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Director of Gang Documentary Shot Dead

French filmmaker falls victim to violence he recorded in El Salvador

(Newser) - The director of a documentary about the brutal gang life in El Salvador was himself the victim of gang violence, shot dead in a car 10 miles outside San Salvador, the Independent reports. Christian Poveda, a 52-year-old French filmmaker, directed La Vida Loca, which aired locally and hits France this...

LeBron Doc Soundtrack Lands Some Heavy Hitters

Eminem, Kanye West join Drake, Lil Wayne

(Newser) - Four of hip-hop’s biggest names have collaborated on a track inspired by an upcoming documentary on NBA star LeBron James, MTV reports. Forever was originally supposed to include just Drake and Kanye West, but Eminem and Lil Wayne have since jumped into the mix. The track is expected to...

Inside the Octomom TV Special
 Inside the Octomom TV Special 
Aug 20, 2009 8:51 AM CDT

Inside the Octomom TV Special

Somehow, it was even worse than anticipated

(Newser) - The Nadya Suleman “suckfest” debuted last night on Fox, and it was “even more horrible than we could have imagined,” writes Natalie Finn for E! Among the “lowlights” of the special:
  • The octuplets’ delivery: “Gee, what a coup that someone was filming!” writes Finn.
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Best Rock Documentaries
 Best Rock Documentaries 
Aug 11, 2009 2:47 PM CDT

Best Rock Documentaries

(Newser) - In honor of Woodstock—which happened 40 years ago this weekend—and the “seminal documentary” that captured it, John Farr shares his list of the 10 best rock concert/performance films—all of which are “meant to be played loud,” he writes on the Huffington Post. “So...

Octomom Special Hits Fox

 Octomom Special Hits Fox 
Aug 10, 2009 5:00 PM CDT

Octomom Special Hits Fox

Suleman feature to air next week

(Newser) - Just when you thought you had seen enough of one mom and her eight kids: Fox will air a 2-hour special on Nadya Suleman, Us Weekly reports. Octomom: The Incredible Unseen Footage—which follows Suleman from the day her octuplets were born through the next 7 months—will run on...

Paper Heart Is Beguiling, Enigmatic
 Paper Heart Is 
 Beguiling, Enigmatic 
movie review
Aug 7, 2009 3:02 PM CDT

Paper Heart Is Beguiling, Enigmatic

'Quasi-documentary' blends fact, fiction

(Newser) - One's enjoyment of Paper Heart, a hard-to-pin-down fictional love story wrapped inside a real-life documentary about love, “will hinge almost entirely” on how the viewer feels about writer and star Charlyne Yi, writes Jeannette Catsoulis in the New York Times. Yi and co-star Michael Cera have been linked romantically...

Moore Says He Might Be Done With Documentaries

He's working on two screenplays

(Newser) - Michael Moore’s upcoming Capitalism: A Love Story might be his final documentary, he tells the Detroit News. "While I've been making this film, I've been thinking that maybe this will be my last documentary," Moore says. "Or maybe for a while." Instead, the most successful...

Dolphin Doc The Cove a Real Thrill
 Dolphin Doc 
 The Cove 
 a Real Thrill 
movie review
Jul 31, 2009 12:37 PM CDT

Dolphin Doc The Cove a Real Thrill

Critics wowed by 'horrifying' film

(Newser) - Critics are raving about The Cove, a documentary about a Japanese town whose economy rests on capturing and killing dolphins for the worldwide market:
  • It’s “an exceptionally well-made documentary that unfolds like a spy thriller, complete with bugged hotel rooms, clandestine derring-do and mysterious men in gray flannel
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Die-Hard Fans: 'Britney Spears Saved My Life'

Troubled teens tell documentary of singer's impact

(Newser) - Britney Spears may not be the most obvious role model for the troubled, but hardcore fans credit her with changing their lives in a new BBC documentary, Newsweek reports. In Britney Spears Saved My Life, the superfans testify that Britney and her music guided them through the darkest times of...

Lynch on Prowl for American Dreams
 Lynch on Prowl for 
 American Dreams 
review
Jul 21, 2009 11:30 AM CDT

Lynch on Prowl for American Dreams

Director takes time-out from surreal films to study reality

(Newser) - All of David Lynch's work, writes Lee Siegel on the Daily Beast, seems to take as its starting point Norman Mailer's observation that the essence of America is the smell of gasoline and cheap perfume. For his latest project, the director of “bare-knuckle surrealist films” takes a 20,000...

N. Korea Biopic May Signal Kim's Final Act

(Newser) - North Korea has started making a documentary honoring Kim Jong-il's life, leading many to suspect that the leader's final chapter is looming, Bloomberg reports. The leader, 67, is thought to have suffered a stroke last year and recent reports say he is now battling terminal pancreatic cancer. Analysts believe Kim,...

Turlington Models a More Charitable Path

At 40, she's earning a master's and educating the world on maternity risks

(Newser) - Christy Turlington still considers modeling her work—“It’s the only thing that pays me; everything else is school or volunteerism,” the Columbia masters candidate, often described as one of the world’s most beautiful people, tells Vogue. “My face is a dime a dozen in many...

Michael Moore Wants to 'Save Our CEOs'

Teaser trailer is actually stunt for new movie

(Newser) - Let the viral marketing begin. Michael Moore pulled a fast one on New York moviegoers Friday night when, instead of a conventional trailer for his new film, he appeared onscreen Will Rogers-style asking for donations to “save our CEOs,” the New York Daily News reports. Audience reactions were...

Food, Inc. Feeds the Brain
  Food, Inc. Feeds the Brain 
MOVIE REVIEW
Jun 12, 2009 10:10 AM CDT

Food, Inc. Feeds the Brain

Documentary explores US food production

(Newser) - Food, Inc., which opens today in limited release, is a super documentary that's good for you—unlike the profit-driven food-production practices it exposes. Director Robert Kenner highlights and expands on work by authors Michael Pollan (The Omnivore's Dilemma) and Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation).
  • David Edelstein, New York: "The
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Moore's New Movie Targets Wall St. 'Bloodsuckers'

After Bush, GM, and guns, filmmakers sets sights on 'robber barons' behind crisis

(Newser) - Michael Moore promises to tear chunks out of the people behind the Wall Street meltdown in his new movie, USA Today reports. The documentary filmmaker, who calls the financial crisis "the biggest robbery in the history of this country," is targeting the corporations and politicians responsible. He hopes...

Film Shoots Aging Rockers to Success

But Anvil would have 'kept rocking' anyway

(Newser) - After decades, the heavy-metal band Anvil has finally broken into the mainstream thanks to a well-received documentary—and “kismet,” guitarist Steve “Lips” Kudlow tells CNN. After he saw the film, he said, “I started crying, because it seemed like kismet, as if it was all meant...

Winehouse Documentary in the Works

Singer promises 'revealing look at her complicated life' on the way

(Newser) - Amy Winehouse's troubled life is the subject of an upcoming documentary from Israeli-American interviewer Daphne Barak, People reports. "In honest-to-goodness Amy style, the doc will be a truthful and revealing look at her complicated life," according to Winehouse's MySpace page. The documentary is being filmed at Winehouse's...

Sex Tape Ruined Princess Di Dream: Paris

Cannes documentary reveals socialite's inner turmoil

(Newser) - Of all the hard-hitting documentaries being screened at Cannes, the juiciest is probably Paris, Not France. The film, which delves into Paris Hilton’s world, reveals the socialite’s inner thoughts, the Sun reports. For example, “That’s not what I wanted when I was a little girl,”...

Producer Sues Fawcett, O'Neal Over Documentary

(Newser) - An unfortunate mess of a lawsuit has emerged over the documentary about Farrah Fawcett's fight with cancer, just a day before it airs in primetime. A producer is suing Fawcett, Ryan O'Neal, and others, claiming he was forced off the project and physically threatened after he worked on it for...

Private Maddy Probe Yields Sketch of Suspect

Man watched family for days: witnesses

(Newser) - Madeleine McCann's parents say they hope a new artist's sketch of a pockmarked, frail man seen lurking around their Portugal apartment before the child disappeared will yield fresh clues. Detectives the couple hired interviewed witnesses and combed police files to produce the image, People reports. Gerry and Kate McCann will...

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