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Online dating can be a minefield. Your feelings can get hurt. Your confidence can be shaken. Your time can be wasted. And you can wander into a maelstrom of murder, arson, and identity theft that leaves you questioning your previously established reality. This is the point at which a situation morphs from social annoyance to Netflix true crime documentary. Lover, Stalker, Killer, whose title practically screams “edgy true crime doc!,” is a sort of tech-age cautionary tale about what can happen when you go looking…

“Julio Iglesias has trusted us to tell his story. We are very grateful for his generosity," said Diego Ávalos, vice president of content at Netflix The life of Spanish legend Julio Iglesias is coming to the small screen. On Thursday, Netflix announced a partnership with Iglesias for an upcoming documentary series about the “Me Olvidé de Vivir” singer’s life. “After the many speculations, books and documentaries in which I have not been involved, for the first time I have decided to tell…

The documentary film-maker Ben West hails from Washington DC, and thus grew up rooting for its football team. He wore the gear, watched the games, cheered on an organization named for a slur against Native Americans. Even as a kid, West, who is Cheyenne, felt the dissonance between the team he rooted for and the supposedly “honorific” idea it represented – that Native Americans were a symbol of war and violence, a costume to be donned in the name of gladiatorial sport. “Is that me on that helmet?” he recalled thinking.…

Isabelle Thomas, a documentary filmmaker and the wife of “Killers of the Flower Moon” producer Bradley Thomas, has died. She was 39. Isabelle Thomas died by suicide on Monday at a Los Angeles hotel, the Los Angeles Medical Examiner determined in a report. “Multiple traumatic injuries” is listed as her primary cause of death. A spokesperson for the Los Angeles Police Department confirmed to The Times on Friday that officers responded to reports of a suicide at a West Los Angeles hotel at approximately 1:20 p.m. LAPD said…

Wendy Williams, the vivacious talk show host, takes centre stage in the emotional trailer for Lifetime's documentary, "Where Is Wendy Williams?" After more than a year away, the trailer unveils the challenges Wendy faces, from health concerns to financial worries. Wendy Williams confronts health and financial worries in new documentary trailer.(X) The larger-than-life Wendy: Then and nowOnce a dominating force in entertainment with her fearless attitude and humour, Wendy Williams now grapples with a different…

From healthcare to Hollywood, the emergence of artificial intelligence has dominated the conversation in almost every industry in the past year. Another area where AI is becoming more prominent? The death industry. The idea is that after a loved one dies, you can use AI to “speak” with them—and if it feels like something right out of Black Mirror, that’s because it kind of is. In a 2013 episode of the sci-fi series, a widow copes with the sudden death of her husband by signing up for a service that aggregates his online…

Colin Hanks is used to being around movie legends — he has one as a father, of course. And like any good nepo baby, he's appeared alongside his famous parent in the 1996 fan favorite That Thing You Do. Growing up as Tom Hanks' son no doubt had the young Colin encountering big-name stars like John Candy on the regular. And it's an enviable history the A Friend of the Family actor recently relayed ahead of the release of his and Ryan Reynolds' documentary about the beloved comedian. During a January 2023 episode of the WTF…

From the humble street corners to the grand hotels, from the bridges over the Amstel canal to the tram stops near the Rijksmuseum, wherever you go in Amsterdam there is a story from the city’s years of Nazi occupation. This spot is where the first “No Jews Allowed” sign was posted. Over there is where the RAF mistakenly dropped a bomb. And here’s where the attack on the civil registry office was plotted.“It’s a lot of stories,” agrees historian and film-maker Bianca Stigter, as we walk the streets, together with her…

Reality TV personality and actor Kim Kardashian is all set to executive producer and feature in a three-part documentary on Hollywood legend Elizabeth Taylor. BBC Arts has commissioned production firm Passion Pictures for the documentary whose working title is Elizabeth Taylor: Rebel Superstar, according to a report by The Hollywood Reporter. The documentary promises to shine a light on “a superstar who transformed not just Hollywood but fame itself, as she went from child star to highest-paid actress in the world.”…

The Sundance Film Festival recently premiered a heartwarming documentary titled Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story. The documentary pays tribute to the actor best known for portraying Superman in four DC movies. It also sheds light on Christopher Reeve's timeless legacy as the Man of Steel and his profound friendship with the late comedian Robin Williams. Directed by Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui, the documentary intricately weaves the narrative of Reeve's life and career, as well as the aftermath of his…