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As the UK general election heats up, John Oliver is taking a look at his country’s options… and a social media moment that lives in his head rent-free. On Sunday’s episode of Last Week Tonight, the comedian took aim at all political parties, including Labour Party Leader Keir Starmer for not having a…

ChainFest, a chain food celebration that held its inaugural edition in LA last year, is passing the baton to Medium Rare, a fast growing  producer of live events and manager of brands, in a multiyear deal. B.J. Novak of The Office, who founded ChainFest with chef Tim Hollingsworth , helped attract a…

EXCLUSIVE: ABC is adding to its collection of game shows. The network has picked up Lucky 13, which will be hosted by Shaquille O'Neal and Gina Rodriguez and is exec produced by Kevin Bacon. The series is produced by Studio 1, the company run by Adrian Woolfe, who was part of the original…

EXCLUSIVE: Prime Video has greenlit The Money Game, a docuseries tracking the revolutionary impact of “name, image and likeness” (NIL) policies on college sports. Campfire Studios, Axios Media, and Shaquille O'Neal's Jersey Legends, a division of Authentic Studios, are producers on the project, which…

Shaquille O’Neal is ringing in the new year with his own virtual reality special in partnership with Meta. The Shaq-tacular Spectacular is an interactive VR New Year's Eve countdown that will feature performances by Cardi B, Ludacris, Lil Yachty, Killer Mike, Whipped Cream, and DJ Diesel (aka…

Special purpose acquisition companies—known as SPACs—have been all the rage in the world of investment for the last two years, and they've made a mark in the media space, but is the trend slowing down? Known as 'blank check companies', SPACs are publicly traded investment vehicles that raise capital solely to acquire…

Updated from original 4:19 p.m. story with quotes from Proudfoot’s acceptance speech. Proper recognition for the achievements of Lusia “Lucy” Harris has been a long time coming, but it happened emphatically tonight at the Academy Awards. The Queen of Basketball, which documents Harris's unsung accomplishment as one of…

EXCLUSIVE: Nick Jonas is joining NBC competition series Dancing with Myself as Shaquille O'Neal exits. The move comes as technical difficulties during rehearsals for the non-scripted show hit production, forcing producers to push things a few days. Deadline understands that there were issues with some of the elaborate…

Shaquille O’Neal and Liza Koshy have joined NBC’s Dancing With Myself as creators alongside Shakira. The dance challenge series also announced Camille Kostek is set to host. Inspired by the millions tuning in to watch the latest dance crazes on social media, Dancing with Myself will see a group of everyday people…

EXCLUSIVE: NBA All-Star Shaquille O'Neal is booking theaters in Los Angeles this weekend for free screenings of The Queen of Basketball, in honor of Lusia "Lucy" Harris, the late subject of the Oscar-shortlisted documentary. Harris, who led Delta State University in Mississippi to three national championships in the…

UPDATED: A judge has handed the organizers of the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival a win by granting a temporary restraining order against the advertisers of a New Year’s Eve event with a similar name, according to court papers obtained today. The judge also ordered Live Nation to stop promoting the New Year’s…

EXCLUSIVE: Basketball legend Shaquille O'Neal wants the world to know about an overlooked star of the game, Lusia "Lucy" Harris, the woman Shaq calls "the greatest of all time." "She’s a power center. I’m a power center. She was dominant," O'Neal tells Deadline about Harris. "For a long time she was denied the…