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Kevin Hart to Star in ‘Fight Night’ Crime Drama at Peacock
Rick Porter
December 13, 2023
The NBCUniversal streamer has ordered a limited series titled Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist that will tell the story of an armed robbery orchestrated around Muhammad Ali’s 1970 comeback fight in Atlanta. Hart will star in the series.
Stuff They Don’t Want You To Know (iHeart.com)
Featured Interview
Jeff Keating
July 14, 2021
Featured podcast interview by Ben Bowlin, Matt Frederick, and Noel Brown, hosts of the highly acclaimed Stuff They Don’t Want You To Know podcast. Since 2008, Stuff They Don’t Want You To Know has delved into the murky world of everything from cults to lost cosmonauts and allegations of the paranormal, applying critical thinking to the world’s most prevalent conspiracy theories and, more often than not, discovering the disturbing grains of truth hidden in the heart of paranoia.
2021 Atlanta Film Festival (atlantafilmfestival.com)
Creative Conference
Jeff Keating and Linda Burns
April 15, 2021
Celebrating its 45th year, the Atlanta Film Festival is the region’s preeminent celebration of cinema. The organization offers entertainment, networking, education & professional development year-round. Jeff Keating joins the 2021 Atlanta Film Festival’s Creative Conference where he speaks with Producer and Creative Conference Director Linda Burns about the challenges of turning a screenplay into a podcast.
iHeart (blog.iheart.com)
Creater Mondays
Jeff Keating
November 23, 2020
Looking for a new way to get inspired and start the week off the right way? Grab a cup of coffee and join us for a brand new series: “Creator Mondays.” Each week, we sit down with one of the incredible hosts from our iHeartRadio community to talk podcasts, hosting life, Monday motivation routines and much more! This week, we’re joined by award-winning documentarian, writer and historian, Jeff Keating!
Atlanta Journal-Constitution (ajc.com)
by Rodney Ho
‘Fight Night’ podcast travels back 50 years to Muhammad Ali fight in Atlanta
November 13, 2020
When robbers steal from bad guys at a post-fight Atlanta party, what happens next?
NPR and WABE 90.1 (wabe.org)
Closer Look with Rose Scott
50 Years Later, Remembering Muhammad Ali’s Historic Return To Boxing In Atlanta
October 29, 2020
50 Years Later, Remembering Muhammad Ali’s Historic Return To Boxing In Atlanta
Ali famously returned to the ring in October 1970 after more than three years of being banned from the sport due to his refusal to join the military. On today’s Closer Look with Rose track and field Olympic gold medalist Edwin Moses and Ron Brashear, a boxing historian and author, take listeners back to that night. Plus, a new podcast tells the story a “Million Dollar Heist” from that same night. Maurice Hobson, Associate Professor of African American Studies and Historian at Georgia State University, and Jeff Keating, host of the podcast, Fight Night, tell us more about what happened the night of October 26, 1970. The post 50 Years Later, Remembering Muhammad Ali’s Historic Return To Boxing In Atlanta appeared first on 90.1 FM WABE.
Deadline Hollywood (deadline.com)
by Peter White
Will Packer To Produce True-Crime Podcast Series About Muhammad Ali Fight Night Heist For iHeartMedia
October 19, 2020
EXCLUSIVE: The story of an infamous armed robbery after Muhammad Ali’s historic 1970 comeback fight is the subject of a new true-crime podcast series from Will Packer.
Atlanta Film Festival
Livestream Interview Moderated by Karen Ceesay
Jeff Keating: Creative Conference Panelist
August 13, 2020
ATLFF went live with filmmakers at the 44th Atlanta Film Festival! Each year ATLFF presents 11 days worth of films from talented filmmakers across the globe. In anticipation of our 2020 festival, ATLFF hosted interviews with filmmakers from our 2020 official selections and Creative Conference panelists, moderated by Karen Ceesay. Each interview provides a behind the scenes look into the upcoming festival and the films we program. August 13th at 7 PM EST featured her exclusive interview with filmmaker Jeff Keating.
Press Release
iHeartMedia
iHeartMedia, Doghouse Pictures and Will Packer Media Team Up to Launch “Fight Night” – A True Crime Podcast That Delves Deep into One of Atlanta’s Largest, Most Notorious Heists
New York – October 19, 2020
iHeartMedia, the No. 1 commercial podcast publisher globally, Georgia-based production company Doghouse Pictures and Will Packer Media today announced the launch of “Fight Night,” a new iHeartRadio Original true crime podcast. The podcast, hosted by Jeff Keating and co-produced by recordbreaking producer Will Packer and James Lopez, President of Will Packer Productions, examines one of Atlanta’s most infamous armed robbery from the night of Muhammad Ali’s historic 1970 return after being banned from boxing for refusing to enter the military draft.