A new documentary will detail singer Celine Dion’s battle with the rare neurological condition Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) and the lengths she has gone to to carry on performing. I Am: Celine Dion, which has been acquired by Amazon Prime Video, promises to provide insight into a pivotal period in the star’s life. Dion (55) […]
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Documentary on We Are The World goes inside recording of 1985 charity single
Nearly 40 years ago, the biggest music stars in the world crammed into a recording studio in Los Angeles for an all-night session that they hoped might alter music history. Fans get a chance to almost step into that recording session this month with the Netflix documentary The Greatest Night In Pop, a behind-the-scenes look […]
Andriy Shevchenko delivers scathing assessment of Putin in documentary
Ukrainian football legend, Andriy Shevchenko, spoke out about Russian dictator Vladimir Putin in a documentary film Ukraine–Russia: The Match of Life, released on the Ukrainian Toronto Television YouTube channel on Jan. 28. The documentary recounts the story of the Ukraine-Russia match in Moscow in 1999, where Shevchenko scored one of the most famous goals of […]
Kidnapping of California woman that police called a hoax gets new attention with Netflix documentary
VALLEJO, Calif. (AP) — The ordeal of Denise Huskins, whose kidnapping from her boyfriend’s Northern California home was first dismissed as a hoax by law enforcement, is getting renewed attention as the subject of a new Netflix docuseries, “American Nightmare.” Here’s a look at the facts of the case, which captivated the country: THE KIDNAPPING […]
The Beckhams fetch almost €150m in yearly sales amid documentary success
David and Victoria Beckham have raked in more than £130 million (€149 million) in yearly sales across their consumer, media and fashion empires amid the success of their Netflix documentary. Accounts for David Beckham’s businesses reveal he made £72.6 million in revenues over 2022. The figure incorporates sales from his sponsorships and brands, as well […]
Britain’s King Charles poked fun at ‘sausage fingers’ in coronation rehearsal, documentary shows
Britain’s King Charles joked about his “sausage fingers” with the Prince of Wales during coronation rehearsals that had the pair laughing. William was filmed closing a small clasp that held a lavish robe around his father Charles for a new BBC documentary, and made the King laugh with the quip “On the day, that’s not […]
How documentary ‘Beyond Utopia’ obtained shocking footage from inside North Korea
Madeleine Gavin, like many readers, was haunted by the story of Hyeonseo Lee, a woman who fled North Korea with her family in the 1990s and documented their perilous journey in her bestselling 2016 memoir The Girl With Seven Names. But it also sent the documentarian down a months-long wormhole of dark-web research on the […]
Watch Nina & Irena: A Holocaust Survivor Breaks Eighty Years of Silence | The New Yorker Documentary
[soft music] [Woman] Where were you? What? [Woman] In the war? Where were you? In Poland. [Woman] But where? You weren’t in the camps? No, we had the Aryan papers. [Woman] You had what? Aryan papers. [Woman] Oh. Yeah. Yeah. ’cause when he said Holocaust, I’m thinking, my parents were Holocaust survivors and they were […]
Watch Parker: One Black Family’s Quest to Reclaim Their Name | The New Yorker Documentary
Watch Deciding Vote: A Courageous Assemblyman’s Stand for Reproductive Rights | The New Yorker Documentary
[light music] [somber music] Medical history is being made this week in New York State. [Reporter] Over the last two weeks, the New York Assembly spent more than 13 hours debating the bill, which would make abortion legal for any woman for any reason, up to the 24th week of pregnancy. [Reporter] Advocates and enemies […]