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Aretha Franklin documentary Amazing Grace, which tells the story of the singer's 1972 gospel album, is subject of more legal issues. The film, which was mired in limbo for 46 years as a result of various legal battles, is now the subject of a suit from producers including Alan Elliott, against distributor Neon and CEO…

There are smooth talkers, and then there's Simon Leviev. Compared to him, most conmen are slick as sandpaper. This is how Simon rolled: go on the dating app Tinder, pose as a guy looking for love. Attributes: handsome, emotionally available, sharp dresser, and oh yeah, rich. Really rich. With pluses like that, who…

EXCLUSIVE: A documentary series about the rivalry between the Mexican and American national men's soccer/football teams is kicking off at Amazon. The company will launch Good Neighbors, a three-part series on its Prime Video service around the 2022 FIFA World Cup, which begins in November. The series will look at the…

EXCLUSIVE: Production is underway on a feature documentary from HBO Documentary Films and This Machine inspired by New York Times columnist Charles Blow's book The Devil You Know: A Black Power Manifesto. Oscar-nominated filmmaker Sam Pollard and Llewellyn Smith are directing the as-yet-untitled documentary. Blow's…

A two-part documentary film exploring the life and career of the legendary Steve Martin has landed at Apple Original Films. Martin is working on the docu with Oscar winner Morgan Neville (20 Feet From Stardom, Won’t You Be My Neighbor), who directs and produces the as-yet untitled films from A24 and Tremolo…

EXCLUSIVE: RTG Features (Alaskan Nets) and MSM (The Last Dance) have tapped David Charles Rodrigues (Neymar: The Perfect Chao) to direct a new feature doc about the high-scoring NBA trio of Tim Hardaway, Mitch Richmond and Chris Mullin—collectively known as Run TMC—and how they set the stage for the present-day…

EXCLUSIVE: Ukraine’s battle against invading Russian forces is now in its sixth month, and the country’s filmmakers remain determined to document the horrors facing its people. The Organization of Ukrainian Producers (OUP) has finished filming documentary Mariupol. Unlost Hope, which tells the stories of ordinary…

EXCLUSIVE: The Michael Doneger directed documentary Fate of a Sport, which ESPN acquired ahead of the pic’s Tribeca Film Festival world premiere, will drop on ESPN+ on Aug. 29. The docu chronicles the story of lacrosse legend Paul Rabil and his fight to change the trajectory of the sport he loves by launching a new…

EXCLUSIVE: When you're an artist incarcerated in a penitentiary, it's not as if the warden will provide whatever you need to paint, like, "Grab all the pigment and palette knives you want." Jesse Krimes, while serving time in federal prison, not only devised a way to secretly make art using available materials like…

In the mid-1970s Andy Warhol began keeping a diary–of sorts. It started out as a dry accounting of expenses–a tube of paint here, a quart of milk there—dictated to his collaborator Pat Hackett. But over time the entries shifted from the strictly mundane to something deeper and more personal. "I've got these desperate…

Jared Goff is entering his second year as the starting quarterback for the Detroit Lions and it will all be documented on the HBO series Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Detroit Lions. The docuseries from HBO Sports and NFL Films will premiere its 17th season starting Tuesday, August 9 at 10 p.m. ET on HBO and…

As wildfires burn in Northern California, World Central Kitchen is there, providing emergency food relief. Likewise in Spain, it has responded to devastating wildfires that flared in July. You'll find WCK in Ukraine, feeding countless souls affected by Russia's brutal invasion. Whether it's in response to natural…