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OPINION

 Waltz With Bashir 
 Has Echoes of Gaza 

Award-winning film on 1982 Lebanon massacre looks plenty familiar

Jan 13, 09 8:23 PM CST
(Newser) - Israel’s Gaza assault is slipping from US front pages, yet ironically, Waltz With Bashir, an Israeli animated film about the 1982 Israel-Lebanon war, is taking America by storm, earning mountains of critical praise and a Golden Globe. The parallels between that atrocity and the current conflict are striking, Gary... More »

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Israel • film • Gaza • Lebanon War • Cannes Film Festival • Israel and Palestinians • documentary • Arab Israeli conflict • Sabra and Shatilla

 UK TV Broadcasts 
 an Assisted Suicide 

UK debates right to die after terminally ill patient euthanized

Dec 11, 08 10:38 AM CST
(Newser) - A documentary that aired on Sky TV last night showed an assisted suicide, stirring up a major debate in Britain about the right to die and the responsibility of television programmers, the Independent reports. Craig Ewert, 59, who suffered from motor neuron disease, traveled to a Swiss clinic, drank a... More »

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television • United Kingdom • Gordon Brown • assisted suicide • euthanasia • Dignitas • documentary • Britain • Bill Maher Grid

 Stone Shooting Chavez Flick 

Director sticking with politics for follow-up to W

Dec 11, 08 5:32 AM CST
(Newser) - Controversial filmmaker Oliver Stone is following up his Bush biopic with a documentary on Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and the new wave of Latin American leftism, Variety reports. Stone, who joined Chavez earlier this year in an effort to broker a deal to free hostages held by Colombian rebels, has... More »

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Latin America • film • Venezuela • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • documentary • film director • Oliver Stone • Hugo Chávez

 Britney Regrets 
 Her Embrace 
 of Fame 

Star waxes honest about breakup with Timberlake, '07 meltdown

Nov 20, 08 4:50 PM CST
(Newser) - Britney Spears bares all in a documentary set to air Nov. 30 on MTV, Entertainment Weekly reports. Fans will be interested to know that she ate cheese grits—cooked by her father—before the Video Music Awards, and that she envies Jessica Alba’s relative anonymity. “Do I know... More »

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Britney Spears • film • Kevin Federline • MTV • celebrity • Justin Timberlake • documentary

 Brit: 'My Life Is Worse Than Jail' 

Pop princess complains in documentary

Nov 18, 08 7:33 AM CST
(Newser) - Britney Spears thinks her post-breakdown life might be more enjoyable behind bars, the Daily Telegraph reports. In a new documentary airing on MTV on November 30, Spears says her life is “too in control.” The singer, whose dad was granted post-meltdown control of her affairs, believes she’s... More »

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music • Britney Spears • Kevin Federline • MTV • celebrity • documentary • Sean Preston Federline • Jayden James Federline • Jamie Spears

John Paul Wounded in '82 Stabbing by Priest

Testimony reveals pope sustained injuries, covered up by Rome, in attack at Fatima

Oct 15, 08 5:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pope John Paul II was injured in a 1982 stabbing by a crazed priest, but the wound was kept secret until now, Reuters reports. The late pontiff was visiting a shrine in Portugal to give thanks for surviving an earlier assassination attempt when an ultra-conservative Spanish priest lunged at him... More »

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documentary • Catholicism • priest • Pope John Paul II • assassination attempt

Palin's First Press Tidbits Will Air on
ABC Tonight

Gibson face-off to be featured on 20/20

Sep 11, 08 11:03 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

movie review

 Man on Wire a Thrilling Act

Reliving a time when the Towers weren't depressing

Aug 2, 08 5:57 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

movie review

 Gonzo Gets It 

'Mesmerizing' documentary tells story of Hunter S. Thompson

Jul 4, 08 8:24 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

Review

 Gunnin' Sure to Score
  With Hoop Fans 

Beastie Boy produces shallow but pleasing documentary

Jun 27, 08 5:25 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

 Ventriloquists 
 Speak Up for 
 Themselves 

Well, maybe not. But the form is seeing more success these days

Jun 20, 08 3:03 PM CDT
(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... More »

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NBC • Las Vegas • comedy • documentary • puppet • documentary film • ventriloquism • Terry Fator

opinion

 Joy Division Rocks,
 But Enough Already 

Documentary offers a textbook-style look at the band

Jun 19, 08 8:01 PM CDT
(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;... More »

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music • England • documentary • Britain • documentary film • Joy Division

movie review

 Critics Pumped for Steroids Doc 

Bigger, Stronger, Faster sifts through the pharmaceutical enhancements

May 30, 08 5:45 PM CDT
(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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steroids • movie review • documentary • Bigger, Stronger, Faster • Christopher Bell • steroid use • documentary film

 Spike Lee Plans
 Jordan Documentary 

Director announces project at Cannes

May 21, 08 12:41 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

movie review

 Waltz Explodes at Cannes 

After lousy 'Blindness' opening, Bashir shakes up festival

May 16, 08 2:10 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

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

Studios banking on maverick's popularity  with film, budgeted to cost $7M

May 15, 08 2:30 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

Moore Preps 'Searing'
Fahrenheit 9/11 Sequel

Will be out after presidential election

May 14, 08 3:24 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

 Docs Suffer
 Highest Suicide Rate 

One-a-day average tops all professions

Apr 27, 08 5:10 AM CDT
(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,... More »

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suicide • doctor • documentary • substance abuse • suicide prevention

Madonna's Gardener Directs Her AIDS Film

He caught her eye making 'amazing'
home movies

Apr 26, 08 7:52 PM CDT
(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 • Malawi • documentary • orphan • Madonna • HIV/AIDS • David Banda • Nathan Rissman

 Material Girl Gets
 Back in the Groove 

Almost 50, Madonna has 2 films and a pop record on the way

Apr 6, 08 4:07 PM CDT
(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... More »

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AIDS • iTunes • Malawi • Justin Timberlake • documentary • Madonna • Timbaland • Filth and Wisdom • Material Girl • Pharrell Williams • Hard Candy • I Am Because We Are

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