forced the postponement of the Games from 2020 to 2021 and also dramatically altered athletes’ preparations and training.
Each hour-long episode of Golden will center on one of the individual gymnasts, with storylines of the other competitors woven into the narrative. Hernandez is known to Olympic viewers for winning a gold medal...
- 4/19/2021
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
Taylor Swift and Katy Perry are two of the biggest pop stars (and, equally important, cat lovers) in the world, which means a lot of people have a lot of thoughts on their lives. A popular fan theory is that the two have been embroiled in a long-running feud, but most of the supposed drama has really played out through elusive quotes in magazine profiles and subtweets that don’t really say anything at all – until now.
In October, both Perry and Swift attended Drake’s birthday party, with no drama to report. Yet a few days later at a Kanye West concert,...
In October, both Perry and Swift attended Drake’s birthday party, with no drama to report. Yet a few days later at a Kanye West concert,...
- 6/12/2017
- by Laura Cohen and Maria Yagoda
- PEOPLE.com
How much is a ticket to the gun show?
That appears to be the question on Frankie Grande's mind when he should be focused on the home gym he's bidding for on The Price Is Right.
"I'm so distracted right now," Ariana Grande's brother says in an exclusive sneak peek at The Price Is Right's upcoming primetime special as fellow former Big Brother contestant Jessie Godderz and Price Is Right model James O'Halloran show off their bulging biceps.
"I think I lost my partner," says his co-bidder Katy.
Grande and Godderz will appear alongside other former Big Brother...
That appears to be the question on Frankie Grande's mind when he should be focused on the home gym he's bidding for on The Price Is Right.
"I'm so distracted right now," Ariana Grande's brother says in an exclusive sneak peek at The Price Is Right's upcoming primetime special as fellow former Big Brother contestant Jessie Godderz and Price Is Right model James O'Halloran show off their bulging biceps.
"I think I lost my partner," says his co-bidder Katy.
Grande and Godderz will appear alongside other former Big Brother...
- 5/23/2016
- by Patrick Gomez, @PatrickGomezLA
- People.com - TV Watch
How much is a ticket to the gun show? That appears to be the question on Frankie Grande's mind when he should be focused on the home gym he's bidding for on The Price Is Right. "I'm so distracted right now," Ariana Grande's brother says in an exclusive sneak peek at The Price Is Right's upcoming primetime special as fellow former Big Brother contestant Jessie Godderz and Price Is Right model James O'Halloran show off their bulging biceps."I think I lost my partner," says his co-bidder Katy. Grande and Godderz will appear alongside other former Big Brother...
- 5/23/2016
- by Patrick Gomez, @PatrickGomezLA
- PEOPLE.com
Katy Perry was inspired to dress like a geisha because she digs the fashion. That's all. "Katy and I both love Japan," the pop star's stylist, America's Next Top Model creative director Johnny Wujek, exclusively tells E! News, explaining the inspiration behind the kimono-style gown that she wore to sing "Unconditionally" last night at the 2013 American Music Awards. Her outfit and the staging have drawn criticism for glorifying what amounted to the indentured servitude of women, one of the darker aspects of historical Japanese culture. "The people are so kind, there's so much there visually," explains Wujek, who would not comment on the backlash....
- 11/26/2013
- E! Online
Let the celebrating and the snub-based outrage begin!
Nominations for the 2012 Emmy Awards were announced today. Did your favorite series, actor or actress make the cut? The ceremony will air live on ABC on September 23 and TV Fanatic will provide plenty of commentary and coverage over the coming days.
For now, on to the names of the nominees...
Best Drama Series
Boardwalk Empire
Breaking Bad
Downton Abbey
Game of Thrones
Homeland
Mad Men
Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Katy Bates, Harry's Law
Glenn Close, Damages
Claire Danes, Homeland
Michelle Dockery, Downton Abbey
Julianna Marguiles, The Good Wife
Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men
Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Hugh Bonneville, Downton Abbey
Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Michael C. Hall, Dexter
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Damien Lewis, Homeland
Supporting Actor in a Drama
Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad
Giancarlo Esposito, Breaking Bad
Brendan Coyle, Downton Abbey
Jim Carter,...
Nominations for the 2012 Emmy Awards were announced today. Did your favorite series, actor or actress make the cut? The ceremony will air live on ABC on September 23 and TV Fanatic will provide plenty of commentary and coverage over the coming days.
For now, on to the names of the nominees...
Best Drama Series
Boardwalk Empire
Breaking Bad
Downton Abbey
Game of Thrones
Homeland
Mad Men
Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Katy Bates, Harry's Law
Glenn Close, Damages
Claire Danes, Homeland
Michelle Dockery, Downton Abbey
Julianna Marguiles, The Good Wife
Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men
Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Hugh Bonneville, Downton Abbey
Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Michael C. Hall, Dexter
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Damien Lewis, Homeland
Supporting Actor in a Drama
Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad
Giancarlo Esposito, Breaking Bad
Brendan Coyle, Downton Abbey
Jim Carter,...
- 7/19/2012
- by matt@mediavine.com (Matt Richenthal)
- TVfanatic
On Saturday March 23 the 2012 GLAAD Media Awards kicked off in New York City with a gala event hosted by "Glee" stars Naya Rivera and Cory Monteith.
The first of three events -- the other two will take place in Los Angeles on April 21 and San Francisco on June 2 -- included a who's who of the Lgbt community and its allies like actress Dakota Fanning, hip-hop icon Russell Simmons, "Top Chef" star Padma Lakshmi, Olympic figure skater Johnny Weir, the Food Network's Ted Allen, Wendy Williams, Jay Manuel and Isis King from "America's Next Top Model" and more.
GLAAD's Acting President Mike Thompson noted in a blog he penned for HuffPost Gay Voices:
"The events, which help fund GLAAD's storytelling and media advocacy work, not only celebrate and recognize the best of the best in Lgbt-inclusive journalism, film, music, television, and more; they also serve as a benchmark for the media industry,...
The first of three events -- the other two will take place in Los Angeles on April 21 and San Francisco on June 2 -- included a who's who of the Lgbt community and its allies like actress Dakota Fanning, hip-hop icon Russell Simmons, "Top Chef" star Padma Lakshmi, Olympic figure skater Johnny Weir, the Food Network's Ted Allen, Wendy Williams, Jay Manuel and Isis King from "America's Next Top Model" and more.
GLAAD's Acting President Mike Thompson noted in a blog he penned for HuffPost Gay Voices:
"The events, which help fund GLAAD's storytelling and media advocacy work, not only celebrate and recognize the best of the best in Lgbt-inclusive journalism, film, music, television, and more; they also serve as a benchmark for the media industry,...
- 3/25/2012
- by Noah Michelson
- Huffington Post
By Amy Wilkinson
Tyra Bank's long-running runway competition series, "America's Next Top Model," sashays back to The CW for its 17th cycle tomorrow night (9/8 C), and in a juicy twist, this season reunites some of the show's most-talked about contestants for an all-star stomp out. Who will be runway road kill? You'll just have to tune in to find out!
But when we caught up with Ms. Banks recently to talk about "Antm"'s latest iteration, we couldn't help but wonder—if given the opportunity—which starlets she'd like to see strut their stuff on her series.
Read on and watch the video above to find out who!
"There's a couple of people," she said. "I think Katy Perry has the spunk, that 'You're not going to get me down and I'm gonna rock this, I'm gonna do this' attitude. She seems like the kind of person that would compete and talk back to judges,...
Tyra Bank's long-running runway competition series, "America's Next Top Model," sashays back to The CW for its 17th cycle tomorrow night (9/8 C), and in a juicy twist, this season reunites some of the show's most-talked about contestants for an all-star stomp out. Who will be runway road kill? You'll just have to tune in to find out!
But when we caught up with Ms. Banks recently to talk about "Antm"'s latest iteration, we couldn't help but wonder—if given the opportunity—which starlets she'd like to see strut their stuff on her series.
Read on and watch the video above to find out who!
"There's a couple of people," she said. "I think Katy Perry has the spunk, that 'You're not going to get me down and I'm gonna rock this, I'm gonna do this' attitude. She seems like the kind of person that would compete and talk back to judges,...
- 9/13/2011
- by MTV News
- MTV Newsroom
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