Broadway hit Matilda has picked up steam ahead of the Tony Awards next month (Jun13) by scooping five top prizes at the 2013 Drama Desk Awards on Sunday (19May13).

Former boxing champion-turned-actor Mike Tyson is getting animated to star as a crime-solving detective in a new TV series.

At Adult Swim's upfront presentation, new projects unveiled include a crime-solving Mike Tyson cartoon and new pilots from Aaron McGruder, Dan Harmon, Matthew Senreich, and Bryan Cranston

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Former boxing champ Mike Tyson wants to take his acting ambitions to the next level by tackling the works of William Shakespeare.

Mike Tyson has revealed he was in a daze while shooting his iconic comedy scenes in The Hangover because he was still battling substance abuse issues at the time.

Tom Hanks, Nathan Lane, Tom Sturridge and Cyndi Lauper are among the stars set for glory at this year's (13) Tony Awards after landing a series of top nominations.

See the full list of nominees here.

Mike Tyson was horrified when an ex-girlfriend cooked and ate one of his beloved racing pigeons.

Carl Williams, the heavyweight boxer who lost a controversial points decision to Larry Holmes in a classic 1985 fight, has died, aged 53.