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Netflix Doc Has People Thinking Jussie Smollett Was Telling The Truth All Along – The Root

Netflix Doc Has People Thinking Jussie Smollett Was Telling The Truth All Along  The Root The Truth About Jussie Smollett? review – this TV show is bold, shocking … and utter nonsense  The Guardian Jussie Smollett confronts hoax allegations in new Netflix documentary  NewsNation ‘They are liars’: Netflix doc weighs ‘The Truth About Jussie Smollett?’  USA Today Netflix’s Jussie Smollett Documentary ‘The Truth About …

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Revelations from Netflix’s New Jussie Smollett Doc — Director Q&A

Revelations from Netflix’s New Jussie Smollett Doc — Director Q&A

We all know the truth about Jussie Smollett: In a desperate attempt to further his career, a talented actor and singer blew it up instead by allegedly fabricating an elaborate hoax assault on himself. But what if the attack — and Smollett’s story — has been real and truthful this whole time? That’s the question at the center of Gagan …

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You’ve already decided how you feel about the Jussie Smollett doc

You’ve already decided how you feel about the Jussie Smollett doc

Anyone throwing on the cheaply made true-crime documentaries that flood streaming services know that these films trade in sensation rather than investigation. Whether they’re injecting a hit of schadenfreude around a public disaster or rubbernecking its leering gaze at a gross tabloid story, these movies are about reliving scandal, not understanding it. These movies rely on something I call Doccam’s …

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Ozzy Osbourne BBC Doc Chronicling Final Years Pulled Hours Before Airtime

Ozzy Osbourne BBC Doc Chronicling Final Years Pulled Hours Before Airtime

A planned BBC One documentary chronicling the final years of Ozzy Osbourne‘s life, Ozzy Osbourne: Coming Home, was abruptly pulled from the network’s schedule on Monday (Aug. 18) just hours before it was slated to air with no explanation. According to a BBC report, the network had been expected to air the doc on Monday evening, it “has postponed the …

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Ozzy Osbourne Doc Pulled From BBC Schedule Hours Before Broadcast

Ozzy Osbourne Doc Pulled From BBC Schedule Hours Before Broadcast

A documentary about Ozzy Osbourne set to air on BBC One Monday night has been pulled from the broadcaster’s schedule and postponed. “The film has moved in the schedules and we’ll confirm new tx details in due course,” a BBC spokesperson told Variety. Titled “Ozzy Osbourne: Coming Home,” the doc was filmed over the past three years and was meant …

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New Netflix Doc Claims ‘The Biggest Loser’ Did More Harm Than Good As Former Contestants Reveal PTSD

New Netflix Doc Claims ‘The Biggest Loser’ Did More Harm Than Good As Former Contestants Reveal PTSD

The decade-long multi-series TV sensation, The Biggest Loser, is drawing attention again—on Netflix, and not because it has rebooted. The program ran on NBC from 2004 and enjoyed a loyal viewership, so much so that different versions sprang up in countries like Australia and South Africa. However, its numbers started tanking and it cast its final season in 2016. In …

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Kanye West Doc ‘In Whose Name?’ to Cover Controversies, Meltdowns

Kanye West Doc ‘In Whose Name?’ to Cover Controversies, Meltdowns

For six years, Kanye West gave an aspiring director from Orange County unfettered access to his life, breakdowns and inner circle. The result of that can soon be seen on the big screen in the documentary In Whose Name?, which will be released by AMSI Entertainment in partnership with AMC, Regal and Cinemark on Sept. 19. Ballesteros, who started shadowing …

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Kanye West Doc ‘In Whose Name?’ Gives Private Look at Public Meltdown

Kanye West Doc ‘In Whose Name?’ Gives Private Look at Public Meltdown

Kanye West snaps at Kim Kardashian and declares “I’m off my meds for five months now” in the new trailer for In Whose Name?, an upcoming documentary that provides a very private look at the rapper’s very public meltdown. Director Nicolas Ballesteros and his camera tailed West for six years, accumulating over 3,000 hours of footage at a tumultuous time …

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Toronto film fest nixes Oct. 7 doc screening, cites Hamas ownership of massacre clips

Toronto film fest nixes Oct. 7 doc screening, cites Hamas ownership of massacre clips

The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) announced this week that it had canceled its invitation to screen a documentary about the October 7, 2023, Hamas attacks, due to ostensible copyright concerns stemming from the fact that the filmmakers did not receive permission from the Hamas terrorists whose clips are featured in the film. The festival was set to show “The …

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