It’s not hard to imagine why documentarian Laura Poitras spent 20 years trying to convince Seymour Hersh to make a film about his life. The 88-year-old Pulitzer-winning journalist has an impressive résumé. It was Hersh who broke the story, in 1969, of the horrific US army massacre of Vietnamese civilians at My Lai, invigorating the US anti-war movement; 35 years …
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To an older generation, they were Stiller & Meara, the comedy duo with an endless reserve of gently absurd sketches on The Ed Sullivan Show. To a younger generation, he was the fulminating father of George Costanza on Seinfeld. To Ben Stiller, of course, Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara were something far more intimate: his lovable but deeply complicated parents. …
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On April 24, 2025 — 72 days before Ozzy Osbourne‘s Back to the Beginning farewell concert in Birmingham, England — the Black Sabbath singer sat in his backyard in Los Angeles and wept, convinced there was almost no chance he’d make the show. After a nasty fall in 2019, a cascading series of health crises had left him living in …
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A new documentary looks at the true crime TV program “To Catch A Predator” and its copycats. NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe talks with filmmaker David Osit about some of the uncomfortable questions “Predators” raises. AYESHA RASCOE, HOST: Before we hear this next interview, a heads-up – it includes a discussion about child sex offenders and a mention of suicide. (SOUNDBITE OF …
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It would go a little like this. A man would arrive at a house after chatting to someone he believed was underage, with a plan to have sex or engage in a sexual act. The house would be rigged with hidden cameras and the child would be an actor of age, playing the role of an excitable pre- or young …
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They’re brothers until the end. Emilio Estevez didn’t appear Charlie Sheen‘s Netflix documentary aka Charlie Sheen, which recounted his turbulent life in the spotlight filled with drugs and controversies. Both actors are the sons of Martin Sheen and Janet Templeton, so their entire life has been in show business. Sheen and Estevez have worked together for quite some time as …
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As he reflects on his life and career, Charlie Sheen says nothing’s off limits — and he proves it in his new Netflix documentary “aka Charlie Sheen.” The two-part program, which premieres Sept. 10 on Netflix, follows the actor has he dissects some of his darkest moments as an addict. “The stuff that I plan on sharing, I had made …
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Documentary about Gazan girl’s desperate last moments gets 2nd place at Venice Festival The Times of Israel ‘Father Mother Sister Brother’ Takes Top Prize at Venice Film Festival The New York Times Jim Jarmusch’s ‘Father Mother Sister Brother’ wins top prize at Venice Film Festival NPR Jim Jarmusch’s Father Mother Sister Brother, starring Cate Blanchett, surprise winner of Venice Golden Lion The Guardian Venice …
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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Charlie Sheen is speaking out for the first time about his past sexual encounters with men. In his upcoming memoir, “The Book of Sheen,” and Netflix documentary, “aka Charlie Sheen,” the 60-year-old actor opened up about deciding to try something new after years of being with only women. “I flipped the menu …
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