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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - He's sweet 16, has a hot music career, appears on TV, is set to publish a memoir and even has a comic book about him. So what hasn't Justin Bieber done? He hasn't had a movie made about him, but that's about to change. Paramount Pictures on Friday said producers had hired John ...
David L. Wolper, who produced "Roots," is dead at 82 of congestive heart disease and complications of Parkinson's disease. Wolper's spokesman, Dale Olson, said Wolper died in his Beverly Hills home Tuesday evening. During a long career, Wolper also produced the children's classic "Willy Wonka and ...
An Emmy Award-winning filmmaker has collaborated with Bruce Springsteen on a new documentary that chronicles the recording of the Boss' 1978 album. The film, "The Promise: The Making of Darkness on the Edge of Town," will premiere Sept. 14 at the Toronto International Film Festival. Filmmaker Thom ...
An Iranian documentary filmmaker who returned home after reportedly spending two months in US custody has said the FBI held him in solitary confinement and put "pressure" on him, state media reported Saturday. Hossein Dehbashi, 38, was reportedly arrested on June 6 for forging a letter in the name of the director of communications of the United Nations supporting his ...
For generations, Americans viewed films in stately, single-screen theaters that were pillars of city business districts — an experience that faded with the rise of suburban multiplexes and the decline of downtowns. Michael Moore wants to bring those theaters back. The Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker ...
Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone's documentary, "South of the Border," on the new leftist turn in South America, highlights the Silverdocs Festival opening in Washington on Monday. Stone, known for Hollywood hits such as "Wall Street" and "Platoon," made the documentary based on interviews with leaders Raul Castro of Cuba, Hugo Chavez of Venezuela and others. The film, which examines ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A new documentary purporting to expose the hazards of onshore natural gas drilling illustrates its point with startling images of people setting fire to water flowing from faucets in their homes. "GasLand," which premiers on cable's HBO on June 21, fuels the debate over shale gas and the extraction process known as hydraulic fracturing, which involves ...
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, TV producer Joss Whedon, Ain't It Cool News founder Harry Knowles, and Stan Lee are teaming up to make a feature documentary about Comic-Con. "Comic-Con Episode Four: A Fan's Hope" will, in the worlds of the film's makers, "follow seven different people from across America, and around the world, as ...
Czech film festival One World, one of the biggest in Europe dealing with human rights issues, is going East to Bucharest this week, under the patronage of former anticommunist dissident Vaclav Havel. Under the motto "Choose to care", One World Romania will showcase from Thursday 32 new and awarded documentaries from around the world, organizing public debates, photo exhibitions and ...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The wheelchair episode of musical comedy "Glee" and a "CSI" program tackling race and prejudice in the police were among eight shows named on Wednesday as examples of "television with a conscience". The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences said the eight shows, which looked at issues ranging from doctor-assisted suicide to autism and Alzheimer's disease ...
