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EXCLUSIVE: Marilyn Manson is taking ex-fiancée Evan Rachel Wood to court over her allegations of abuse that occurred over the course of the relationship between the widely accused shock rocker and the Westworld star. “This action arises from the wrongful and illegal acts done in furtherance of a conspiracy by…

HBO today unveiled a trailer for its buzzed-about, two-part documentary Phoenix Rising, from director-producer Amy Berg (HBO’s The Case against Adnan Syed), which is slated to debut on HBO next month on back-to-back nights. Part 1, “Phoenix Rising: Don’t Fall” will premiere on March 15 at 9 p.m. ET/PT, with Part 2…

Phoenix Rising, a new documentary from Oscar nominee Amy Berg centered on actress, activist and domestic abuse survivor Evan Rachel Wood, has been added to the Special Screenings section of the 2022 Sundance Film Festival, taking place virtually from January 20-30, along with directors Abigail E. Disney and Kathleen Hu…

UPDATED Amy Berg, the documentarian behind such acclaimed films as Deliver Us From Evil, West of Memphis and Janis: Little Girl Blue, has absolutely nothing against Chris Pratt, and wants Twitter to know she is not the Amy Berg who inadvertently launched the whole Cancel/Don’t Cancel Chris twitstorm that got so out of…

Dogs has fetched a second season on Netflix. The verite documentary series, developed by Glen Zipper, celebrates the deep emotional bonds between people and their beloved four-legged best friends. The first season premiered November 16 on Netflix. "We are so excited that our pack is back for Season 2 of Dogs! From the…

The Serial podcast that triggered public fascination with the murder case of Adnan Syed—the Baltimore teen convicted in the 1999 killing of his ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee—has been downloaded well over 100 million times. One of those listeners was filmmaker Amy Berg. "I came to the podcast late. I listened to it in the…

The Rideback TV Incubator, the new inclusion-focused writers program launched in February by Dan Lin’s Rideback and MRC, has selected its writers and mentors for the inaugural 2019 session. The incubator, whose core mission is to creatively and financially support writers from different backgrounds as they create…

“The day she went missing was just a normal day to me.” The many years that followed certainly were not. Here is the first full trailer for The Case Against Adnan Syed, HBO’s documentary series that expands on the murder case that captivated millions who heard the 2014 podcast Serial. The four-part program promises…

The Baltimore murder case that launched the true-crime podcast craze will be under scrutiny again, starting March 10, when HBO launches its four-part documentary The Case Against Adnan Syed. The pay cabler is revisiting and updating the nearly two decades old case "get closer to the truth,"  director Amy Berg told TV…

A pair of panels highlighting some of Hollywood’s top female TV showrunners is getting underway soon at Twitter headquarters in Santa Monica, presented and moderated by The Post co-screenwriter Liz Hannah. Deadline will be following along with the live stream of the event, which is scheduled to include the likes of Amy…

Starz’s upcoming drama series Counterpart is making a change in the executive ranks between the first and second 10-episode seasons of its two-season straight-to-series order. Amy Berg (DaVinci’s Demons), who served as an executive producer on Season 1, has departed the series, which just wrapped shooting its first…

Oscar winners Eddie Redmayne and Tom Hooper launch their awards contender The Danish Girl this holiday weekend, coming on the heels of what has turned into a pretty good November following a slow fall start in September and October. Last weekend's launch of TWC's Carol as well as the successful expansions of Open…