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Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Kevin Hart‘s Hartbeat has appointed Jay Levine, who previously spent more than a decade at Warner Bros. and WarnerMedia, as CEO. Levine takes over the chief executive role from Thai Randolph, who exited Hartbeat last fall after seven years with the company.

Former Warner Bros. exec Jay Levine has joined Kevin Hart‘s Hartbeat as its new chief executive officer. Levine replaces ex-CEO Thai Randolph, who exited the company in November after nearly seven years at the helm.

EXCLUSIVE: Nick Kyrgios, the bad boy of tennis, is launching his own talk show.

Meredith Woerner Deputy Editor, Variety.com Between “Beckham,” “Quarterback” and the nationally captivating “The Last Dance,” we are clearly living in our peak sports docuseries era. And now four-time, NBA champion LeBron James and hall of famers Peyton Manning have combined with the Obamas’ production company to contribute their own sports series centered around the NBA, Variety has confirmed.

LeBron James was living it up in The Six.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Count NBA MVP Joel Embiid among the athletes looking to make their way into the media industry. The six-time NBA All-Star is launching Miniature Géant, a new production studio, in partnership with The SpringHill Company, the media company backed by LeBron James and Maverick Carter. “We want to do as much as we can to inspire,” says Embiid, who has galvanized sports fans by overcoming injuries early in his career for the Philadelphia 76ers, which he joined in 2014. He adds: “I want it to be successful, but I want it done the right way. The whole goal is just to try to tell people stories, and use my platform to inspire the next generation.”

EXCLUSIVE: Former NFL player Andrew Hawkins and his Parks Tower Studios banner have entered into a co-production agreement with RTG Features, the sister studio to basketball-focused media company Slam, to develop and produce a slate of cross-platform scripted and unscripted projects that spotlight sports and culture. 

EXCLUSIVE: Uninterrupted a brand within The SpringHill Company, founded by LeBron James and Maverick Carter, is partnering with the creators of The Game Changers documentary to produce its sequel.

Sophia Scorziello editor AMC Theaters has partnered with Grindstone Entertainment and Roadside Attractions for an exclusive U.S. release of Uninterrupted’s documentary “Black Ice.” The film reveals a long history of racism in the hockey world as told by both past and Black hockey players. In a sport where only around 5% of professional players are Black, the documentary will give insight into the relationship between the NHL and athletes of color. “Black Ice” is directed by Hubert Davis and is executive produced by LeBron James, Maverick Carter, Drake and Future. The film premiered at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival where it was the People’s Choice documentary winner. “Black Ice” will make its U.S. debut in AMC theaters starting July 14.

Naman Ramachandran A feature documentary on champion athlete Carl Lewis will be the first film under the Noah Media Group‘s recently revealed multi-million dollar content fund. The documentary will be executive produced by Uninterrupted, the Emmy-winning athlete empowerment brand founded by LeBron James and Maverick Carter. In a record-breaking career spanning 18 years, Lewis won nine Olympic gold medals in track and field and was voted Sportsman of the Century by the International Olympic Committee. Currently in production, the film will explore the man behind the medals, with exclusive access to his family, closest friends and an unseen, vast archive. It will show the transformational impact Lewis’s career had – both in his sport and in wider society – and is set against a contemporary narrative as Lewis, now a coach and politically engaged, confronts issues around his country’s future.

EXCLUSIVE: J.R. Smith, a two-time NBA champion, is changing his focus from basketball to golf in a four-part docuseries for Amazon.

The life of late rapper Nipsey Hussle will be chronicled in a docuseries produced by his company Marathon Films and LeBron James and Maverick Carter's SpringHill studio, as a teaser was released Tuesday.The teaser showcases previously unseen footage of the rap star - who was fatally shot outside of his South Los Angeles clothing shop in March of 2019 - when he was growing up in the Crenshaw neighborhood of Los Angeles amid a time of social unrest in the 1990s.It will show how the rapper professionally ascended with projects such as his 2005 mixtape Slauson Boy, his record label All Money In, Marathon Agency and his Marathon Clothing store. The latest: The life of late rapper Nipsey Hussle will be chronicled in a docuseries produced by his company Marathon Films and LeBron James and Maverick Carter's SpringHill studio, as a teaser was released TuesdayJames said in a news release that 'it's an incredible honor for SpringHill to have a part in sharing Nipsey's story and legacy with the world,' crediting the late artist as someone who 'used his gift to give back to his community and lived what it means to inspire, empower, and uplift others along the way.'His words, his ambition, and his actions stick with me to this day as he continues to inspire myself, our company, and people everywhere.' The docuseries will include interviews with those close to the later rapper, including Snoop Dogg and Sean 'Diddy' Combs, his longtime partner Lauren London, and his brother, Samiel 'Blacc Sam' Asghedom, who called his late sibling 'a man of the people' in a news release.'He often said his purpose in life was to inspire,' Asghedom said.

A docuseries about the life of the late, great Nipsey Hussle is in the works from LeBron James and Maverick Carter’s Springhill and Hussle’s Marathon Films. The as-yet untitled docuseries tells Hussle’s life story, from his days as a young boy growing up in Crenshaw, to the musician and activist he became in the later years of his life. It features exclusive access to Nipsey’s inner circle, never-before-seen archival footage, and interviews with more than 50 collaborators including Snoop Dogg, Kendrick Lamar, Diddy, and Nipsey’s longtime partner, Lauren London.

MRC said Monday that it was not moving forward with its recently completed documentary about Kanye West, the news coming amid growing criticism of the rapper/entrepreneur’s recent anti-Semitic statements.

Apparently, Kanye West isn’t too concerned about fashion brands severing ties from him amid his string of controversies.

EXCLUSIVE: Yvonne Senat Jones (Sneakerella, Gone in the Night) has been cast in a recurring role in the Disney+ Original series, The Crossover.

Get ready to party with a reboot of one of the hottest big-screen hits of 1990.

New Line’s reboot of House Party, which was originally suppose to go to HBO Max, but was given a theatrical release, will now open on Jan. 13, 2023 rather than Dec. 9, 2022.

Kanye West taped an episode of The Shop, the HBO talk show starring LeBron James, that was deemed unbroadcastable after he repeated "hate speech and extremely dangerous stereotypes," SpringHill Company CEO Maverick Carter has told Andscape. Carter, who runs SpringHill alongside N.B.A. All-Star James and co-hosts the series, said he took full responsibility for welcoming Ye to the show during a period in which he has worn a T-shirt bearing the slogan "White Lives Matter" and been temporarily banned from both Instagram and Twitter for posting offensive messages, including a threat against Jewish people.

Well, Tucker Carlson wasn’t the only one who got a disturbing interview with Kanye West — it’s just that not everyone thought it was a good idea to air his ramblings as though they were pearls of truth from a misunderstood genius.