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EXCLUSIVE: Gravitas Ventures has acquired U.S. and Canadian distribution rights to Don't Fall in Love With Yourself, a documentary about influential musician-artist-actor Justin Pearson. Gravitas plans to release the film, directed by Jon Nix, on August 20 through its "hybrid distribution system,"…

EXCLUSIVE: Monument Releasing on Friday announced it has acquired rights spanning multiple English language territories to Rule of Two Walls, "a visceral and vital portrait of today's Ukraine through the lens of artists." The documentary directed by David Gutnik and executive produced by actor Liev…

EXCLUSIVE: Ron Howard's Jim Henson Idea Man – the most nominated documentary at this year's Emmys – will make its broadcast debut Sunday, August 11 on ABC's The Wonderful World of Disney. The film about the creative juggernaut behind the Muppets, Fraggle Rock, feature films Labyrinth and The Dark Crys…

EXCLUSIVE: The Jewish Film Institute has announced six projects that will receive a total of $80,000 in JFI Completion Grants, including the latest film from Oscar-shortlisted director and two-time Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner Ondi Timoner. Timoner's All God's Children tells the story of a…

Two-time Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Lucy Walker shares a name with a 19th century alpinist, the first woman to summit the Matterhorn, in 1871, and the Eiger, in 1864 (feats she accomplished in a full-length dress — traditional women's attire in the Victorian era). In her new documentary…

Hulu has ordered a documentary on a catfishing scheme that entrapped fans of a popular Canadian indie rock duo. Fanatical: The Catfishing of Tegan and Sara, directed by true-crime specialist Erin Lee Carr, will debut October 18 on the streaming platform. The film revolves around Tegan and Sara Quin…

UPDATED with latest: The Oscars, strike-delayed Writers Guild Awards and the 2023-24 awards season are history, and it’s time to look at what’s ahead trophy show-wise. Here is a list of awards shows, events and the like ahead as we cruise into Emmy season and look ahead to Cannes, the fall film…

The inaugural World Culture Film Festival in Los Angeles has found itself impacted by a dangerous storm half a world away. Typhoon Gaemi, with top winds speeds equaling a category 3 hurricane, lashed the Philippines and Taiwan before blowing into China Thursday night. It caused widespread travel…

EXCLUSIVE: Celine Dion looks set to perform at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Paris on Friday, in a joint appearance with Lady Gaga. But that's not the only big news to report about the French-Canadian chanteuse. I Am: Celine Dion, the film that chronicles the singer’s extraordinary…

The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is out with the nominations for its 45th News & Documentary Emmy Awards, which will be handed out in the fall. See the full list below. The 65 categories cover programming content that premiered during calendar 2023. The winners will pick up…

On the baseball diamond, Pete Rose did everything head on – barreling into infielders to break up a double play, diving headfirst on steals, famously flattening catcher Ray Fosse to score the winning run in the 1970 All-Star Game. He played straight up, hard-nosed baseball. No guile. In other…

To summit Mount Everest requires incredible tenacity, fitness and a willingness to negotiate the risk of death. For Lhakpa Sherpa, who has climbed the world's tallest peak more than any other woman, it has required even more: overcoming poverty, defying her family and Nepali culture that did not…