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  • September 2008

    • Palin's First Press Tidbits Will Air on ABC Tonight

      Associated Press  |  Sep 11, 08 11:03 AM CDT

      Palin's First Press Tidbits Will Air on ABC Tonight

      (AP) - Charles Gibson's interviews with Sarah Palin will be featured on a special prime-time edition of ABC's 20/20 tomorrow, reports AP. Gibson is traveling to Fairbanks and Wasilla, Alaska, for the first TV interviews with Palin since she was selected as John McCain's running mate. Excerpts will be shown on ABC's World News this evening. More »

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      Sarah Palin  • Alaska  • ABC  • interview  • documentary  • Wasilla  • Charles Gibson

  • August 2008

    • Man on Wire a Thrilling Act

      Slate  |  Aug 2, 08 5:57 PM CDT

      Man on Wire a Thrilling Act

      (Newser) - A Frenchman's daring high-wire walk between the Twin Towers nearly 35 years ago is chronicled in a documentary that feels "like a real-life heist picture," Dana Stevens writes in Slate. Man on Wire recounts Philippe Petit's 6-plus years of planning, his procurement of equipment and fake IDs, and shows the two stoned accomplices who weep as they recall the historic stunt. More »

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      movie review  • World Trade Center  • documentary  • stunts  • Twin Towers

  • July 2008

    • Gonzo Gets It

      Rotten Tomatoes  |  Jul 4, 08 8:24 AM CDT

      Gonzo Gets It

      (Newser) - There’s a “fascinating history lesson” in the documentary Gonzo: The Life and Work of Hunter S. Thompson , “a lively collage of interviews and found materials,” writes A. O. Scott in the New York Times . The film cements the journalist's “place in the great American parade of cranks, renegades and sages,” Scott adds. It's “all you could wish for in a doc about the man,” notes Roger Ebert in the Chicago Sun-Times . More »

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      movie review  • journalist  • documentary  • Johnny Depp  • Hunter S. Thompson

  • June 2008

    • Gunnin' Sure to Score With Hoop Fans

      Rotten Tomatoes  |  Jun 27, 08 5:25 PM CDT

      Gunnin' Sure to Score With Hoop Fans

      (Newser) - Gunnin’ for That #1 Spot, the second documentary from Beastie Boy Adam Yauch, is no Hoop Dreams , but critics predict a slam-dunk with roundball and hip-hop aficionados. The film follows eight high school phenoms through a high-profile Harlem pick-up game and “offers a snapshot of the kind of top players who one day hope to have a shoe named after them,” writes Variety’s Ronnie Scheib. More »

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      basketball  • movie review  • documentary  • documentary film  • Beastie Boys  • Adam Yauch

    • Ventriloquists Speak Up for Themselves

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jun 20, 08 3:03 PM CDT

      Ventriloquists Speak Up for Themselves

      (Newser) - Ventriloquism has been on the outs since the '70s, but its fortunes are starting to turn, the Wall Street Journal reports. Symbolizing the resurgence of the vaudeville favorite is Terry Fator, a winner of NBC’s America’s Got Talent competition, who recently picked up a yearlong headlining gig at the Las Vegas Hilton. More »

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      NBC  • Las Vegas  • comedy  • documentary  • documentary film  • puppet

    • Joy Division Rocks, But Enough Already

      Anthem  |  Jun 19, 08 8:01 PM CDT

      Joy Division Rocks, But Enough Already

      (Newser) - Joy Division, writes Nik Mercer for Anthem , “is one of those bands that gains significance exponentially as the years pass.” As testament to their place in pop music consciousness, recent years have seen three films on the band: 24 Hour Party People , focusing on their label and scene; Control , a Cobain-izing biopic of Ian Curtis; and now simply Joy Division:  A Documentary . More »

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      Great Britain  • music  • England  • documentary  • documentary film

  • May 2008

    • Critics Pumped for Steroids Doc

      Rotten Tomatoes  |  May 30, 08 5:45 PM CDT

      Critics Pumped for Steroids Doc

      (Newser) - The documentary Bigger, Stronger, Faster is drawing raves for its clear-eyed, nuanced look at the world of steroid users. Christopher Bell, a bodybuilder and onetime juicer, directs and narrates an "incisive and compulsively watchable look at America's love affair with steroids," Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly writes. More »

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      movie review  • steroids  • documentary  • documentary film  • steroid use

    • Spike Lee Plans Jordan Documentary

      Variety  |  May 21, 08 12:41 PM CDT

      Spike Lee Plans Jordan Documentary

      (Newser) - You might remember Spike Lee's classic "Is it the shoes?" ads for Nike. But the director told a Cannes crowd he'll team up with Michael Jordan again for a different purpose: a documentary on the basketball legend, reports Variety . The NBA will finance the flick, which will feature unreleased footage from Jordan's last two pro seasons. More »

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      basketball  • NBA  • film  • documentary  • Cannes Film Festival  • Michael Jordan  • Spike Lee

    • Waltz Explodes at Cannes

      New York Times  |  May 16, 08 2:10 PM CDT

      Waltz Explodes at Cannes

      (Newser) - Now that's more like it. After a typically lousy opening—allegorical disaster Blindness —the Cannes Film Festival shook things up yesterday with Waltz with Bashir , a ferocious animated documentary from Israel recounting the 1982 massacre at Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon. It’s “stunning,” writes Manhola Dargis in the New York Times , “at once a furious act of conscience and a lament.” More »

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      film  • movie review  • documentary  • Cannes Film Festival  • animation

    • Moore's $20M for Fahrenheit 9/11 Sequel Is Mainly Profit

      New York Post  |  May 15, 08 2:30 PM CDT

      Moore's $20M for Fahrenheit 9/11 Sequel Is Mainly Profit

      (Newser) - Who says documentary filmmaking isn’t profitable? Sources tell the New York Post that Michael Moore will receive $20 million in advance to produce the sequel to Fahrenheit 9/11 , even though production costs are estimated at only $7 million. Studio Paramount Vantage may be willing to give Moore a $13 million bonus because of his track record: The original grossed $219 million. More »

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      Iraq war  • film  • September 11  • documentary  • Michael Moore  • Iraq war movies

    • Moore Preps 'Searing' Fahrenheit 9/11 Sequel

      Reuters  |  May 14, 08 3:24 AM CDT

      Moore Preps 'Searing' Fahrenheit 9/11 Sequel

      (Newser) - Rabble-rousing filmmaker Michael Moore is working on a sequel to his documentary Fahrenheit 9/11 . The follow-up to his 2004 savaging of President Bush—the biggest-selling political documentary ever—will be "searing and provocative," he vowed, but gave few other details. The new film won't be released until after the presidential election. More »

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      film  • documentary  • film director  • Michael Moore  • Iraq war movies

  • April 2008

    • Docs Suffer Highest Suicide Rate

      Newsweek  |  Apr 27, 08 5:10 AM CDT

      Docs Suffer Highest Suicide Rate

      (Newser) - Depression among physicians sparks 300 to 400 suicides a year, the highest rate of any profession, Newsweek reports. While male suicides outnumber female 4 to 1 in the general population, the rate among male and female doctors is about the same. "Undiagnosed and untreated depression is the culprit here," said a psychiatry professor. More »

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      suicide  • doctor  • documentary  • substance abuse

    • Madonna's Gardener Directs Her AIDS Film

      People  |  Apr 26, 08 7:52 PM CDT

      Madonna's Gardener Directs Her AIDS Film

      (Newser) - Madonna tapped a director whose work she knew well for her new documentary about AIDS orphans in Malawi, People reports. Nathan Rissman "was my gardener. He was my carpenter," she said. And his home videos of her kids "were amazing." More »

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      film  • Madonna  • HIV/AIDS  • documentary  • orphans  • Malawi  • David Banda

    • Material Girl Gets Back in the Groove

      Vanity Fair  |  Apr 6, 08 4:07 PM CDT

      Material Girl Gets Back in the Groove

      (Newser) - Pushing 50, Madonna is still rolling out movies and tunes like a true blue star, Vanity Fair reports. And she is unfazed by nasty reviews for Filth and Wisdom , a feature that she directed starring a Ukrainian gypsy punk singer. “You have to get to a point where you care as little about getting smoke blown up your ass as you do when you become a whipping boy in the press,” she said. More »

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      Madonna  • AIDS