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Die-Hard Fans:
'Britney Spears
Saved My Life' 

Troubled teens tell documentary of
singer's impact

Jul 23, 09 5:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - Britney Spears may not be the most obvious role model for the troubled, but hardcore fans credit her with changing their lives in a new BBC documentary, Newsweek reports. In Britney Spears Saved My Life, the superfans testify that Britney and her music guided them through the darkest times of... More »

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entertainment • Britney Spears • depression • celebrity • documentary • singer • role model

review

 Lynch on Prowl for 
 American Dreams 

Director takes time-out from surreal films to study reality

Jul 21, 09 11:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - All of David Lynch's work, writes Lee Siegel on the Daily Beast, seems to take as its starting point Norman Mailer's observation that the essence of America is the smell of gasoline and cheap perfume. For his latest project, the director of “bare-knuckle surrealist films” takes a 20,000... More »

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entertainment • online videos • documentary • interview • David Lynch

(Newser) - North Korea has started making a documentary honoring Kim Jong-il's life, leading many to suspect that the leader's final chapter is looming, Bloomberg reports. The leader, 67, is thought to have suffered a stroke last year and recent reports say he is now battling terminal pancreatic cancer. Analysts believe Kim,... More »

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North Korea • documentary • pancreatic cancer • Kim Jong Il • Kim Il Sung

GLOSSIES

 Turlington 
 Models a More 
 Charitable Path 

At 40, she's earning a master's and educating the world on maternity risks

Jul 15, 09 1:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Christy Turlington still considers modeling her work—“It’s the only thing that pays me; everything else is school or volunteerism,” the Columbia masters candidate, often described as one of the world’s most beautiful people, tells Vogue. “My face is a dime a dozen in many... More »

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pregnancy • Columbia University • public health • celebrity • documentary • childbirth • developing countries • supermodel • Christy Turlington • Ed Burns

 Michael Moore 
 Wants to 
 'Save Our 
 CEOs'

Teaser trailer is actually stunt for new movie

Jun 15, 09 8:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Let the viral marketing begin. Michael Moore pulled a fast one on New York moviegoers Friday night when, instead of a conventional trailer for his new film, he appeared onscreen Will Rogers-style asking for donations to “save our CEOs,” the New York Daily News reports. Audience reactions were... More »

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entertainment • executive compensation • Michael Moore • documentary • bailout • Wall Street bailout • financial meltdown

MOVIE REVIEW

  Food, Inc. Feeds the Brain 

Documentary explores US food production

Jun 12, 09 10:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Food, Inc., which opens today in limited release, is a super documentary that's good for you—unlike the profit-driven food-production practices it exposes. Director Robert Kenner highlights and expands on work by authors Michael Pollan (The Omnivore's Dilemma) and Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation).
  • David Edelstein, New York:
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entertainment • movie review • documentary • Michael Pollan • food production • Food, Inc. • Eric Schlosser • Robert Kenner

Moore's New Movie Targets Wall St. 'Bloodsuckers'

After Bush, GM, and guns, filmmakers sets sights on 'robber barons' behind crisis

Jun 11, 09 3:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Moore promises to tear chunks out of the people behind the Wall Street meltdown in his new movie, USA Today reports. The documentary filmmaker, who calls the financial crisis "the biggest robbery in the history of this country," is targeting the corporations and politicians responsible. He... More »

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Wall Street • Michael Moore • documentary • documentary film • financial crisis

 Film Shoots 
 Aging Rockers 
 to Success 

But Anvil would have 'kept rocking' anyway

May 27, 09 1:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - After decades, the heavy-metal band Anvil has finally broken into the mainstream thanks to a well-received documentary—and “kismet,” guitarist Steve “Lips” Kudlow tells CNN. After he saw the film, he said, “I started crying, because it seemed like kismet, as if it was all meant... More »

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music • film • documentary • heavy metal • Jay-ZTV • Anvil • Steve Kudlow • Robb Reiner

 Winehouse 
 Documentary 
 in the Works 

Singer promises 'revealing look at her complicated life' on the way

May 20, 09 1:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Amy Winehouse's troubled life is the subject of an upcoming documentary from Israeli-American interviewer Daphne Barak, People reports. "In honest-to-goodness Amy style, the doc will be a truthful and revealing look at her complicated life," according to Winehouse's MySpace page. The documentary is being filmed at Winehouse's... More »

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documentary • St. Lucia • Amy Winehouse • singer

 Sex Tape Ruined 
 Princess Di Dream: Paris 

Cannes documentary reveals socialite's inner turmoil

May 18, 09 8:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Of all the hard-hitting documentaries being screened at Cannes, the juiciest is probably Paris, Not France. The film, which delves into Paris Hilton’s world, reveals the socialite’s inner thoughts, the Sun reports. For example, “That’s not what I wanted when I was a little girl,”... More »

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entertainment • Princess Diana • Paris Hilton • Cannes Film Festival • celebrity • documentary • sex tape

(Newser) - An unfortunate mess of a lawsuit has emerged over the documentary about Farrah Fawcett's fight with cancer, just a day before it airs in primetime. A producer is suing Fawcett, Ryan O'Neal, and others, claiming he was forced off the project and physically threatened after he worked on it for... More »

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cancer • television • lawsuit • documentary • Farrah Fawcett • Ryan O'Neal

Private Maddy Probe Yields Sketch of Suspect

Man watched family for days: witnesses

May 7, 09 11:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Madeleine McCann's parents say they hope a new artist's sketch of a pockmarked, frail man seen lurking around their Portugal apartment before the child disappeared will yield fresh clues. Detectives the couple hired interviewed witnesses and combed police files to produce the image, People reports. Gerry and Kate McCann will... More »

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Madeleine McCann • Portugal • documentary • Gerry McCann • Kate McCann • missing child • search • suspect

TV Show? Check. 'OctoMom' Jeans? Coming Soon.

She's planning to launch clothing line with the nickname

Apr 15, 09 3:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - Thought octuplet mom Nadya Suleman’s 15 minutes were about up? Not hardly. Not only is TMZ reporting that she’s filed to trademark the name “OctoMom”—for use on a clothing line including “textile diapers”—but has signed on to do a British show with... More »

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reality TV • children • gossip • documentary • octuplets • Nadya Suleman • Octomom

Hero Pilot Documentary Headed for Cable in Late '09

Film to air in late 2009

Apr 2, 09 11:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Cable channel TLC has obtained exclusive rights to make a documentary on the story of Chesley Sullenberger, the pilot who successfully saved US Airways Flight 1549 with a daring water landing in January. The documentary will feature extensive interviews with Sullenberger discussing both his specific actions to save the plane... More »

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television • documentary • pilot • hero • TLC • documentary film • Chesley Sullenberger • Flight 1549 • Hudson crash

 VH1 Brings Back 
 Behind the Music 

Lil Wayne, Scott Weiland to be featured

Mar 19, 09 3:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - VH1 is reviving Behind the Music—yes, it was gone—after the success of last fall’s popular New Kids on the Block special. “It felt like the time was right,” a network exec tells the Hollywood Reporter. “There’s all sorts of new artists who have... More »

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television • music • VH1 • documentary • musician • Lil Wayne • Scott Weiland • Behind the Music

DOC REVIEW

 Iron Mike's a 
 Thinker, Not 
 a Fighter 

Boxer enjoys reading Wilde, German philosophy

Mar 14, 09 5:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mike Tyson has traded in Don King for Oscar Wilde: A forthcoming documentary portrays the former world heavyweight champion as a pensive soul who reads German philosophy and relates to Wilde’s self-destructive flamboyance. “I don’t like the person I’ve become,” Tyson admits. Iron Mike looms... More »

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Don King • Mike Tyson • documentary • boxers

MOVIE REVIEW

Must Read a Must-See 

Doc realizes the horrors of dysfunctional family life

Feb 20, 09 1:44 PM CST
(Newser) - If you’re looking for a fright at the movies, skip Friday the 13th and hunker down with Must Read After My Death. Using archived audiotapes and home movies, the documentary chronicles the tumultuous suburban marriage of the filmmaker’s grandparents, who “lived on the unmapped border between Revolutionary... More »

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film • movie review • documentary • Must Read After My Death

OPINION

 Polanski Judge 
 Wise to Resist 
 Whitewashing 

Director's bias skews media narrative

Feb 19, 09 10:25 AM CST
(Newser) - The judge who refused to throw out Roman Polanski's rape conviction Tuesday—unless he agreed to come back to the country to challenge it in person—was right to resist the whitewashing of Polanski's crime, writes Bill Wyman in Salon. The movement to rehabilitate the acclaimed director was based on... More »

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media • judge • documentary • film director • underage sex • bias • Roman Polanski • 'Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired' • sexual assault • child rape • statutory rape

Documentary Review

 Right America Divides Critics 

Doc offers voice to McCain supporters Feeling Wronged

Feb 16, 09 1:11 PM CST
(Newser) - Right America, Feeling Wronged, a documentary airing tonight on HBO, follows filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi as she chats with die-hard McCain/Palin supporters on the campaign trail, some of whom fear Barack Obama is the anti-Christ. Critics are mixed on the result: While David S. Glasier calls it “one of the... More »

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television • Barack Obama • John McCain • film • HBO • documentary • Alexandra Pelosi

film review

 She Wears Prada, 
  But Forget the Devil Part 

The September Issue parlays blanket access into 'engrossing' portrait

Jan 24, 09 3:55 AM CST
(Newser) - A Sundance documentary offering a rare, unfettered look at steely Vogue editrix Anna Wintour proves “engrossing even if you don't care much about fashion,” Andrew O’Hehir writes in Salon, and goes a long way to humanize the subject of The Devil Wears Prada. In a Q&A,... More »

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fashion • film • magazine • Vogue • documentary • The Devil Wears Prada • Anna Wintour • RJ Cutler

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